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Megidolan t1_jdy56tn wrote

Reply to comment by Juusthetip in I may have a flathead earbud addiction. by -Chocki-

Can you tell me a bit about how they sound?

I remember seeing a video of ZReviews about them and he was gushing about how they sounded like the Moondrop Chaconne but much cheaper and I very much liked the sound of the Moondrop VX Classic but the fit for me is bad. It will fall out of my ears all the time.

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Chok3U t1_jdy567s wrote

Reply to I may have a flathead earbud addiction. by -Chocki-

Flat head fan too. Although I believe I have only 3 at the moment.

VE Monk Plus(everybody should own a pair) Kbstellar(everybody should own a pair) Ry4s Plus(everyone should really own a pair of these)

My next pair are gonna be the snow lotus.

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Megidolan t1_jdy4ove wrote

Reply to I may have a flathead earbud addiction. by -Chocki-

Honestly, I'm not "a fan" but in the recent years I got 3 as I heard they got much better than they were in the past and guess what? I like them!

I got:

  • NiceHCK Traceless
  • Moondrop VX Classics
  • NiceHKC Eb2s

Out of those I like the moondrop one more, as it is more detailed and brighter but of course it simply won't stay on my ears for the life of me.
The EB2S is very good but believe it or not I loved the sound of the traceless, which I bought for about 3 dollars. It was so cheap I'm giving it to a friend of mine who likes earbuds.

OP, which of these is your favorite? I am considering forking some cash for the Fiio FF5 but it's quite a leap from what I have and I'm cautious of weather it will fit my ears well.

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TravAndAlex t1_jdxyg4s wrote

Reply to What's the actual behind the scenes purpose of beyerdynamic making so many different ohms headphones? by aTraceMayBe

Steve Guttenburg of CNet explained:

“The impedance of a headphone is largely determined by the driver’s voice coil, and for Beyerdynamic’s high-impedance models the voice coil’s wire is super-thin, just 0.018mm, half the thickness of a human hair. Beyerdynamic’s Senior Product Manager Gunter Weidemann explained…

The thinner wires have more windings (layers of wire) on the voice-coil than the lower-impedance Beyerdynamic headphones, which have thicker and heavier, easier-to-manufacture voice coils. The lower moving mass of the 250- and 600-ohm headphones’ voice coils is lighter than the 32-ohm models, and the lower mass is part of the reason high-impedance headphones sound better. The smaller diameter of the 600-ohm voice coil wires allows the wires to fit tighter, so there’s less air between the windings, and that makes the electromagnetic field of the voice coil stronger. All of that reduces distortion for the high-impedance versions compared with the low-impedance headphones.”

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