i have the elex,when i used it with the stock pads it will hurt my ears and cause fatigue after half an hour of use ,tried the akg k7xx pads with it and the problem is gone.

Only volume normalization through the player. If you use youtube-dl to download Opus stream, you get completely unprocessed audio.

Now it's up to you to decide if a change in digital volume degrades quality for you or not :)

perhaps you could try using tips that include filters. Azla Max (silicone) and Comply (foam) are the ones i know of.

The Arya headband is fantastic, just wish they used that instead. I even swapped some emu teaks to an Arya headband. Massive upgrade

I felt largely the same both times I bought the Sundara. The sound is indeed beautiful, but somehow lifeless at the same time. I like to describe them as literally having two walls of sound on either side of your head. The walls are a a good width apart, but they're just vertical walls with seemingly no layering or depth.

I think because of this lack of layering and depth, it makes them sound sort of lifeless unfortunately. It's really obvious if you try to game with them. The lack of dynamics becomes readily apparent.

Still their sound is beautiful. The airiness is incredible, and though they are a touch bright to me I think the overall tuning is amazing.

But like you said, the comfort and build is just not for daily wear.

Given sundaras fascinately dodgy track record for build quality, i really wouldnt trust them to put a swivel in at risk of it becoming yet another point of failure. The quality of the internal connections is bad as is.

Dt 770 had severe clamp pressure for me compared to the sundara, the head band barely fit on Bd compared to hifiman which was roomy Pad comfort way & clamp pressure better on sundara but the padding doesnt bounce back much in between uses. I have 62cm head ovoid-ish ( i have to keep track for helmet sizing on motorcycles).

Awesome to know! I'll email soon!

Sounds great, but still breaking it in

it vibrates quickly while also oscillating slower. back and forth at 80 times per second while going smaller quicker back and forth motions while riding the bigger slower wave... Of course it is a mashup of the two, but it makes two tones, even if it is one combined output at the transducer. It's all in the semantics of how you want to approach and define these things, really.

> need more oomph in my bass and that seems like the best way to get it without losing the qualities I like in the Sundaras.

You can also try the Edition XS. Recently got these and to me they fill in the exact holes that the Sundara is missing. The bass sounds like a flat line pretty much all the way down to 20hz, and it has noticeably wider soundstage and even better instrument separation. It's definitely not as intense in the mid-mids as the HD650, so it might be up your alley.

Of course if you're set on the Arya that should be flat out better in terms of technical ability, but they ARE supposed to be brighter...

This picture is a trip, depending on how zoomed in you are the picture quality changes. Taking pictures of screens is so strange.

I see image wow that smsl looks so sweet I wonder how it sounds

Source?

Thanks man - you can always email me and we can talk I have some other sets not on my web site using same driver but one of kind designs that I can let go cheaper

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Yes they are

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^, if you look at what pros use they all use pretty much garbage cause it doesnt really matter from a performance standpoint. So just use whatever brings the most joy to your gaming experience.

Very very interested in your work. I hear very high praise of your mods, and your customs look very amazing. I've been wanting a dynamic driver set to pair with audezes, just can't afford it at the moment. But man I can't wait to get ahold of something you've made!

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If that cable actually works with the switch I'd buy one if they make a standalone version.

Enjoy the ones you have they are fantastic!!!

Tank! Cowboy beebop soundtrack.

I tried Sundara's after getting the 6XX I thought I was in an extremely small minority or even totally on my own thinking the Sundara's weren't that great and I had much of the same "detached" experience as you. The 6XX make me feel like part of the music, like I'm immersed in it and right in there with the band whereas the Sundara's made me feel like the music was being played at me from across the room but not in a good way and it felt like more than just a soundstage difference. Someone described them as being more "deep" than wide which resonated with me.

I just got my dac in today, and ordered the amp. Gonna have to wait on the 2nd set, but they look so nice