Recent comments in /f/headphones

Avatar-san t1_jdzkwv6 wrote

Reply to Are $1000 headphones a waste if my music library doesn’t have much in terms of high-fidelity music? by HaroRicky

It depends on what headphone you buy more than it's price.

I would recommend getting a biodynamic closed back like the E-mu teak, Fostex th610, Denon d5200 or if you want and have the money a Fostex th900(with eq).

For anything electronic, the lack of correct timbre is no concern, but clarity and punch are priority and in my experience any of those headphones are perfect for such tastes. An open headphone can sound more realistic, but that comes with worse bass and lesser clarity due to closed backs having the advantage off cutting off outside sounds.

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NahFaquuuu t1_jdzhw45 wrote

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

Which one of these do you think that can compare or are even better than the salnotes zero in terms of sound and overall technicality?

I'm just expanding the choices I could buy when the time comes for my salnotes.

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ni_lus t1_jdzfxr1 wrote

Reply to Quick question why do we not see coaxial speakers in headphones that often? by Drago-0900

On headphones the position of a 2nd driver may be too variable from person to person. For example if it aligned to your ears, you get more treble. For a loud speaker there is also this directional aspect, but most of the time the listener will be far and it won't matter that much at that point.

Iem's can do multiple drivers because they are already positioned in a specific spot in the ears.

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AnotherSpecificDuck t1_jdzfsi0 wrote

Reply to comment by Drago-0900 in Quick question why do we not see coaxial speakers in headphones that often? by Drago-0900

Probably space and positions of the speakers. In an IEM the sound goes right inside your ears. Speakers stand in your room far enough away to not make the sound come from different angles. Having the drivers close to your ear in different positions may make the sound come from different angles and thus making positional audio worse.

Other than that it’s probably just not as practical.

You can also take a look into the 1 more Tripple

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Solypsist_27 t1_jdze4sy wrote

Reply to comment by Chok3U in I may have a flathead earbud addiction. by -Chocki-

Can you tell me what are the differences between those? I really like my monk plus, but going from them to my iems I just notice how much top end they're missing, I'm looking for something much brighter than them but the absence of fr graphs for earbuds makes it very hard to know what to buy and to not just waste money getting 5 pairs at once to compare lol

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daddyyeslegs t1_jdzdvaw wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Quick question why do we not see coaxial speakers in headphones that often? by Drago-0900

Oh wow, those look horribly tuned. Though i don't know how you can be so confident about the location of the audio being so incredibly jarring when you haven't ever heard a product that does it remotely well... Because it doesn't exist.

The surround sound thing I don't see ever being a good idea until we move beyond stereo, which I don't see happening for a long time.

I guess we will just wait and see if anyone competent dares to experiment with it. I bet if someone pitched the idea of planar magnetics 70 years ago they'd have gotten much the same response. I'm sure you had people saying it must sound awful and be way too difficult to tune then too!

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Lamsauce1 OP t1_jdzd3ny wrote

Reply to My humble setup by Lamsauce1

Deva pro feels comfy and the build quality feels sturdy. Bass greatly improved when connected with the amp and bass boost turned on. Compared to my previous headphones (philips shp 9500 and x2hr) Deva pro sounds a lot better and more detailed. Any suggestions on what I need to upgrade next?

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