🌐│pc_gear

[round lagoon]

Detecting alien!

[rigid dagger]

little green men

[oak lichen]

I was a DoD contractor for Space Force for about a year and what I learned from that experience is they are obsessed with Star Wars and aren’t beholden to copyright when it comes to project/team names in the slightest.

[heady zenith]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Force_(TV_series)

this space force right

[viscid bison]

such an obvious solution for a lighter mice, just need to cut the wire to reach endgame

[silver topaz]

Finally it was in stock on b&h🙏

Xlr setup incoming

It was either this or a set of hd 490 pros, but then I wouldn't have a mic😭

[blissful gust]

I enjoyed that show tbh

it had potential

[lunar holly]

just ordered a friend GK Kunten for his first iem

paid $6
gotta love ali

[viscid bison]

hey it’s me, also your friend, you forgot to add the 30th anniversary 5090 from Gibabyte

[lunar holly]

[viscid bison]

[obtuse dove]

pea pea

[hazy karma]

My entire water cooled build is similar to that cost lmfao
Edit water cooled build is roughly 8k

[kind lotus]

What mousepad should i buy, heard Artisan makes very good ones, but also heard Tenta-X is very good.
Its for fast FPS shooters like Call of Duty etc. So i don't know what is the best - soft, medium

[tulip tide]

I enjoy glass mousepads, but Artisan is a great option as well, I always preferred the medium thickness

[kind lotus]

Never user a glass mousepad, even better for aim?

[tulip tide]

It depends, the ceiling is much higher on a glass mousepad I believe, but it takes the worst of your aim and amplifies it

[kind lotus]

and medium thickness best, cause i hear so much different things about soft and medium, so many options haha

[tulip tide]

Glass is much easier to maintain and it's always consistent. No matter how special the cloth mousepad is, it will eventually slow down

[tulip tide]

It's personal preference after all, 100 people 100 opinions

[kind lotus]

Yep, thats true

[kind lotus]

Okay, cool! But need to order skates for the mouse aswell then right

What are good glass mousepads; i'll look into that aswell

[tulip tide]

Most new-ish mice come with decent enough skates already, I would only replace them if they are worn out

I only ever tried SteelSeries, Skypad/Wallhack so I won't really help with that 😅 I've seen people send around some cheaper alternatives that looked identical to the new pads

[kind lotus]

Okay, thanks, seen some things about the skypad, looks good

[tulip tide]

Can't seem to find it, but I swear it was somewhere in this chat

[tulip tide]

I have nothing bad to say about them, I have 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 for many years and all of them look basically brand new

Only the 2.0 which I got in white turned slightly yellow

[kind lotus]

Damn thats sick, and more precise aim tracking?

[tulip tide]

Precise? Not sure what you mean. The mouse sensor tracks the same way on cloth or glass. 😅

[abstract warren]

If you end up still looking for artisans:

[round lagoon]

hmm, kinda wanna get a small desktop speaker. Or in other words, smol sound bar. Just don't know what to get.

[proper vector]

GS3

I have a GS5 and is really nice

GS3 is essentially smaller GS5

[gray shuttle]

Do you have a picture Calsy?

[proper vector]

27" monitor for reference

[gray shuttle]

Ph nice

Nijntje!

[round lagoon]

hmm, smol and cheap

sure, this'll do

[gray shuttle]

Wait Calsy, are you perhaps from the lands of the nether?

[proper vector]

2 countries east

[gray shuttle]

Hehe, I'm Belgian

[proper vector]

Fries country

[gray shuttle]

Yes!

[winged pewter]

Then why did the dutch win the best fries in the world award?

Dutchland nr1!!!!

[gray shuttle]

Belgium is more about beer anyway

Like the dark beers atleast

[normal acorn]

I see familiar goodies

[proper vector]

Nijntje keeps critical data if my computer dies

[heady crystal]

[silver topaz]

I have a artisan 99 mid myself, I love it personally, I think my next pad will be a glass though just because they're easier to clean

[rain turret]

Got a Key 83 Soft right now, trying glass very soon

[kind lotus]

Nice! I think i’ll order a Artisan Zero Soft XXL for now

[crude talon]

Zero soft is a great choice, hope you enjoy it

[kind lotus]

Glass maybe later, but i hear good and less good things about it, i get sweaty real fast so maybe glass isn’t the best🤣

[kind lotus]

Nice! Thanks 🙏

[crude talon]

Glass can be fun and good for tracking heavy games if you have good mouse control, personally as a filthy casual I rarely use mine

[rain turret]

Nice, i also wanted to get a Zero in addition recently, just couldn't.

[kind lotus]

Ahh okay, and the good ones are expensive aswell, skypad 112€

Artisan 70€ also with shipping

[crude talon]

yeah artisan pads aren't cheap either

I'm missing two of their current surfaces from my collection 👴 maybe I'll get one more if I go to Japan, but the Hien is my favorite right now

[crude talon]

type 99 to glass would be crazy transition

[abstract warren]

You’ll probably wanna pick up some obsidian pro air dots if you end up getting glass

[crude talon]

obby pro so gross but they're controlled I suppose

[crude talon]

I decided to try them again for the redemption arc but I hate them even more than I remember

[abstract warren]

If he’s using type 99 he’s gonna need all the slow he can get

[crude talon]

I concur

but I am the biggest uhmwpe skate hater

[abstract warren]

Even using Raiden for like almost a year it felt pretty jarring

[crude talon]

I know people like uhmwpe but I hate this shit

they definitely feel the closest in terms of speed coming from a normal ish pad normal ish skates but other than the speed they feel so bad to me

[silver topaz]

I have a set of ice v2's rn which works pretty well

[abstract warren]

Glass is a different beast entirely, your traditional normal red obsidians are quicker than god on it and those are typically aimed for control on cloth. You need different sets for it

Esp on type 99

[crude talon]

mud to airhockey table

[abstract warren]

I could never shake that feeling which diminished my enjoyment of glass

Felt unnatural

[silver topaz]

Ohhh okay, never been the smartest when it came to skates lol

[abstract warren]

It requires trying a few out before it clicks for what feels good to you

[crude talon]

just be aware it's going to be a big difference

[abstract warren]

Type 99 would be doing a jog at your local track and then glass is gearing up for an Olympic sprint in terms of speed

[crude talon]

https://x.com/vitarta1/status/2010800187548291564

VITARTA🇺🇦🏆ProArtGaming (@VITARTA1)

Today I tried G-wolves arm sleeve with g-wolves skates on it. The results exceeded my expectations.

In BF6 Gauntlet I have near 22-28 kills per round. But with sleeve+skates I have 38 kills. Amazing result. I want start selling sleeve like that

X · Jan 12, 2026, 7:44 PM

shocking use of freewill

[obtuse dove]

no iems

/j

[crude talon]

what did he do to his fenrir pro

it didn't deserve all that

[obtuse dove]

god knows what bro did

[wise turtle]

I have a peripherals question

So I’m currently stuck on a Mac (still saving for the pc) but only has 2 usb-c ports, is there a good usb port I could use that would still allow me to take full advantage on the 8k polling rate?

Should’ve thought of this earlier

[obtuse dove]

pretty much all usb ports on any modern Mac will work with 8K polling

[wise turtle]

Alr, thank you so much!

[gray shuttle]

If you mean a hub try the zneo

[surreal vigil]

im guessing removed the battery, scrollwheel, side buttons, and stripped the cable. although its fugly its perfect

[crude talon]

https://fixupx.com/i/status/2008243261333487954

VITARTA🇺🇦🏆ProArtGaming (@VITARTA1)

My favourite for BF6. G-wolves Fenrir Pro modded and Azeron Cyborg 2 modded

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FixupX · Jan 5, 2026, 6:24 PM

mx switches in a mouse
buddy is pre and post travel maxxing

[surreal vigil]

he had me at removing the battery, lost me and the custom keyboard mouse

[crude talon]

g wolves battery 🚬

note 7 aah mouse

[surreal vigil]

i forgot about the exploding mice issue

[crude talon]

safety first for g wolves mice 💯

[surreal vigil]

is it me or are the switches freefloating with hookup wire?

[crude talon]

I can’t say for sure
but he might have soldered one to the left click and the other to middle click
or only soldered one lead and ran a wire for the other

but it might be just glued and wires ran

[silver topaz]

I can't trust that abomination

Looks like it'd shock me if I fall below a certain k/d

[viscid bison]

all that effort for a game that's fallen off a cliff 🤭

[quasi field]

Can't help but wonder if this is mostly confirmation bias

I can't imagine wearing some gamer arm sleeve making you consistently 50% better

[mental spade]

Me when I change my crosshair on cs2

[quasi field]

Me when I change the skin on my AK47 and suddenly perform much better in the next deathmatch game
I don't understand how it works but clearly it does, no critical thinking needed!

[mental spade]

Personally I think it just forces you to focus more since you're not used to it

[quasi field]

Any real difference will be in the mindset yeah

[round lagoon]

So it does work

For a bit

[quasi field]

Same fallacy happens in audio all the time. People focus differently or more intensely on music after switching out a component and therefore believe it makes a difference

[quasi field]

No

Because it's not guaranteed. In fact you doing better after changing crosshair or getting a new skin could be completely down to chance anyway

[gaunt flax]

Well it kinda works but mostly it’s silly because you can just focus more and get same results IF the gain is from you focusing more

people just get lazy in game and stop focusing on crosshair

[quasi field]

Games are extremely varied anyway. If you change it and suddenly do worse is that also because of the crosshair? Or because human performance varies consistently as well as playing against different people of different skill all the time?

[gaunt flax]

I think they’re specifically taking cs/val type games in this example

[quasi field]

I am too

[gaunt flax]

People shoot too fast sometimes as well, so changing crosshair probably also forces them to stop being dumb and shoot slower lol

it’s mostly a dumb fix for something they can just do themselves if they stop playing lazy

[quasi field]

I personally think confirmation bias is the biggest thing happening here

[gaunt flax]

Eh I disagree

crosshair focus is a real thing that’s measurably better when you’re ‘in focus’

just that average person autopilots way too much once they’re comfortable

they get lazy clearing and not anticipating, don’t pay attention to lining up crosshair as much etc

I do think changing crosshair is a dumb solution though because there’s lots of things you can do to make yourself focus beyond swapping crosshairs lol

[quasi field]

At best this just seems like a skill issue temporarily helped to a small degree by stupid stuff

[mental spade]

Well whatever it is it's better than strapping mouse skates to your arm sleeve

[surreal vigil]

cant hate on it. atleast its a consistent glide on both the X and Y axis

[surreal vigil]

its fun to tailor your stuff to your tastes

[quasi field]

Sure. I agree

[quasi field]

accurate bass, superb transient response, transparent highs and intimate sound.

[round lagoon]

67

but ayyy, the mids is correct at least

[past dome]

No you can't just call them mid headphones by only giving it mids

[quasi field]

Didn't even notice. You must be younger than I

[round lagoon]

I am 20

also the treble spike never go beyond the harman line

so it's neither bloated or shouty

it's a good headphone

[quasi field]

Yes that's how the line works. It's a threshold line where as long as it's under it it's good

But that also means the 100 to 500 Hz range is bad and wrong!

[round lagoon]

also has the 1-2khz scoop, Which gives it a nice soundstage

[gray shuttle]

Should send for a research report copy

[heady crystal]

https://youtu.be/-PLLQuOgBRw

[quasi field]

Very sad it uses a white subpixel and is that big. A 34 inch RGB version would be tempting

[quasi field]

I wonder how big the scoop needs to be before it stops being soundstage to many and instead just sounds bad and awful

Personally it doesn't widen the soundstage to me as I don't hear soundstage with headphones

Too high IQ to be fooled by auditory hallucinations

[past dome]

How's this eq

[quasi field]

Looks like you pressed the auto EQ button. If you like it then go with it. I still recommend finetuning it a bit further as there is typically improvement to be had

[past dome]

Auto eq had a dip at 4k or so. I then fixed that dip

What exactly would you finetune now?

[quasi field]

To taste

You might want more or less bass particularly

[round lagoon]

or make the treble either like that or straight

[quasi field]

Straight?

For treble above whatever range the rig is accurate at I generally only do a high-pass filter

The wiggles are too rig-dependent at higher frequencies to translate accurately over to your own ear
But you can always do it by ear

If you want 10/10 treble performance you need to get loudspeakers!

[round lagoon]

I really like the look meze empy 2 treble lmao

[round lagoon]

too loud

😭

I want it to be just me and also carryable on my backpack

[quasi field]

Turn it down? 😁

But yes only loudspeakers have the very best treble clearly

[round lagoon]

too quiet. I need it to be 64-75db on my ears and not having any db everywhere else.

maybe soon there'll be another $300-500 headphone that'll have the treble performance/tuning that I want

[quasi field]

What if it's $100 instead?

[round lagoon]

I don't mind

any price below 6-700 would do honestly.

[quasi field]

Do I have to say that price does not equal performance again?

[round lagoon]

😭

I'm just stating my budget range

[quasi field]

I think it's a big problem (primarily for people's pockets) when they give a minimum budget for whatever they want to buy, as if it being below that means it's bad

(This is Sean Olive saying this again)

[round lagoon]

He's everywhere

[quasi field]

He's the number 1 headphone preference researcher that's why

And that was on a Headphones Show video where he was a guest and also appeared in the comments

https://www.youtube.com/live/z7vnKHxtVUE

This is the video

[round lagoon]

at least now that gagetry tech got a hand on 5128, I can expect a nice measurement of ROGxHifiman new headphone.

[dusty walrus]

Chat I got my artisan hien, did I cook or should I try another artisan like the type 83

[quasi field]

Let me predict it:
Fairly flat linear bass
2k scoop
Peaky uneven treble

[round lagoon]

I'll sad if all of those are true. Well, we're going to find out this year

[quasi field]

Well I already know one of them is true

[round lagoon]

yess, I like that flatness

[quasi field]

I don't mind it since it's effortless to EQ

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison I caved

[quasi field]

But I think a lot of people will be disappointed with it

Most people do not prefer flat bass, especially not younger people

So I think someone coming from headphones with more bass will ultimately be somewhat disappointed like I was when I went from Beyerdynamic to Arya

[round lagoon]

solution: A software with a toggle for 'extra bass'.

[viscid bison]

last shell not light enough, or is this the first one?

[quasi field]

The ability to easily tune the sound is part of the endgame yeah

Active headphones are the future...

[round lagoon]

as long as the latency is like passive with a usb dac + asio

[plain schooner]

The first one I got is light as well, I was waiting for the solid side to restock but it never did

So fuck it I’ll just get the light one again

[quasi field]

I assume it would be if the headphone is wired (USB)

[round lagoon]

yesh

[quasi field]

I want wireless personally

[round lagoon]

preferences. I play rhythm game so wired is a must no matter what.

[quasi field]

Audeze has 23 ms latency with dongle according to Rtings

[round lagoon]

I want it to be lower than monitor's latency, so like 5ms or less

[quasi field]

I also want as little latency as possible

[quasi field]

What buffer size are you running your dac at

[quasi field]

Damn

When I calibrated my loudspeakers I had to set it to 1024 because below that I got weird cackling noises

[round lagoon]

be like my windows, sometimes cackling exist even without the asio in use. Not sure if it's fixed but I do still heard something like that from time to time.

running in driverless mode fixes it though, but I can't really do asio if I use that.

[patent patrol]

a game with asio support :o

[round lagoon]

rhythm game does that, very nice when the game itself demands 2 out of 60 frame to hit perfect

[quasi field]

Out of 60? Does the game only render at 60 or something?

[round lagoon]

that's to simplify saying 16ms. But yeah, it doesn't have unlocked frame. Either 60 or 120.

at least it's just one of the few. Most other is fine

[blissful gust]

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FxTwitter · Jan 14, 2026, 4:00 AM

For the weeks

[normal glacier]

@shy igloo so you are saying that cr-005 has way more control than the other one?

[shy igloo]

Yeah the SP-005 is designed to be high speed, low friction, but the CR-005 is designed to be more controlable but still be fast (it's glass)

If you want it to be somewhat controlable, I would have waited for the CR-005 to go back in stock instead of ordering the SP-005

[normal glacier]

thank you so much.

[plain schooner]

@hazy fiber

[shy igloo]

best mod kit ngl, i have it on both my vv3p

[bitter sapphire]

Soo when new phone ?

[plain schooner]

I have the regular one and the pulse

[plain schooner]

No new phone for now

[bitter sapphire]

So you gonna pre-order the Iphone Fold right ?

[plain schooner]

Honestly I want to but at the same time since it’s a 1 gen for Apple idk

[bitter sapphire]

[quasi field]

Very good treble on the Lyro

[round lagoon]

hd600 alternative with a bass knob

well, close enough pricing and tuning wise

[quasi field]

I'm almost tempted to get one but it's on-ear and I would probably dislike the feeling of that

[round lagoon]

why you dislike?

[quasi field]

Pressing down on the ears. I feel it would get tiresome especially if you intend to use it for hours

[round lagoon]

mmhm, I see

[quasi field]

Sadly no way to know without trying it

I haven't had on-ears since childhood

[round lagoon]

one thing I hope is that I can go to an audio store to compare it against hd600

I don't like hd600 comfort wise

[quasi field]

It's very light at least. 112 grams without cable

Cable looks exactly like the cable my Variations had

[round lagoon]

it swivels too, this could be a nice upgrade from old fashioned

(I haven't tried old fashioned, still not shipped yet lmao)

[quasi field]

Nvm it doesn't. I was thinking of FreeDSP

[quasi field]

The bass tuning device it has is very nice

[round lagoon]

yesh, it satisfied my appetite for no bass

[quasi field]

https://tenor.com/view/i-love-iy-i-love-it-kanye-gif-20542717

[quasi field]

Truthnuke

[round lagoon]

TIL, I am sensitive from 1.9khz to 2.4khz. In a way, keys around that range hurts my ear. I come to that conclusion because the key C7 on a piano would consistently be louder compared to other C key. This happens on 2 piano with 1 being digital on its speaker and hd490, and another being acoustic.

[quasi field]

If you do a tone generator is that range also more sensitive

[round lagoon]

yep

I do tone generator to sanity check, and it's the same

[surreal vigil]

You need a pair of ksc75s

[quasi field]

Not interested. They have a bad bass roll-off

[viscid bison]

I have em with Yaxi pads. And I've stopped caring about expensive headphones/iems since, not because the Koss' are better, but because they feel lke I'm wearing nothing

[viscid bison]

that's the spriti lul

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/asus-rog-x-hifiman-kithara.979081/page-4 some kids impressions(and pics) of the Asus x Hifimans Headphones. Sounds promising and size maybe ok for what looks like, an average-sized head

[surreal vigil]

i actually just bought my first pair of koss headphones yesterday. are yaxi pads worth it?

[viscid bison]

better comfort as they’re softer and thicker, but you’ll most likely need to do some bending for a proper fit. Worth it imo

[vague arch]

Is the tenz 80he likely to be of similar or same price to the current 80he

[astral musk]

Time will tell. More information on the 22nd

[hollow fulcrum]

is the wooting 60he with a g pro x superlight and 280hz monitor a good combo?

[astral musk]

Superlight 2? Perhaps.

[surreal vigil]

the best combo is the stuff that you like

[shadow dust]

Well if you don’t play well it will not be the hardware fault that’s a fact 😂 it’s pretty good but I mean. It’s so relative. As Crayola said the best combo is the one that allow you to have fun without to the point you are thinking about the combo ehehe

[silver topaz]

Whole xlr setup just got here... Except the arm lmao

Xlr dock for the stream deck is amazing though

[quasi field]

The bass is fast
Lol

[viscid bison]

mehh, if that's how he perceives the sound, then so be it

[rigid dagger]

Do you compensate for that by lowering the volume in that frequency range?

[quasi field]

Hifiman hearing

[quasi field]

That's how a lot of people describe flat bass though I think it's unfortunate since it's based on a distorted idea of driver speed

Companies love using it as marketing too

[rigid dagger]

i really dont like the disconnect between marketing and science/engineering

[quasi field]

That's important to trick people into buying your headphones on false grounds

[rigid dagger]

fr

[viscid bison]

he looks to me like kid that's just started on his audiophile journey; judging by his insta collection and certainly his baby face. In time maybe he'll work out the more nuanced shit, but whatever

[quasi field]

He'll never learn from using HeadFi, the forum where nonsense is actively encouraged and not fought back on

[viscid bison]

yikes

[quasi field]

If you say you don't like a headphone there people will blame your dac or amplifier or even headphone cable

[rigid dagger]

ive heard about that

[quasi field]

The MDR-Z1R thread was full of that

«Tried the upgraded copper cable? It tames the peak!»

And these things receive next to no pushback. That makes the forum really terrible for learning anything as people will feed you wrong ideas all over

[sullen falcon]

Hi

[quasi field]

Hi

[round lagoon]

No, at least for hd490, at most it'll just make that range equal to 3khz to 8khz.

[quasi field]

Since your hearing is sensitive in that region you shouldn't really counteract it. That's how your natural hearing is and so lowering the volume in it can make it sound worse not better since you are then missing the expected amplitude
For example if you use a tone generator to find peaks in your hearing from a flat loudspeaker then these peaks should not be EQed out as they are part of your natural hearing

[round lagoon]

I haven't got any song that causes issue even with that sensitivities, so I haven't found myself to 'fix' that part.

[viscid bison]

unfortunately that's the nature of any hobby, eventually you'll cross paths with elitist who only buy toilet paper made of gold. And no amount of pushback is ever going to convince them, that their gear and wisdom isn't better than anyone else's.

I don't know enough about the HF community but I like reading the user reviews, as it's more personal without others crashing the party

[rich condor]

Time for audiophile grade wigs
$1000000000

[quasi field]

Nonsense is just sadly the main driving force for a lot of companies and people in audio compared to for example displays where people are far more objective based

[quasi field]

The true audiophile haircut is either being bald or shaving your sides to ensure a more consistent seal

[obtuse dove]

Why does it remind me of Sharur?

Something about hearing ability and body fat deposits in the ear canal something something

[quasi field]

I think he said he shaved his head for that reason

[quasi field]

Yes body weight is related to HRTF or something but I never looked into it

[obtuse dove]

He did link to some peer reviewed studies about it

I need to read them as well

[quasi field]

I believe it. He's definitely exaggerating things about it to troll which is his trope a lot of the time. Take something technically true and exaggerate it to troll

[obtuse dove]

He is literally a D1 rage baiter it's funny

[quasi field]

The best bait is stuff that has origin in things partially or fully based on truth

[obtuse dove]

10,000 dollar IEMs gets destroyed by 8 dollar Samsung buds OMGOMGOMG NOT CLICKBAIT!!!!!

[quasi field]

It works because it can very well be real

[round lagoon]

Followed it up with a $1.2k iem that beats the $8 buds

[quasi field]

Though that earbud really does need to be measured by the owner and EQed to actually makr it happen

[obtuse dove]

And then follows up again saying that the Samsung buds are actually better

[round lagoon]

Man milking the cow

[obtuse dove]

By design they're not horrible, they measure good enough for something thats 8 bucks

They're just generic buds lmao

Dual DD is surprising though, no crossover unfortunately

[quasi field]

They have very varied channel balance and general FR so has to ideally be measured by the owner as online measurements won't be very reliable especially not for channel balance

[obtuse dove]

He does link to a decent 711 clone coupler that people can buy, it's like 60 bucks and he does teach you how to actually properly EQ and channel balance IEMs.

[quasi field]

But they can easily beat $10k or any other price earbuds after that, just as most earbuds can. Sharur is clearly leaning into clickbait he doesn't believe in himself with sound like $10,000 earbuds as if $10k earbuds means anything sound wise

[obtuse dove]

He just uses the 8 dollar Samsung buds as an example but you can do this with any pair of IEMs

[quasi field]

These cost $10,900 apparently

Beaten by almost every earbuds I see

[round lagoon]

That's kinda the bad/annoying part, masking good information behind words that can be chalk up as to lie.

[quasi field]

I actually think price correlates negatively to sound quality when you get into four digits

[obtuse dove]

Fatfreq Scarlet

[quasi field]

Mini?

[obtuse dove]

Although tbh they do mostly boast about them being the bassiest IEMs on the market

[obtuse dove]

Yeah the mini

[round lagoon]

So you mean monarch mk4 is a nice iem cause it's just betweem 3 digit and 4 digit???

[quasi field]

Absolutely insane bass

[round lagoon]

Lmao, no treble too

[obtuse dove]

I mean if you look at their marketing material

It does line up, you get what they say they are

[quasi field]

It's a bit wonky but the average amplitude is fine to me

[quasi field]

Experience raw, unadulterated power with the World's First 30dB sub-bass shelf, expertly controlled under 200Hz. FATfreq's proprietary tubeless hyper tweeter system provides stratospheric ultra-high extension and brilliance to 40kHz. Giving you the best of both worlds at incredible value and ergonomics.

[obtuse dove]

Idk why anyone would want to buy this tbh

[quasi field]

Deepest bass of over 30dB? What does that even mean? 30dB over what? And do they use deep to mean volume instead of extension?

[obtuse dove]

Yeah it's a bit weird

[quasi field]

I would probably hate it

[obtuse dove]

lol same

[quasi field]

I did try EQing my Variations to have more bass than stock but didn't like it more than stock and yet this is 10dB over that but also rises at a much higher frequency

[obtuse dove]

Lel

Mudcannon is probably an understatement for these

[quasi field]

From mud to sludge

[obtuse dove]

Lolz

[quasi field]

@obtuse dove @round lagoon measurements of 10 earbuds from this list (2 of the ones on the list I didn't find measurements of henxe why #11 and #12 are included)
Clearly there is no correlation between being ultra expensive and good

Keep in mind the measurements aren't all necessarily comparable given several are on different rigs with different normalisation, targets and Y-axis scale

The ones I didn't find on the list were oBravo EAMT-1C and ULTRASONE Saphire

If the ULTRASONE earbuds are like their overears they should be awful

[quasi field]

For reference: https://youtu.be/L34S4Tt1EuQ

[round lagoon]

the only thing I like here is oriolus lmao

but with that money, I might as well recreate my whole setup (including audio) or get meze empy 2.

[quasi field]

Empyrean is comfortable. You would probably feel happy with it. One of the few ultra expensive headphones that feel like a luxury product

[round lagoon]

Yesh, that's why i always think of it as the only other possible upgrade from hd490

[quasi field]

How do you know it's an upgrade? Comfort? Did you try it?

https://tenor.com/view/squishy-squishy-the-squirrel-squirrel-eating-nuts-gif-5045504429927441384

[round lagoon]

The treble response is pretty much what I want. High, equal and well extended

[quasi field]

The treble is good yeah

With hybrid pads

[round lagoon]

Sea

[quasi field]

Eg sjø

[round lagoon]

Just realised, with how I am sensitive to ~2.1khz, it could mean it'll bring the dip right into preference bound

[viscid bison]

you're barking up the wrong tree, buddy. I don't care what your views are on people how they feel about their gear. It's not yours, or my money to spend; and there sure as shit isn't a right or wrong way to enjoy music

[quasi field]

[lavish glacier]

is the logitech g pro x superlight 2 good for a 1-3-1 grip

[patent patrol]

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/shop/p/pro-x2-superstrike-mouse

[lavish glacier]

better then the superlight g pro 2

?

[patent patrol]

different

its not out yet so

[thin zodiac]

Logitech 👎

[patent patrol]

bit heavier and inductive switches

[lunar niche]

@quasi field Someone opened up a thread about songs to test bass and I thought about our discussion around the Focal Clears. Thought I'd put them up against one of them that had pretty insane sub bass and it did distort in the left ear! You were right.

Granted this was with a truly insane song, but my HD800S didn't flinch against it even after EQing the bass & sub bass.

[quasi field]

Excursion limit?

[lunar niche]

"3 kinds of bass"

[quasi field]

One of the songs I know with the thumpiest bass is actually from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

https://youtu.be/M212A0NTrEc

Turning this song up on headphones with Harman levels of bass (close to what I prefer) makes it hurt my ears pretty quickly

[quasi field]

This issue completely kills any interest I could have in any Focal headphones since I wouldn't hit the limit that rarely (I bass boost EQ)

Though I don't know if their newer line such as Azyrus etc. has it

Electrostatic headphones also have these issues where they completely fail at a certain amplitude

[lunar niche]

Doesn't concern me at all due to my listening preferences, the reason I don't use them very often is the weight and fit are just not for me 😭

Like you had shared a very bass heavy song and it didn't distort on that even after boosting bass - just on this silly track that has absolutely bonkers sub bass.

Not the star wars one, back when we were chatting about this.

[quasi field]

I also wonder if it could come down to unit variation or if it's really all down to the song and the volume played at

[lunar niche]

Yeah who knows

[quasi field]

I wonder if Oratory gets tired of having to answer the same questions over and over again

https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/comments/1qcnmak/dynamic_vs_planar/

I guess that comes with the territory when you set up a Subreddit

[obtuse dove]

LMAO

[winged pewter]

Looks really nice though

[silver topaz]

https://youtu.be/yteN21aJEvE?si=eFxVggrnYPGwIKnw

Excuse me wha

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nChRotmbdCU

bass

I don't like the tuning, especially for $500

[obtuse dove]

Hey, can't be worse than FatFreq Scarlet Mini

[languid ridge]

Rec me comfortable headphones max 150 €, very light

[round lagoon]

how light is very light? <250g or something else?

[languid ridge]

preferably < 200 g

[quasi field]

At that point you're looking at on-ears

560S is 240 gram

[languid ridge]

Really? I recall owning audio technica AD900's back in the day that were like 220g

[round lagoon]

MDR-7506 is 250g, and ATH-M40x is 240g

[languid ridge]

Google found me ATH-R70xa = 199 g

Anything better at that price range tho or even lighter?

[round lagoon]

there's the smaller brother which is r50x and r30x

same ish weight

[languid ridge]

Oh very nice, r30x below 100 €, cheers!

[surreal vigil]

if you don’t mind not having bass the KSC75 are fantastic and really cheap

[quasi field]

What do you actually want out of them? Sound quality for music?

[languid ridge]

privacy, good violin, female voice, lightweight, comfortable

[mental spade]

I reckon up the weight to 250g and you'll still have some light headphones but it will open up your options significantly

[round lagoon]

yesh, wearing like 260g headphone and the only thing I feel is the clamp force.

[languid ridge]

I've owned 10-15 years ago ATH-AD700, ATH-AD900, Sennheiser HD800. While I loved my HD800 the ATH's were just more comfortable and prob due to weight.

Think I'll get r50x its their newest line, and even 50g less weight than AD

https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/1lxnl8c/audio_technica_r50x_you_guys_dont_realize_how/

maybe hes right

[languid ridge]

What had you in mind in that weight range?

[heady zenith]

it was he right time to replace this

[white jackal]

keygem sticker

also nice deskpad

[heady zenith]

business card but yes

[crude talon]

looks like someone mistook the deskmat for a road and drove a car over it

[mental spade]

6xx is a classic or one of the other various Sennheiser headphones, hard to judge headphone comfort since it changes a lot depending on your head

[quasi field]

Too xpensive for him

[mental spade]

Sounds like a koss or moon drop old fashioned angle if that's the case

[crude talon]

I ended up with 12 dots under the mouse now

[languid ridge]

looks like a bit meh tbh, I think r50x will do better with instruments due to soundstage and imaging

[surreal vigil]

Not expensive enough. Get sapphire dots

[crude talon]

ruin mousepad speedrun

very expensive

[surreal vigil]

Glasspad?

[crude talon]

nah but harder skates will wear down cloth pads a lot quicker

I mean I have glass pads but not what I meant

[crude talon]

(also no one should be using artisan skates on glass)

[surreal vigil]

is it really that significant?

[round lagoon]

Soon

[quasi field]

I forgot you bought 3...

[round lagoon]

Yesh, got 3 cause the 3rd one is only $10 extra since free shipping on top

[crude talon]

I’m not willing to test, but I don’t doubt it considering a glass pad is so abrasive it kills skates in weeks

[surreal vigil]

No I mean hard skates on cloth

[silver topaz]

Takes awhile, but hard skates can rough up the pad yep

[crude talon]

Yeah that’s what I’m saying, glass (as a pad) is abrasive and kills skates, so I assume glass (as a state) would be abrasive enough to fuck up a cloth surface

[silver topaz]

People sometimes just prefer glass pads simply because they don't want to keep replacing their pads and would rather the 15 dollar skates lol

[round lagoon]

Exactly. Cant be arse to clean it and dry it. I just replace the skate and wipe the pad once in a while.

[crude talon]

wipe it multiple times a day since dust on the surface feels horrible

[wet coral]

$3 for 80x skates on aliexpress

vs glass skates on a $70 artisan pad

[ancient mantle]

Are glass scates even smoother.
I mean sure glass pad will have less friction than cloth.
But compared to something like ptfe material wise glass should offer more friction not less.
I doubt the hardness makes up the difference here.

[crude talon]

Glass skates seem to generally be faster but im not sure about smoother
But whatever specific glass it is seems to wear out very quickly and slow down after very little use

[wispy blaze]

glass skates also have a problem with humidity

if you live in a humid area they can feel drastically different compared to someone using them in dry areas

ive experienced this first hand

[ancient mantle]

Reading about them a bit more seems they are coated which makes them a bit smoother due to hardness, however coating will wear off.

Still seems like an overall bad deal. Be it more comfortable than a glas pad.

[wet coral]

but you cant swap on and off glass skates

[grave moss]

Hey, my G502 (wireless) is showing it's age and I thought this would be a nice place to ask for recommendations since I assume Wooting owners will value a good mouse as well.
It doesn't need to also be a wireless mouse but for sure I need something that is big, even G502 isn't really that comfortable for me

more buttons and programmable buttons and macros are welcome

[crude talon]

if you want a bunch of buttons on a mouse maybe an mmo mouse
endgame gear has nice wired mice but most mice are wireless nowadays

what's the reason the g502 isn't comfortable, is it too small or too big, or is it something else with the shape? and what grip do you use?

[hollow fulcrum]

nope its the v1

[astral musk]

[crude talon]

isn't the v2 just same shape, same weight, just adding higher polling
do most people even use higher than 1k anyway

[astral musk]

And less prone to breaking over and over...

[hollow fulcrum]

yeah and i bought mine a year ago and i have no problems with it exept maybe it has some charging issues, it doenst show the real percentage of my battery level in the ghub sometimes

[crude talon]

yeah my brothers been abusing mine for a solid year in league after I stopped using it

I guess it's micro usb too

[grave moss]

it's too small, I always drive my wrist over the desk and can't get a comfortable grip on it

been struggling to find any quality mice, every "big hand mouse" I always check are smaller than the G502. I was thinking about a vertical mouse but I haven't seen any good quality vertical mice for gaming and honestly I don't know if a vertical mouse even is viable for gaming in the first place

[crude talon]

I don't know that there's that many mice bigger than a g502 sadly

reddit seems to suggest the spatha x but its pretty old and really heavy, maybe that's fine if you palm though, also looks pretty expensive here

[elfin kayak]

deathadder v4 pro is taller , if not slightly narrower than the g502

[crude talon]

unless you can get used to another grip there might be some 3d printed options? not sure on that but you could probably make something larger than is comercially available

[proper vector]

Very similar

[crude talon]

is it 7mm skinnier at the grip or is it the thumb rest being measured

[wispy blaze]

thumb rest

[elfin kayak]

eloshapes includes the rest

[proper vector]

Try DAv4, I have moved from G502 to DeathAdder and I'm very happy with it

[grave moss]

the only mice I saw that get bigger than G502 is Evoluent but they are SUPER expensive and I don't know if I wanna spend that money for a mouse not sure I want to use

cuz they are vertical

[elfin kayak]

they should have the dav4 at your local shop, just try it out there

[crude talon]

if you wanna try vertical you could get it at some place with a good return policy
but dav4 could be nice

[grave moss]

alright I'll see if I can try out the dav4 somewhere then

thanks guys

[tribal shadow]

and you don't see the issue with 2d comparisons

left side of the g502 is somewhere around there

[proper vector]

Indeed, that's what I'm holding right now at work
And it is quite similar for me to use to DAv3 I have at home

[mental spade]

https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tools/3d-model-shape-compare/3d/logitech-g502-hero-vs.-razer-deathadder-v4-pro?overlap=stacked&texture=outline

[bitter sapphire]

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL0UHByaxIk

huh, they uses the same kind of snaphook as hd490 for the earpads

for this one you can also use spoon!

[winged pewter]

Lightspeed dex?

As option

[tribal shadow]

Hell no

[quasi field]

Let's see if this headphone is good or bad like the first

[obtuse dove]

Mchose G7 Max?

or G7 Pro

[winter cipher]

Managed to snag one before the whole VRAM fiascal

[obtuse dove]

Nice

5090 is great

[proper vector]

Hope you got complementary fire extinguisher

[winter cipher]

I'll need to return my 5080 Astral to MC

[obtuse dove]

I haven't burned my 5090 yet

[winter cipher]

Yet

[winged pewter]

Mine is still looking unburnt too

Had to disassemble it cuz moving

[obtuse dove]

Love my 5090

[proper vector]

Me waiting for AMD or Intel making GPU as powerful as 5090 with all AI shitstorm around be like:

[obtuse dove]

Only in my wildest dreams. AMD would rather make Instinct GPUs rather than make us consumers anything super powerful.

[proper vector]

I hope that Intel will put more money into their GPUs
If I didn't had better GPU already then I'd probably go for B580

[heady crystal]

Reject GPUs, play board games instead.

[rain turret]

What about collecting mice and switches instead?

[vague arch]

I have bought a 60he v2 with the split spacebar module arriving some point next month and I was wondering if it is allowed to take it out of its packaging and testing it to see if the split space bar is good as I have not used one previously. And if I wanted to would I be able to refund bearing in mind I don’t damage the hardware nor the original packaging?

[astral musk]

You can return it within 30 days of receiving it. Doesn't matter if you open it right away or not.

[stiff hornet]

Hey guys do yall think that mouse grips are a good purchase? I have a gpro superlight 2 and am just wondering thanks!

[rain turret]

Absolutely, no slipping and no nasty handmarks/sweat on original coat/surface

[quasi field]

https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/1qeszaj/are_my_ears_broken/

Literally me. Poor guy got tricked into buying no bass headphones which he then of course doesn't like and now he thinks there must be something wrong with him because the Arya just somehow has to be better

These people are so stupid

[crude talon]

If you wanna try them you should get a set, it can help with grip especially if you sweat
I’m not a big fan of grip tape personally, especially if the mouse already has a good coating

[obtuse dove]

Pulsar supergrip is nice

[round lagoon]

maybe it's not a dac, a new amp would do it!

[quasi field]

They cannot accept that someone would like a «plebian» headphone over an «audiophile» one so they are looking for reasons outside preference like dacs and amplifiers

I relate to the post so much since when I bought my Arya I also was used to the XM3 (not 4) and liked the XM3 more. Arya was very thin, sharp and lifeless. Definitely a bad introduction to the world of hi-fi

And back then the Arya cost me $1700 or something and based on audiophile price = good logic that means it was an even better headphone than the current very cheap Arya

[round lagoon]

lmao

[obtuse dove]

Indeed

[quasi field]

I feel bad for him

Im using a pc hooked up to the k11 r2r

R2R
He just seems to have been roped into buying stuff

[round lagoon]

audio company fav customer

[quasi field]

The Arya was my first expensive audiophile pair. And I was in that same position. I had no knowledge on these things and was being fed really bad ideas because I just had to listen to people I saw as knowledgable. So the amplifier and dac I ended up with was the Singxer SA-1 which was new back then and the Schiit Bifrost 2 which was also newer. These are both good devices especially the SA-1 but I was recommended them because they sound warm and would tame the Arya which of course is nonsense.
If you look at measurements of these 2 devices you see they are transparent but back then I was fed the idea that measurements don't tell the whole story and that every amplifier and dac sounds different blah blah

When I got the headphones I was disappointed and suffering from buyer's remorse. I even did the «my music sounds like shit now because it's badly recorded/mixed and my Arya simply reveals that» cope

I also brought it home to a friend that bought his first audiophile headphones at the same time but he bought the Sundara + the Magni/Modi stack and when I listened to his headphones I liked them more than the Arya which of course made no sense to me back then because Arya was several times more costly and everybody said it's so great

This is part of why I'm so bitter at the audiophile community

[round lagoon]

do you also believe more power (which is, the more amplifier can put out) unlock a headphone full potential?

[quasi field]

No. More headroom makes no difference as long as it is not being used

[round lagoon]

mmhm

too much placebo in audio. I don't even know what's real anymore.

[plain schooner]

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FxTwitter · Jan 16, 2026, 5:00 PM

I take it back, I thought one of the mouse buttons was actually transparent

[quasi field]

Depending on where you are looking over 50% can easily be

For headphone power, being able to reach 110 dB peak level is the standard for having enough power

It's what those calculators default to I believe

[hazy fiber]

So heavy

[quasi field]

Having the ability to go higher does not matter unless you actually go higher. The extra headroom stuff is largerly a myth and placebo. Like saying you need speaker amplifiers to drive a Susvara

[hazy fiber]

noooo

[round lagoon]

so apple dongle is all you need for hd600?

[quasi field]

It won't reach 110 dB peaks with the Apple dongle (US) if the specs of the headphone I see are right. It can still sound good. But I would run into problems most likely given I would need to boost it with EQ quite a bit

The 110 dB peak level estimate is for 85 dB average SPL, 20 dB crest factor, 5 dB headroom for EQ
20 dB crest factor is on the high end just to be safe. I would boost by more than 5 dB for the HD600 however

[plain schooner]

Don’t worry bro my Zen8K Mini arrives Wednesday

I’m the new Tenz Faker

[hazy fiber]

New viper v4 next week

[astral musk]

Gee I wonder if it's still fucking terrible to open up for maintenance

[viscid bison]

the transparency could've been a thing, instead Pro X2 is printed twice just in case you forget

[blissful gust]

Yes

I was using one for years

With my hd6xx

[proper vector]

Reddit telling me that I need some fancy amp to drive my Aryas for more headroom

[quasi field]

It's all nonsense

I got downvoted for saying the Topping L70 (a not super expensive Chinese [therefore bad] desktop amplifier) can run the Hifiman Susvara to 117 dB

Don't forget the «yeah but it's not just about the amount of power, it's about the QUALITY of the power!»

[plain schooner]

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FxTwitter · Jan 16, 2026, 4:00 PM

[round lagoon]

https://www.headphonesty.com/2026/01/measurements-triggering-shutdowns-losses-audio-brands/ @quasi field seems like a tldr on how some manu disappear just as objective measurement by independent people becomes common.

it's nice to know $10k amp can be bad beforehand.

[quasi field]

The audio industry would be extremely grim without access to all these measurements online

Imagine if we had no measurements of displays before buying them. What is the colour accuracy of this one? No one knows!

[raven leaf]

Vibe purchasing

[round lagoon]

lmao, it's a dac/amp. It supposed to convert digital into analog and amplify the signal.

[quasi field]

frequency graphs tell absolutely nothing about what something sounds like
Crazy statement

[round lagoon]

I would somewhat agree of it means 'all', but 'nothing' is too much.

[quasi field]

Technically, frequency response is in the entirety what a headphone sounds like besides audible distortion. The caveat is just that one needs to remember the frequency response one sees on online measurements do not fully correlate to how it would be measured when measured at your own eardrums. Things like «detail», «speed», «separation», whether it is a dynamic, planar or electrostatic, «soundstage», «imaging», and the hundred other terms people use are in the end just subjective descriptions of how it sounds on their head which in the end comes down to FR. All we are hearing, no matter how it is being made (driver type etc.), no matter if it's an angled driver or not, is just sound waves arriving at the eardrum. Also worth noting that many of these terms are subjective in how they are applied. Detail means different things to different people, soundstage also means different things especially considering some of the ways people describe it is very dubious.
The only other thing I feel is worth mentioning is stuff like how open the headphone is. This doesn't actually change the sound of the headphone itself on a mechanical level but it changes your perception by blocking your ears. Another is if you can for example feel the music in your body like with large speakers.

This is also something experts like Floyd Toole, Sean Olive and Oratory all say

One mistake people often make is to say «Well I EQed two headphones to the same frequency response and yet they still sound the same»
The mistake here is that they do not actually produce the same frequency response on your ears. Online graphs are not this accurate. There is unit variation, placement variation. It's technically possible to make two completely different headphones sound identical on your ears, but it requires extensive equalisation on your own head. Oratory wrote a long post about this

[round lagoon]

This kinda sounds like we need a really small wireless in ear microphone

[quasi field]

https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/comments/gbdi7v/comment/fpay3b5/

[quasi field]

Yes that's how it's done. Those exist

Well I don't think they are wireless, I think they are wired

[round lagoon]

in any case, I'm now interested with the p7. Tuning before 2k is quite close with 7hz divine, but after that it's flat almost like Hype 4 mk2

[tribal shadow]

vibe audio engineering

[round lagoon]

legit, whenever I listen to IEM with this kind of dip (red: 7hz divine). I always feel like something is missing. (same with top pro).

[hollow tapir]

what are your guy's opinion on the creative pebble v3?

[tribal shadow]

sure is a set of speakers

[quasi field]

I've heard good things about them but I haven't found any measurements so it's really just a gamble. Obviously I would not buy them for quality music but for a general multimedia speaker set they might be fine. They are cheap at least

[quasi field]

Funnily enough that's basically what many people's excuse is. If they claim a dac or amplifier has a wide soundstage or these silly things you ask them «so how does an engineer account for these things and make a device with a wide and not narrow soundstage?» and it usually comes down to «they just listen for it»

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS54WshdgCE

Audio Amigo started reviewing flathead. Noice

[round lagoon]

blessing 3 aqua (Japan exclusive)

ehh, not worth it to me. Especially when compared to Meze Alba (cheaper and has no 8k peak)

[winter cipher]

[round lagoon]

very naise

[winter cipher]

It said it was used on Amazon, the protection film on the screen didn't even get peeled

[round lagoon]

lmao, got lucky with somebody just returning it

[lament siren]

is this copium ?

[rain turret]

soon surely

[abstract warren]

he got me for a sec

might need that PMM tech, hands too cold this time of year 💔

[viscid bison]

yuh seen them. The wet dream for bots, flippers and sad stories of buyers in queue for 1hr only to miss out

[languid ridge]

Ordered the AT-r50x, from what I gather it should beat the 6xx Sens while being cheaper.

[obtuse dove]

@quasi field interesting new target on the block

[round lagoon]

One thing I can say, ew

peqdb ultra better

[obtuse dove]

scores better than the harman targets in the blind tests

at one point it barely edged out peqdb ultra

[round lagoon]

I can see why

[quasi field]

Ahriman?

Is it a target for 5128?

[obtuse dove]

Yeah

[obtuse dove]

Not sure

[quasi field]

I'll try the test myself and see how I feel though I'd be surprised if I prefer it. Time to see

My current EQ is already as close I can get to neutral (sounding like my speakers) I feel. I haven't gotten better sound out of it by doing further adjustments

[quasi field]

So ugly

[round lagoon]

new dac?

[quasi field]

Not mine but I think it's new yes

[round lagoon]

it looks okay. Def nice to have something large and bulky when on desk

[gaunt flax]

It looks okay if your entire setup is that analogue tech vibe, but yeah out of place if rest of setup doesn’t match

[tribal shadow]

amp

also amps are analogue tech

[quasi field]

I don't know if it's a tribute to a much older design from a different brand but I think it would look ugly and out of place in most setups. If I had old 80s beige coloured gear all around me that would still stick out as a sore thumb

[proper vector]

O my gosh I need it

[quasi field]

And dac

[quasi field]

Disgusting. And what a weird clunky way to adjust volume

[proper vector]

CHOMK

[quasi field]

Why are people still adding MQA support? I thought that format was considered bad and the company a scam

[round lagoon]

maybe for the few that still believes it, or that they simply invested too much on it that they might as well include it.

[proper vector]

Maybe an older product

[quasi field]

The style of it reminds me of Starfield

[proper vector]

85x85x115mm

It unfolds!

[tribal shadow]

oh yea overlooked the input selection

[quasi field]

That background AI image. Just random speaker elements placed randomly in the walls

[tribal shadow]

cause some people will complain if it doesn't work

[proper vector]

Man, I'd sure love to fuck up my music and introduce DRM to it at the same time

[quasi field]

Is MQA distinguishable from flac in blind listening? I know that selling it as lossless when it isn't is bad anyway but is it actually distinguishable?

[proper vector]

I dunno
Everyone on Reddit swears that MQA sounds worse than FLAC because lossy
Well, everywhere but on r/Tidal where people were defending MQA as warmer and FLAC as sounding more... digital?
So I guess almost no difference but MQA is a pain in the butt ot support

[quasi field]

https://archimago.blogspot.com/2017/09/mqa-core-vs-hi-res-blind-test-part-ii.html

Archimago to the rescue again

[proper vector]

I love how it began as audio survey but ended up being a psychological experiment at the end

[quasi field]

When I do listening tests like these where the differences are tiny to non-existent I often end up second guessing myself or tricking myself into thinking I hear something, but then the result always tells me that I did not in fact hear a difference

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGJ8iZPRIw

Da LAPUTA (skyland)

I'm not sure of the 2-4k increase over hd490 mixing pad

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UO9tn4MpI

leaf is a receiver and speaker!

[obtuse dove]

that is a very very clean treble response for a planar headphone

I am impressed

might be due to the 100% active area of the planar sheet?

[round lagoon]

Prop, same driver shape as para 2 which is circular iirc. Para 2 tuning wise is like -1db of hd490 mixing pad.

And that's also clean treble wise.

[obtuse dove]

nice nice

[round lagoon]

I haven't got to try para 2 just yet, mainly cause I'm still 5050 if I want to get it or not. Longevity being the thing I'm worried about.

[mild flint]

anyone know a headset with good sound quality with reasonable price?

[quasi field]

What is a reasonable price?

[mild flint]

honestly no idea, just want something that's good for it's price

hmm maybe below 200 dollars

[bitter ore]

i know soundcore and sennheiser accentum is very popular for that price point

i think nothing tech headphones have been my most fastest regret in a purchase lol

they broke a few days in and have not great warranty, but ill see how it goes

[mild flint]

I see, thank you

[gray shuttle]

I heard odd reports of their phones too

Specifically from my brother who is very upset with the os on the phones

[past dome]

Fiio K11 owners I summon thee

what gain settings do you prefer?

[crude talon]

I think I have almost all the settings on whatever is default

leaked I think, didn’t see it on official accounts yet
looks kinda like ass though, like the pikachu crazylight
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X · Jan 19, 2026, 1:21 AM

[quasi field]

I'd do the lowest one that still gets loud enough so that if you accidentally max volume it won't destroy your headphones

[past dome]

I also don't need to set anything above 48khz, right?

[quasi field]

Yes you don't

[round lagoon]

Yesh. I set mine to 44.1 cause most flac that I have is not even above that.

[crude talon]

I run mine on 44.1 and low gain, and 50% volume is plenty for my sundaras

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison might get the Zen8K mini today

Gotta take my regular Zen8K apart

[viscid bison]

what's the battery life like with the one PM provides? I wanna mod something just to smell the fumes of solder, but I got nuthn

[plain schooner]

You get 2 choices for the battery

[plain schooner]

You don’t solder though it’s just plug and play type of dea

[viscid bison]

no doubt ur going for the lightest? I wonder if I should go back to wired, I can't be assed changing dongle and recharging. Ain't got time for that shits

[plain schooner]

Im using the stock one yeah

But I did see there’s a 500mah one now on AliExpress

Might pull the trigger on that to test it out

[quasi sage]

I'd like to buy a good headset, about $200. Any recommendations?

[vital gorge]

Mmx200

[round lagoon]

Yay, old fashioned left China.

assuming the customs office not being an ass this time, it should come around Friday

[surreal vigil]

unless you have a ton of mice on your desk i dont see any downsides to wired

[quasi field]

I'm amazing by the spatial qualities I hear from my phone speakers when watching videos in bed. Bird chirps actually sound like they are in my room. Several times things have sounded like they came from outside my window. No headphone I have ever heard has gotten close

[tepid burrow]

feel like the new logitech mouse is gunna be e-waste

[round lagoon]

what phone?

[thin zodiac]

Logitech? Naa...

Nothing good comes from Logitech.

[quasi field]

Asus Zenfone 10

[round lagoon]

noice

it has 3.5mm jack

also wtf, $2k

[quasi field]

That's because it's not being made anymore

I did not pay anywhere near that amount for it

I don't like the phone. Will get an iPhone at some point. Maybe when they fully or mostly remove the dynamic island

[round lagoon]

Why no like dynamic island?

[crude talon]

the dynamic part of the island is really nice, but the island itself could be a bit smaller

[quasi field]

I want the entire front to be displaying content. I meant the island yes

So that when watching a video everything will be used

I also do not want a punchout camera since that is ugly

[crude talon]

I never watch any videos that are that wide
I think the wider island looks a bit nicer than a hole punch at least

but the under screen camera on my fold was the most immersive

[quasi field]

Agree

[crude talon]

but camera quality suffers

fine for the inner screen though

[viscid bison]

it's fine, just me thinking ahead if I still wanna try the OP1, but probably won't be for some time. I've contained my mice fomo pretty well now... I think

[quasi field]

https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/1qgzy4v/new_mezes_incoming_tomorrow/

Maybe these are good. A comment also mentions new Sony headphones coming

[round lagoon]

Nice nice. Cant wait to see how it measures

[winged pewter]

Had this with the iphone 13 pro too, was raining in ozark and though it was irl

[quasi field]

Hopefully not poorly

[round lagoon]

Lemme predict. It'll have a bass like regular JM1, flat mids, and rise up at 2.5k then drop by 3-5d then keep at it until 8khz. Then after that it'll go haywire/have nice amount of air.

[gray shuttle]

Hmlabs zneo hub arrived woo

[round lagoon]

hmmm, akg k612 pro seems to be tuned well

just that it might feel heavier on the mids

[tribal shadow]

watch out until some "audio nerd" comes screaming about "not my akg"

[vital gorge]

What this?

[gray shuttle]

It's a powered USB hub

To avoid any problems of not enough power for keyboard etc

[quasi field]

AKG is owned by Harman so I expect many of the headphones to be fairly neutral although lacking bass in these open-back designs

[vital gorge]

One of the weirdest hubs I've ever seen 😮

[quasi field]

I like how light they are. Wish this were more common

[quasi field]

Okay looking at various graphs there are many terrible AKG headphones

[gray shuttle]

It has 4 USB-C, and 1 USB A

The single A is nice for my wireless mouse receiver!

Nice and snug

[round lagoon]

rest in peace

[round lagoon]

I mean, you never know if you wear it yourself

[quasi field]

Can't tell if joking

[round lagoon]

Gotta measure with inear speaker.

[quasi field]

If you want to be as precise as possible yes but these online graphs are fairly accurate frequencies lower than the treble

The giant crater at 2k won't not be there on your head or mine

[round lagoon]

so if you cope enough, it just has a high bass with linear mids

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[elfin kayak]

oh same as the pikachu dongle

just a diff acryl stand

[crude talon]

yeah
same with the mice too, just getting the characters printed on the mouse like the pikachu one

kinda meh

[bitter sapphire]

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My inner EVA fanboyism is at a pretty high lvl

[round lagoon]

You know what to do

[bitter sapphire]

Yes

Time to order it

[patent patrol]

that one kinda boring

maybe the moon one better

[crude talon]

idk if they would put the final design js like that
I think we’re getting full reveal tomorrow

the white one might be an earlier version or just lineart

esp because of that text and no wh logo

[round lagoon]

Since I cut my hair, my 490 feels nicer to listen to. Also less discomfort.

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison

[quasi field]

Daily endgame mouse release

[crude talon]

mousepad

[patent patrol]

when we getting hall effect mousepad

[bitter sapphire]

my pre-ordered monitor is moving

[languid ridge]

Any headphone stand recs?

[quasi field]

I just rest mine on the desk

[tribal shadow]

💀 had someone on this discord debate me that a fully HE mouse with tons of sensors in the mousepad was a good idea

Even when I told them that the powerdraw of the mousepad would essentially render it a cooking plate

[patent patrol]

perfect for winter

cant wait for my inductive mouse

just three more weeks

[lament siren]

https://tenor.com/view/shinji-gif-15934416100573032598

[bitter sapphire]

[viscid bison]

999 days since WH hasn't made something anime related

[mellow bane]

what mousepads yall got

[proper vector]

https://vala.supply/products/cherry-blossomx-deskmats

[crude talon]

artisan hien xsoft

[rain turret]

Key 83

[surreal vigil]

Raiden soft

[tepid burrow]

saturn pro

[bitter sapphire]

Wallhack Summer Miku SP-004

[plain schooner]

@viscid bison @hazy fiber Zen8K mini in the middle

[round lagoon]

Regular SP 004

[plain schooner]

wow this is the perfect size for the VV3P

[abstract warren]

type shiii

[viscid bison]

no scroll wheel, no weapon binding, no worries - heaps tough

[plain schooner]

Too much weight

[plain schooner]

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[viscid bison]

too many anime collabs and not enough snakes

[royal perch]

Can someone help me with some questions I have about a gaming monitor

[deep hawk]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[gray shuttle]

Made a very important purchase today

[astral musk]

So uh... what were the questions?

[quasi field]

Kvat er dat?

[gray shuttle]

They are the limited production clip-on silicone cat ears from Razer haha

Can't buy them new anymore

To put on headsets

[heady zenith]

what

they are still available

[royal perch]

Should I get a 240Hz 1080p monitor or 1440p, its 27”

[gray shuttle]

Not here atleast!

I couldn't find them anywhere

So I got them on vinted for 5 bucks

[heady zenith]

and if not the razer v2 ones you can literally get them from anywhere on the net

[gray shuttle]

Yeah, but those are different colors!

You're absolutely right

But can't fault 5 bucks new in box

[heady zenith]

yeah no if you only paid 5 then good for ya

[deep hawk]

My personal preference is higher native resolution and I'm willing to trade refresh rate for it - to an extent.
I think 144hz or 165hz is the sweet spot for fast paced gaming; plenty smooth while still being achievable to get that kind of FPS consistently.
But this is my preference, other people may have different opinions, priorities, or sensitivities.

[astral musk]

That's my take as well. I don't play any shooters competitively, and all games I play will usually run about 90FPS on high/ultra settings (9070XT) @1440PUW, so 144hz is mostly a luxury I don't use. Also Ultrawide and 34" 😄

[royal perch]

Thank you and last question, i’m stuck on a headset. I already bought a mic with a boom arm, but any good headset recommendations? FPS and other shooting games? I’m fine with any price.

[quasi field]

Sennheiser HD560S with EQ

[royal perch]

No preference on wired or wireless

[royal perch]

Okay thanks i’ll look into that

[deep hawk]

I have a Sony XM4. The Sony has great sound quality and folds up compactly in its carrying case, making it ideal for bike, train, or plane rides. The mic quality is dogshit but I have a separate mic on a stand for gaming so that's fine.

[quasi field]

I don't think he would like that for PC use. It gets super hot and sweaty after a while since it's so cramped

[bitter sapphire]

200€ headset

[deep hawk]

That's not untrue, but for me when I'm gaming casually I'm using speakers, even in voice comms because my mic is very high quality with respect to its capacity to filter out system audio output. The only time I use the headset for gaming is if I need highly precise directional audio such as in first person shooters. These kinds of games don't account for more than 20% of my total gaming time

[round lagoon]

At least it's not the hd800s

[deep hawk]

I got the headset for travel, particularly plane rides. For that, it's unbeatable

[quasi field]

https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/1qi7snm/first_openback_headphones_and_disappointed/

Peak Reddit moment in the comment section

This is so stupid

Also this is almost the earlier joke I made come to life where decreasing the price of a product suddenly makes it «lower fidelity»

I remember Ananda being $1000 headphones here

But I guess now that the price is significantly lower it's suddenly not as good of a product anymore

[white jackal]

Audiophiles really are the type of beasts that think price = quality no matter what

[quasi field]

That's why they're so easy to market to

Make shitty or mediocre gear then price it high to trick people's perceived value

[white jackal]

Honestly considering the edition vx just cause i wanna try something new

[white jackal]

That is the case for a lot of things for sure but audiophiles are some of the easiest ones to get other than "luxury fashion" people (they buy the gucci that falls apart after a few washes instead of actual artisan luxury clothes)

[quasi field]

It's almost the same as all their other egg-shaped ones

[white jackal]

Xv not on that list

[quasi field]

The difference between several different Hifiman headphones is in the region of unit variance for other brands lol

[proper vector]

Fancy lookin

[white jackal]

Yeah

Honestly it‘s also just a build + materials etc upgrade

[bitter sapphire]

a random store sells the HD560S for 170€

[white jackal]

But i do wonder if they would fit on my big ass head

[proper vector]

I can tell you my Aryas fit well on my big head

[white jackal]

Idk if the strap is big enough for it to fit

[quasi field]

This has 8 Hifiman headphones, including the XV

[white jackal]

Impossible to decipher graph

[white jackal]

The xs fit well but they can also go WIDE

[bitter sapphire]

I love colored lines going up and down

[opal agate]

it's more about how wide your head is

[white jackal]

I look like a cartoon character with wide ass head fr fr

[opal agate]

so you should consider a capra strap I think

[bitter sapphire]

Yes

[crude talon]

wow youtube face

[opal agate]

this guy has also a very strange sound perception

[proper vector]

Poly Voyager Focus best

[quasi field]

I hope these people look back at this with shame in a decade

[opal agate]

he basically hates treble

[quasi field]

The Headphone show has some interesting people...

But they are better now than before

[round lagoon]

XV have noticeably less treble

[quasi field]

They still have placebo snakeoil people on the team like GoldenSound but it was much worse before

[opal agate]

It's the one thing I enjoy less about mine

[quasi field]

It looks like an amount I'd like if you ask me

[round lagoon]

Still though, you can just do -2db on treble and have similar effect

[opal agate]

I thinks it's mostly due to the 5khz deep on the xv

I should try eq

[crude talon]

I tried some eq for my sundaras recently, tried oratorys settings and I like it a bit better, added some some crossfeed which makes hard panned stuff a bit less miserable to listen to

[opal agate]

the sub bass tho, it's magic (I haven't tried a lot of thing)

when I listen to Angel from Massive Attack, and the music actually starts a 2 seconds instead of 7

[quasi field]

Finally a «fast» headphone

[crude talon]

suddenly remembered this person

[quasi field]

Lmao

[quasi field]

More expensive = better

[crude talon]

millions of dollars

[quasi field]

It's really annoying how common that is. A company's more costly option is always a «step up»

[quasi field]

The most dubious thing there to me is «we do public double blind listening tests on thousands of people»

[white jackal]

I am curious how common it is that someone buys new headphone and goes "wow these are so much better than my old ones" and all they really needed was new pads

[quasi field]

New as in the same one but not worn out or completely different ones?

[white jackal]

As in not worn out to shit

Sometimes i put on some of my old headphones and i‘m surprised at how destroyed those pads are

[crude talon]

heh

[gray shuttle]

I hate when the faux leather fizzles

And leaves black stuff on your head/in your hair

[crude talon]

my brother was unhappy that my pads cost double that of his headphones 💀

[quasi field]

@round lagoon

https://mezeaudio.com/pages/strada

They look nice

If they are good I'd actually be tempted

Magnetic earpads

330 gram so a good weight too

[gray shuttle]

They look like goggles funny enough

[white jackal]

say what you want about meze but their stuff usually looks great

[obtuse dove]

lol, lmao even

[crude talon]

yeah don’t join the beyond server because certain part of the active people are miserable to talk to

[proper vector]

They used to be here too
Quite miserable person to be honest

[crude talon]

you should be happy legend isn't here

[heady crystal]

[round lagoon]

Price not bad. $800 for something that looks very nice. Now time to wait for graph.

[deep hawk]

Why wait when you can just color your own?

[quasi field]

I also want it to be good

[round lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUfTtyLUN3c

my prediction is wayy off on the treble but... everything else seems pretty okay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXmkFOOUYZU

[round lagoon]

what do you think of the mearsurement?

[tribal shadow]

not a fan of the combination of the wood and the green

[quasi field]

Looks like it should sound fine but I wish it were less wobbly and with better channel balance since it's an expensive pair

Aside from build quality and looks and probably comfort it seems overall worse than my Astros so any excitement I had for it is gone

[round lagoon]

lmao

there's always the next closed back gaming headset to look up to

[quasi field]

The things I look for the most sound wise is just a smooth FR without bad resonances. Stock tonality does not matter to me
I've had plenty of headphones that are wiggly like that and I just never feel as satisfied with them post-EQ

[quasi field]

Some Redditor said Sony is coming out with something new though I don't know if it's wireless, outdoors or indoors etc.

[round lagoon]

we'll find out sooon

hmm $300 ish

[white jackal]

They just took an egg driver hifiman and slapped a mic on it that probably sounds like shit 😭

[round lagoon]

at least the cable is replacable, so you can get another mic if you wanna

[quasi field]

Good price for a headphone that might perform 95% the same as every other eggman

Maybe it's more comfortable too

[quasi field]

They're beautiful imo. Too bad they're not what I wanted performance wise

Meze is one of the few companies that make expensive headphones that look and feel expensive

[tribal shadow]

they put a gamer grill on it

also the mic is only useable if you use the 3.5mm cable

[round lagoon]

yesh, meze is one of the prime example me of wanting to spend on it just cause it feels, built, and look premium. Too bad im poor

[quasi field]

That's really unfortunate

I don't want that in my expensive headphones. Not at a frequency as low as 3,3 kHz

[round lagoon]

with this measurement, it fits my prediction really well. But yeah, really sad

I was expecting that part to not exist

[quasi field]

I also would like the sound. It's just not as perfect as I want for such a price. Having high standards is fine when these things are so costly

[blissful gust]

https://tenor.com/view/rainbow-lines-trippy-colorful-cool-gif-27639783

[round lagoon]

ayy, my old fashioned has arrived in my country

So around Saturday/Sunday It'll be here

[vital gorge]

The drink?

I mean.. It's a good drink.. But to ship it in from an other country seems excessive

[plain schooner]

Hell yeah @viscid bison

[crude talon]

clean yo scroll wheel cuh

[plain schooner]

idk how to clean magnesium

[crude talon]

additional weight savings

js take a toothpick

[plain schooner]

oh!

[crude talon]

your nail could probably work too

[plain schooner]

I bite my nails