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Tyler Allen
peace to all headphones
Connor Sullivan
By yours truly...
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Dylan Gomez
too much cuteness, I want to die.
Liam Ramirez
For me its the SHP9500S
Thomas Carter
The hd650 is actually pretty good. I think you guys shit on the old chifimens a bit too hard though!
Cooper Rogers
The Trustiest of Fucks!
Jordan Allen
Chinese t50rps you mean
Levi Nelson
>I think you guys shit on the old chifimens a bit too hard though!
hifiman doesn't get enough hate as a company desu
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Leo Kelly
Idol trash here.
What's your setup like, user
Good op.
Adorable cat.
Nolan White
They're fucking shit as a company now. What they did was take the he400 and turn it into the he400i, he560, sundara, etc at around $500. Then took the he6, their good headphone, and started selling comparable headphones at like $2k+. Straight NVidia tactics.
Whole fucking headphone industry is doing it now, charging ridiculous prices for their good stuff. HD820, HE1000, the new lcd4, etc. The only ones not doing are beyer who instead chose to release a dt990 revision at $600.
Andrew Morales
>While this material is somewhat different than graphene proper, the Kickstarter page has some great technical information including measurements of the diaphragm performance. I found many similarities between my measurements of the 1More Triple Driver Over-Ear Headphone and measurements of the Ora headphone.
Shitty graphene over mylar already has this much improvement. Just imagine how much the Ora pure graphene driver headphones are gonna shit on the headphones you overpaid for B)
Read more at innerfidelity.com
Jayden Phillips
It's not like Focal, Fostex, Koss, ZMF, and a shit ton of others have tried "dynamic driver b-b-but with a new material!!!". This one's gonna be the one for sure guys.
Austin Bailey
>Just imagine how much the Ora pure graphene driver headphones are gonna shit on the headphones you overpaid for
the reality is I'm going to wait until said "overpriced" models come out, buy them and then continue to be smug while I look down at you and history will repeat itself
Christian Scott
>Whole fucking headphone industry is doing it now, charging ridiculous prices for their good stuff.
>The only ones not doing are beyer
But, user, Sennheiser are selling HD600, the world's best headphones (driver matched, btw, unlike HD650/HD6XX), for $300.
Ryan Hall
I can't believe this is a $249 headphone. Sean Olive contends that there is little relationship between the price of a headphone and the quality of reproduction. I agree. Usually it's used as a damning criticism of expensive headphones that don't live up to their price tag. Fortunately the opposite is also true: There are headphones that punch well above their price tag. Such is the case with the 1More Triple Driver Over Ear Headphone.
Read more at innerfidelity.com
Landon Russell
You have it the other way around, dumdum! The HD 650s (And 6XXs) are all driver matched to 1db! As expected from absolute perfection (Obviously)
Charles Rodriguez
Accurate.
Gavin Roberts
The Beyer T1 retails for $1,299.99
Luke Nelson
Can Tyll suck Sean Olive's cock any more? Tyll quite suddenly developed a subjective preference for Jamalbass the moment the Harman target research was published, as if a poorly-designed study had the magical ability to physically alter his ears.
Leo Gomez
$1k flagships are fine and have been a thing for a while. I'm talking about the ridiculously priced shit like the he1000, hd820, new lcd4, utopia, they're all over 2k.
Kevin Rogers
reviews are pretty bullshit in general, loudness curves dictate that different people will listen at different volumes generating different signatures from the same headphone. your preferences change over time as well as your hearing ability.
Lincoln Williams
And moreover, they all use deprecated magnet technology.
Austin Wood
2009 Grade PS-1000
2009 Sennheiser HD800 flagship, $1,199
2010 HiFiMAN He 5, $599
2010 Ultrasone Edition 10, $2,749
2011 AKG K812, $1,299. So much for a cheap flagship!
2011 Audeze LCD-3, $1,995
2011 beyerdynamic T1 Tesla, $1,099
2011 HiFiMAN HE 500, $599
2011 Stax SR-009 electrostatic, $3,500
2012 HiFiMAN HE-6, $1,299
2012 Final Audio Design Muramasa VIII, stainless steel, 850g, $8,000
2012 Fostex TH900, $1,149
2013 JPS Labs Abyss AB-1266, $4,494 / $5,495
2014 Enigmatic Audio The Enigma, $900
2014 HiFiMAN HE 1000, $2,999
2014 Kennerton Odin, $2,250
2014 McIntosh MHP1000, $2,000
2014 OPPO PM-1 Planar Magnetic, $1,200
2014 Ultrasone Edition 5 limited edition, $4,999
2015 Audeze LCD-4, $3,995
2016 beyerdynamic T1 (2nd Gen), $1,399
2015 EnigmAcoustics Dharma D1000, $1,190
2015 Fostex TH900 Mk II, $1,505
2015 MrSpeakers Ether, $1,499
2015 Sennheiser Orpheus 2 HE1060/HEV1060, $55,000
2015 Pioneer SE-Master 1, $2,500
2016 Focal Utopia, $4,000
2016 Mrspeakers Ether Flow, $1,800
2016 Sony MDR-Z1R, $2,300
Jacob King
i want to FUG miku
Benjamin Lewis
Looks like it was Ultrasone that started the gouging and not chifiman :^)
Liam Carter
Muramasa takes the cake for the worst price performance ever made, in case anyone was curious
Levi Jones
Why do my headphones seem to sound totally different depending on what volume I play them at?
What volume do reviewers use?
Isaac Gomez
Correct.
Jason Phillips
well, ignoring the obvious estats (omega, orpheus) the mdr-r10 was $2.5k, understandable though. first driver of its kind.
Isaiah Robinson
Wow, worse than Ultrasone Edition 10. That's an accomplishment.
Brayden Hernandez
fletcher munson is why that happens.
Gavin Hill
I will limit myself to two burgers a day for a year. I promise you /hpg/, I will have an orpheus in two years or less.
Justin Ramirez
you realize you can just make your own right? some dude on headfi beat the orpheus with his diy clone
Evan Ward
Someone seems rattled that their headphones aren't TOTL and driver matched :^) (Obviously)
Samuel Torres
This would only be the case if the poster you are replying to was an HD650 owner.
Xavier Peterson
accurate
Kayden Allen
Rude! As everybody knows, the HD 650s are driver matched to perfection! Only lesser headphones (Non-driver matched) will agree (Obviously)
Ayden Thomas
Did you go to his house and try it for yourself? And what do you mean by beat it? Do you mean it sounds better? What does sound better even mean in regards to something as subjective as sound quality?
Nathaniel Ramirez
both subjectively based on auditions by reviewers and at events, and iirc measurably better too.
Owen Jenkins
Very accurate post (As expected)
Mason Cook
>the 600 shill is so mad he's not just manipulating and cherrypicking, he's also outright lying at this point
Leo Harris
Most people prefer the hd650 stock anyway. It's just people spending too much time here.
Christopher Smith
600 shill will go night-night soon anyway
Jackson Cruz
Idgaf, my modded he500 is still absolute 10/10 and from my experience by far the best sub-1k setup you can get.
Isaiah Perez
Used Alpha Dog's a good buy at $300 usd?
Eli Edwards
that's fine, it's just a product after all.
Owen Nelson
Go for it
Jose Martinez
over priced T50RP
Eli Rogers
That's every headphone
William Diaz
>lying
>says the guy who lies every time he says the HD650 is driver matched
Aiden Jones
Alexander Reed
Oh lawdy, not the exact same converation again. I'm not sure what's up with this nerd and his lack of short term memory (haha)
Juan Sanders
>in b4 cherrypicked RNG results
Henry Powell
Not when HD600, the best headphones in the world, are also $300.
Luis Turner
Silly user, those aren't even driver matched! Luckily, the best headphones mankind has to offer (HD 650s, as usual) also are! Too poor for that? The HD 6XXs would be just for you!
Brayden Lewis
this post is accurate
this post is not
James Russell
Did I mention they're only $200?
Dylan Gutierrez
Can anyone suggest me a dac/amp with a mic in for about $100? Headphone is a Sennheiser Game One, which is basically a HD598 with a mic, if that's of any help.
Currently using a soundcard, Asus Xonar DG, but it's constantly giving me BSODs because the drivers are wonky on w10. Even if it were working properly, my new PC build won't have space for a sound card anyway.
John Gray
this post is accurate
this post is not
Wyatt Powell
g-guys...
scientificamerican.com
>Phytoplankton Population Drops 40 Percent Since 1950
Jordan Lopez
It's alright. I've got enough semen to fill your liquid mids :^)
Bentley Phillips
This post is correct, btw
Adam Bailey
Robert Nelson
True.
Blake Bailey
>Sennheiser
Nice. The best headphone manufacturer. /hpg/ approved.
Christian Morales
lmoaing @ this thread
Adrian Miller
Ordered Takstar Pro82's for 48€, hopefully they slip through the customs.
Isaac Jones
Worth it?
I have a HD 650 + O2 amp and a realtek ALC887 on-board audio but i don't know if this could improve audio quality)
Joshua Ortiz
>HD 650
Should have bought HD600. They sound much better and have better driver matching according to objective data.
Benjamin Evans
audiosciencereview.com
Take a look for yourself, seems quite nice
Chase Davis
If your on-board audio is shit, it certainly could, but I can't guarantee that you would notice a big difference.
Christopher Cook
extremely truthful post
Jonathan Gomez
Ignore this silly user
He was simply hurt by his lack of driver matching. In fact, user's leading you astray from the TOTL headphones of mankind, which luckily, are also driver matched! (As expected from headphones such as these)
Brandon Sullivan
Ordered a set of these. Anything i should keep in mind these being my first set of wood headphones.
Sebastian Green
Congratulations too, as there are no other better headphones :)
Julian Roberts
I agree.
Nolan White
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>the HD600 is a little bit more neutral [than the HD650]
>the HD600 is the better value [compared to the HD650]
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>I'm really confident that the HD600 will be the better fit for me long term [compared to HD650]
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>I prefer the HD600s over the HD650s
youtube.com
>if I had to choose one I would go with the HD600 over the HD650
>describes the HD650 as "more colored"
Christian Reyes
But how can you say for sure when each HD 600 driver is going to be different? The lack of driver matching really kills it sometimes, I have to admit
Justin Bennett
When each 600 earcup differs from the other earcup, it's really hard to tell what you're going to get. Driver matching really is a must, i'm afraid
Gavin Ross
Luckily, the HD 650s solve just that with perfect driver matching and TOTL sound! (Sorry for 3 posts)
Thomas Jackson
HD 600 is the iPhone of headphones
The welfare queen's Cadillac, the epitome of just high end enough to make people feel good yet nothing special, most people don't see any value in it but you do because of the status symbol.
Hunter Ortiz
>been keeping an eye on topping d10 that was supposed to be discounted by 30%
>8 hours till discount
>open link, it's full price
fuck off
Eli Rodriguez
Newbie here, what are some good headphones with active noisecancelling that are not 380 bucks? (my budget is more like under 150)
Also is bose mostly brand or are they worth their price?
Bentley Robinson
>m-muh youtube links
Christian Taylor
If you think 90 bucks is worth for 1-5% better bass and treble go for it
Easton Cooper
Just recently broke my v-moda m100 cans, the left side is dangling on the cable.
What cans should i get next? I feel like the next cans i get should be bit bigger than those.
Im looking for something that sounds similar to the m100s but more robust in design
Jeremiah Cruz
ordered a topping d10, hope I didn't get memed
Wyatt Hill
bluedio from chinks. they are also on sale on chink sites now.
Ethan Fisher
aliexpress.com
Discount was only 15%.
It's the best performing DAC for the price, if that's what you were looking for then you're not getting memed.
Aiden Bailey
>he bought audio equipment without testing it first
this is how snake oil is sold
Jordan Bell
Will this improve sound quality ? No, most likely not.
Should you get it ? Maybe. The Topping D10 has very low jitter, noise floor and good linearity. At its price, it's a safe buy and it could be your end-game.
Gavin Rodriguez
what the fuck
where from
Jeremiah Parker
fix them faggot
Benjamin Thompson
I got mine for £48 from eBay
Mason Lopez
Yes, eventually got it for 75 USD.
I don't have the equipment but I saw the measurements on audioscience and they looked good.
Jordan Hernandez
VE Zen 2.0 with removable cable (ZOE edition)
Thoughts?
Hudson Thomas
>Age of the internet
>Being able to test anything without buying it and sending it back if you don't like it
Parker Ward
I'm in need of a new DAC. I was looking at the Topping D50 but I've seen people complaining about some hissing/noise issue, is that true ?
Ian Stewart
>Listen to m40x - reproduces music accurately
>listen to SHP 9500s - reproduces music accurately
>Listen to X2 - reproduces music accurately
>Listen to Sennheiser 6xx - music is not reproduced accurately
Explain this nonsense. Bass guitar on some tracks is completely different!