audio-tech

[restive sigil]

you're winning at life sir with a purchase like that. better than all of us.

[fast stratus]

Looks fine too.

Nice and flexible.

Gotta love AliExpress gamba.

[restive sigil]

hot take

AliExpress copper is same as 90% of other places that make copper audio cables

xD

[fast stratus]

Real

[zenith pawn]

Waiting for the day when we have CCA iem cables

[restive sigil]

im waiting for headphone cables to use Toslink optical

screw copper, give me light

[zenith pawn]

Gotta send a copper pair to provide power for the DAC on the other end though

No escape

[prisma field]

FELLOW TOSLINKER!?

[restive sigil]

ofcourse !

[prisma field]

use it on my ps3

7M of toslink cable for 12cm distance

Also what format you use?

[restive sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-gif-13368349201710007503

i only see in light

[prisma field]

Or what you will?

[restive sigil]

what you mean format? i just plug it in from my PC to DAC

[prisma field]

oh...

i use DTS 5.1 or DD 5.1

or pcm if its stero

[restive sigil]

i guess PCM for me

dont think optical can do DSD

[prisma field]

toslink is 5.1!!

[restive sigil]

caps out at 24-48?

[prisma field]

for my its 44

[restive sigil]

ah ok

oh optical can cap out at 24-192

but i guess windows doesnt go that high? idk

[prisma field]

44 is lowest, 88.2 and then 176 actually

and AAC!?!?!?

[restive sigil]

whats AAC?

[prisma field]

some crappy format

[restive sigil]

oh

i just put it to AUTO on my PS5 Pro

[prisma field]

aint same on my ps3

[restive sigil]

they're not the same?

[prisma field]

on ps3 u manually choose the toslink output

Why get rid of my ps3 if it can run youtube at 1080p

[restive sigil]

yeah i guess

i watch youtube on my ps5 pro sometimes when watching sumo

[prisma field]

And 720p games are good enough

And it supports 1080p upscaling

[restive sigil]

unfortunately im limited to the rate YT is offering, so 1080p

unless i pay for youtube+

[prisma field]

1080p is good for me

i use my vcr alot

[restive sigil]

1080p imo is enough for phones+tablets

PC 1440p is great

[prisma field]

its just a working piece of finnish machinery

[restive sigil]

TV, 4k is best imo

[prisma field]

My laptop cant 1440p

[restive sigil]

but i guess it depends on tv size..

[prisma field]

576i ❤️

I like the blue

[restive sigil]

blue?

[prisma field]

The video mute

[prisma field]

The static turns into blue screen as it dont find a tv channel

very hi-tec

[untold heron]

is the skullcandy eco buds good for 15 bucks

or is the oneplus nord buds 3r better

i wont buy the cmf buds 2a since my friend had it but one side of it died under a year

[lean grove]

I hear decent things about the dimes but take a look at the moondrop space travels

[tired crown]

my peak new headphone amp

[lean grove]

Even comes with its own distortion dial

[tired crown]

yeah'

so you can boost the deathmetal

everything becomes deathmetal

[fast stratus]

Lmao

Super based placement for that LED.

[tired crown]

this is a song btw

good luck figuring out what

might need to turn ur volume up bc its quiet

[fast stratus]

I just know this is about to be the loudest thing ever.

Just because you mentioned loud.

[tired crown]

its fairly quiet bc the pedal nukes the noise level

its meant to be going into an amp lol

not being after the amp

i had windows, my interface, and the pedal all on max gain/volume

and for that recording my mic was on max gain

[fast stratus]

💀

[unborn rampart]

does anyone have a 2TB NGFF wifi/mSATA USB 3.2 FLAC audio quality mixer modules

[lone flame]

a wat?

[restive sigil]

@thin void have you ever tried the loop switch 2 noise plugs?

https://youtu.be/CxzuMWQswU8

have you ever done any earplug / hearing protection vids on earplugs/noise reduction :o

especially since its gonna be summer soon, and ppl gonna hit up events/concerts ;D could be a cool vid idea

[unborn rampart]

noise cancellation anti gravity air wave modulator

[tired crown]

I’ve tried them before

I will say they are nice but don’t cancel out nearly as much as I hoped

I found my anc earbuds do better for most things

[restive sigil]

well yeah, they're noise reduction, not cancellation

well yeah

xD

thats the point dude

[tired crown]

Yeah it just felt like it canclled out very little

[restive sigil]

i mean, iems in general or even earplugs. its all about seal

if thats rubbish, then, doesnt matter how good they are

it will be rubbish

[tired crown]

Yeah

I got a good seal with them

[restive sigil]

i remember i couldnt get a good seal on the Campfire audio crimson. and it sounded caca

then i tried it again few days later and it sounded better

knew it was seal, because i didnt change the source

or volume

or song

[dusty grove]

which layout would yall rather use?

for context:
6 mono jacks for 6 channels, 1 stereo pair, 1 usb c port, 1 midi in port

[daring sandal]

hey guys, i had some hurdur sixhungeos(sennheiser hd600's) that i just found snapped on the floor, is it worth the time trying to glue/solder them back together or are there better headphones/iems i can get for the same price or less?

[lean grove]

You might be able to get a replacement headband. Once it's snapped there's almost no hope of it being fixing it

You can glue it and tape it and try and do some plastic welding

But it's just gonna snap again

[daring sandal]

oh they do replacements? nice

[daring sandal]

even over just wearing em?

[lean grove]

Yes.

[daring sandal]

hm

[lean grove]

It might last a few weeks

[daring sandal]

thats a shame😭

[lean grove]

You might have to email Sennheiser support

[daring sandal]

ill miss em

[daring sandal]

yeah i aint putting in that much effort 😐 ill just see if i can find anything worth getting to replace em

got any suggestions or am i sol till i can scrape together 500 bucks for another pair

[daring sandal]

ykw imma email em

[lean grove]

good choice

[tired crown]

Is it worth getting a proper dac/amp

Like a k11

[lean grove]

whats wrong with your death metal box

[elder thistle]

get some jbweld steel-reinforced and some coarse sandpaper

as long as you scratch up the surfaces, mix epoxy well, and apply it in a proper H-shape, it won't break

[foggy ravine]

quick question. Can i connect my panasonic bi amp speakers to my lg ht 503 home cinema?

[lean grove]

In theory yes.

[sharp bay]

what do you prefer? 7.1 on tv and stereo on pc or other way around? ( zone a zone b, near each other)

[restive sigil]

stereo on PC and Stereo on TV

[chrome imp]

I love my (faked, soundbar) 7.1.4 for movies and stuff, and stereo for pc

[winged valve]

cough cough (faintly) dts virtual:x cough cough

yes thats exactly what i do with my soundbar

exactly\

[sharp bay]

?

[prisma field]

5.1 ❤️

[thorny coral]

is using a AV receiver from 2007 that bad i got given a free one and want to hook it up to my PC
Also do i need to use HDMI out for it to work or if i just did HDMI into it and kept my monitors with their DP.

ive never messed with Audio ive always been a headphone person

[prisma field]

You can use a 3.5mm headphone jack to rca

As its a AV reciever

That model?

and what brand

[winged valve]

i don't think HDMI arc existed

HDMI is there for pass through i assume (HDMI in, HDMI out)

without pictures to clarify I legit have no idea

[winged valve]

then why the hell do you need an av receiver? are you setting up surround sound?

[prisma field]

Should i turn bass down a bit since its muffling the music

I think its my phones shit mic too.

To my ear its way too clear.

[gentle coral]

anyone have a good eq setting for sony xm6’s?

[clear escarp]

Did Apple remove the ability to listen to airpods pro 2 with the transparency or noise cancelling off? So just as normal wired headphones? When I re-paired my airpods pro 2 after they randomly stopped auto-engaging the option disappeared.

Though, because my iphone is running out of space the phone has been buggier than ever, apps crashing constantly so maybe something to do with that.

[thorny coral]

Just looked yamaha RXV861. It has hdmi, i got it for free it.

[thorny coral]

It was free, and I just thought why not seeing as my pc is hooked up to my TV anyway and I'm just using the rear firing speakers in it

[chrome imp]

Are you going to do PC -> AV receiver -> TV?

[hearty vine]

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/elgato-wave-xlr-mk-2-black/J39TSCH4WT/sku/6673088 is this good?
Going to use it to power iems and my mic

[lean grove]

Good for the mic. Just okay for the iems

[hearty vine]

hmm so yeah might be worse than my fosi sk02 but I guess it's worth trying out

[winged valve]

yep its pass through. check the specs of the hdmi port to see if it could handle your TV's resolution and refresh rate (if >60hz)

[wheat moss]

Looks old af, wouldn't expect that HDMI to be any good

Yeah it's from 2007

There are legal adults younger than it

[winged valve]

watch it be 1080i

[prisma field]

Oh... thats.. a few... ports....

[thorny coral]

Just checked it is 1080i.
But hell, i still watch stuff on vhs and at 4:3

[winged valve]

LOL

yeah if possible don't use those hdmi ports

instead utilize those rca's

im not sure if that can connect the speakers via rca

the pics are blurry

[sharp bay]

Are you sure thats enough ports?

[indigo dove]

Hi techies not sure if this is the right channel but im looking for a good headset that has bluetooth and a wireless dongle so i can use it for my phone and pc nothing from razer cuz they kinda 👎

[prisma field]

YOU AINT ALONE BRO

576i is magical..

still standing strong

[tiny lance]

Hey guys, I know I am gonna get eaten alive, but I would like to get new headphones to listen to music in. RN I have the galaxy buds 2 pro, but obviously they are not good enough for music if I actually want to enjoy it.
Could anyone recommend me over-ear headphones for around 100$ (I am currently living in poland so I know the prices are a bit different) that are bluetooth and at least better than my current earbuds. Thanks in advance for all the help!

[lone flame]

you could try toe Moondrop Edge

iirc they had Parametic EQ

[tiny lance]

oooh they look cool

I am really new to the audio stuff

I have the logitech pro x wireless (whichever combination of those words they actually use for the headset eludes me to this day) and I heard people set the EQ in a specific way to make them sound better

I will look into the moondrop edge heaphones cause they look very reasonably priced compared to the sony headphones I was recommended by my friend

[long lodge]

starting to have a decent collection of owned music lmfao

mostly russian music

[warm silo]

scam

[lone flame]

<@&750150305383186585>

someones account got hijacked

[frail swift]

Too bad it's French 🙁

C'est dommage

[long lodge]

worst part is that i don’t even speak french

[tiny lance]

Also I should mention that if there isn't really anything better than my buds at 100$ I'm willing to save up longer for the Sony xm5 headphones which I heard are great

[main spoke]

currently use airpods 4, because cheap, with my iphone, switching to android when my pixel 9 pro xl arrives this week, is it worth saving up a bit for pixel buds/another airbud brand that works better on android? ive heard apple airpods are bad with android.
been looking a little into nothing, google and sony.

[tardy dune]

I personally like using the cmf buds
They are cheap but hit well above their weight imo

I am sure i angered at least one audiophile somewhere on this planet by saying that

[main spoke]

just realised one feature i really like from apple is the find my stuff so i can track the case and buds, as well as ping sounds

do any android buds have this

[solid dirge]

Samsung I think?

But not sure how well that works outside of their phones

[prisma field]

JBL if u want to be like everyone

tbh apple airpods seem so ass to have in your ear for long time

[solid dirge]

Loved my airpods 2. I just don't have an iPhone and don't want to spend $100+ on tws anymore. And they clogged pretty quick

[solid dirge]

However for your case, since you have the buds already they are Bluetooth. https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.darken.capod/

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.dosse.airpods/ (this one does not support airpods 4 currently but just another potential option in the future)

[main spoke]

whats the app add?

[main spoke]

is there an app which does location for buds + case? seems if i want that i need the pixel buds pro 2

[left hornet]

trying to get my old ipod nano up and running again and i'm losing my mind trying to figure out itunes...

how do i get it to not sort albums by artist and actually flippin' sort them into the albums where they belong? i have a couple albums with multiple artist listed and it's just clogging up my entire list.

also how do i get FLAC and OGG music files in there? i swear i heard something from dankpods mentioning how he could play FLAC files from his ipod touch just fine, but itunes just pretends they don't exist.

Please tell me there's a program that can automatically fix this? cause i really don't want to fix hundreds of tracks so they actually show up in the correct albums (it's so bad it gave daft punk album art to the persona 5 soundtrack)

[wooden rock]

need a reccomendation for audio stuff i have a scarlett 2i2 and want to get new speakers and a sub but idk what sub would work for the speakers i was looking at hs5's

[autumn cairn]

Hey guys, does anyone have any idea how i can make my shure sm7b sound the best it can? i have a goXLR paired to it.

[haughty girder]

what's your budget

also avoid the hs5

none of the HS series sound good for music enjoyment, except for maybe the hs8

[haughty girder]

first, pray that you have the right kind of voice for the sm7b

keep the front directed to the front of your mouth, but have the entire mic at a slight angle

eq as needed

and if it doesn't sound good, return because most people who buy the 7b buy it for streamer clout, not that it's an amazing mic for everyone

[lean grove]

Adam d3v is the latest hotness as long as you don't need to listen super loud

[stark mantle]

it seems like the focusrite scarlett solo 3rd gen and audio-technica AT2020 would be a good combo?

[daring sandal]

what do you guys think the best wired headphones/iems are for ~$200

[wooden rock]

mabye like around 600 usd for both speakers and sub? mabye 650 like 200 each speaker and 250 sub

[chrome imp]

I'd recommend Adam Audio D3V as well

[lean grove]

What are you gonna use this for?

[stark mantle]

voice chat, webcam convos

I want something that can pick up my shitty attempts at voice acting and voice effects for DND

[lean grove]

$250 subs aren't all that good tbh. At that price, they're really only there to make loud bass in a home theater that doesn't have much extension. They usually extend down to the low 40s or high 30s. Which is fine. But I would skip the sub altogether for now and just spend the money on some better speakers.

You might have luck finding something used on the local markets.

The d3v are pretty good but it's kinda hard to integrate a subwoofer into them.

Vanatoos are real nice and handle the subwoofer pretty easily. Kali also has some nice speakers.

[lean grove]

Its kinda excessive for that. You can skip the interface and just go for the USB version, or get something like a Samson q2u or an atr2100x

The latter two options allow you to upgrade to an interface later if you really need to.

[wooden rock]

i mean i can do more what would you suggest

[wooden rock]

i have a scarlett 2i2

[stark mantle]

I'd like to have a nice interface for my BeyerDynamic DT 770 Pro's though

[lean grove]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-9694222

[buoyant vale]

You can't fix 770s with source gear unfortunately

[stark mantle]

fix? what needs to be fixed?

[buoyant vale]

the way they sound

[stark mantle]

I like the way they sound ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[buoyant vale]

You can get used to it

[lean grove]

Subwoofer integration can be tricky. There's no universal way to do it so you really gotta work around the hardware.

With your scarlet in mind, ideally you'd want something with a TRS or XLR passthrough to the monitors. And that's a bit pricier. So right now I'm thinking something like a Kali lp-6 v2 and the matching ws-6.2 subwoofer. Which is gonna be something like $1100.

Alternatively you could bypass the scarlet altogether and get something like vanatoos and an rsl speed woofer. Whatever fits your budget from either of those companies. And that can range from $800-$2000

[lean grove]

Scarlet is okay. I wouldn't call it nice.

Motu m2 is much better.

And you can still save some money on the mic

[wooden rock]

what would you reccomend for like 800 for all?

[lean grove]

How are these gonna be used

Desktop? Living room?

Small desk? Small room?

Casual use? Studio monitor?

[wooden rock]

for game audio

my desk is kinda big but its in my bedroom

its a 7ft wide desk

have 2 32in displays rn

going to get the new 39 5k2k once its not preorder and also gooing to get a 34 in

[lean grove]

Hmmm... Yeah with the dual monitors that's gonna be kinda annoying because you don't wanna put your speakers too far apart

[wooden rock]

my plan was probably put them sideways unter the monitors cus i have them on arms

[lean grove]

https://tenor.com/view/spray-bottle-cat-spray-bottle-spray-bottle-meme-loop-gif-25594440

Bad

Don't put speakers sideways

[wooden rock]

i currently use some razer soundbar and sub

but its slowly diing

I have dt990pro headphones but i like to use those for call audio and then game audio from speakers

[green steeple]

anyone know of headphones that are wired and at least close to the quality of the sennheiser hd 280 pros without costing almost 100 dollars? my cat just obliterated mine and i would rather chop my head off than use these awful iems for more than a day

[lean grove]

I would steer you towards the vanatoo t0. They're really fun gaming speakers and are pretty easy to position since they're small and angled up at you.

They're gonna work via USB but you can find a way to convert the output of your scarlet to 3.5mm Aux with a cable

[wooden rock]

do those have a sub?

[lean grove]

No. Eventually get an RSL speed woofer

[wooden rock]

the scarlett has 1/4in out for left and right

[lean grove]

I know

[wooden rock]

is there anythiing you could reccomend that uses trhat?

[lean grove]

.

Kali system

[wooden rock]

could you send me links?

[lean grove]

Bruh

Type Kali lp-6 v2 into Google

[wooden rock]

are the 4.5 good vs the 6?

[lean grove]

What's the 4.5

[wooden rock]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1802277-REG/kali_audio_lp_unf_4_inch_2_way_powered.html

[lean grove]

Oh uhh... I mean. Those are for like. If you're really tight on space

Oh wait

Nevermind yeah those are good. They're small and budget

Thought those were a different model

[wooden rock]

i just need to check how tall they are so i can not have them sideways

with the 39 in tho i should be able to have them on the sides of the moniotros

i will check the price

[wooden rock]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1661707-REG/kali_audio_project_lone_pine_studio.html

these are the other ones u said right?

i would use the 1/4in out from the scarlett into the sub then xlr out from the sub into the speakers?

[lean grove]

Yeah. That way the subwoofer filters out the stuff it's doing and sends everything else to the speakers.

It makes sure that things aren't getting doubled up on and the speakers aren't doing unnecessary work.

Overall improvement

[wooden rock]

i will see if i can do the 6 in onces

ones

[wooden rock]

I would be using it for gaming

[wooden rock]

What do you think about the Yamaha hs8s sub with hs5?

[lean grove]

Bad

[wooden rock]

what are the reasons for that

theres also the mackie set which looks cheap

[buoyant vale]

Don't say mackie you'll summon jackson

[wooden rock]

ok

idk i am just tryinmg to figure out what the best would be

[buoyant vale]

presonus suck too

[wooden rock]

hs5's and a hs8s would be about $900 the kali stuff would be about $1100

[buoyant vale]

you could get kali or adam tops and krk sub

[wooden rock]

which tops would you reccomend the kirk sub does not seem super expensive

[buoyant vale]

I don't know which is best tbh

[wooden rock]

its really just going to be used for game audio

[buoyant vale]

hear good stuff about the new little adams and kali in general

[wooden rock]

i just really dont know a whole lot about audio stuff

i have my at2020 into a scarlett 2i2 and then dt990 pros but i want some good speakers instead of my razer ones

as my razer soundbar and sub is dieing

[wooden rock]

the 10.4in kirk sub is cheaper then the yamaha hs8s

[buoyant vale]

yeah

krk are a more budget brand

[wooden rock]

there 5 inch monitors are the same price as the hs5's

[buoyant vale]

I really have not been keeping up with low end studio monitors

I'm sure they have a cheaper line or something though

[wooden rock]

they do i was looking and the more expensive line

they have a $200 5 inch and a 170

and a 150

tthey have a lot of different ones

[buoyant vale]

Yeah their monitors used to be terrible

I don't know how the new ones are

[wooden rock]

what brands should i look at to look at used stuff?

[buoyant vale]

kali probably

[lean grove]

Weird fucky wucky nonsense happening in the upper mids.
Overpriced compared to other options which don't have that problem.

[buoyant vale]

Yamaha need to stick to pianos and motercycles

[lean grove]

Yamaha is a tech conglomerate that has had a finger in every technological pie

What we see is what's survived

[buoyant vale]

it is just speakers they really suck at though

from PA to nearfield I've never liked any

[lean grove]

I bet you I could find some Yamaha tws that suck too

[buoyant vale]

yeah I don't even know they made those

[lean grove]

Its tws

Assume every company "makes" them

[buoyant vale]

but like guitars are ok

[wooden rock]

What do you think of the Kirk stuff?

[lean grove]

Including or not including gang violence

[wooden rock]

Not including

[lean grove]

I think the krk monitors are a more budget brand

[buoyant vale]

Yeah I wouldn't get their monitors

[lean grove]

And I also think that I told you what I think you should get

[buoyant vale]

but the sub is a good deal

and pairs up nice with monitors

[wooden rock]

I’m trying to find something a bit cheaper would want to stay under 1k

[buoyant vale]

which can be nicer

maybe someone measured the new krks I don't know

[lean grove]

Good luck 🫡

[wooden rock]

I could do the monitors you said and then the Kirk 8.4in sub for about 870

[lean grove]

Interesting

[wooden rock]

Cus each of the 5in you said is 250

[lean grove]

@buoyant vale have you seen these before

https://youtu.be/1drR7wWkOKM

[wooden rock]

The Kirk 8.4in is 370

And the 10.4 is 480

[wooden rock]

Do you think that would be a good setup?

Is there a good place to look for used ones if the kali monitors you suggested

[buoyant vale]

No I have not seen those

[lean grove]

They're gonna be the new asr diy speaker hotness but the guys designing them are taking their sweet time

I've been waiting for 2 years

[buoyant vale]

oh right

[lean grove]

They're taking 5ever

[buoyant vale]

I wondered why nobody was selling them

The sound demo sounds good on my tv speakers

[lean grove]

Because the design isn't done

[buoyant vale]

yeah

I have too many speakers as it is

[lean grove]

Me too.

I need to actually sell stuff

[buoyant vale]

Yeah I was keeping the neumans around in case my amp died or something

amp died so I next dayd some caps from RS and the neumans never even got hooked up before I fixed the amp

so that was silly

Could have had that new amp I was eyeing up

instead of a dusty pair of speakers

[lean grove]

What amp

[buoyant vale]

se-A50

[lean grove]

You're not in us right

[buoyant vale]

no

[lean grove]

I wanna sell my se-a7

[buoyant vale]

lol I knew it

[lean grove]

Its got SlIdInG BiAS

And a crusty relay

300+shipping and it's yours

[buoyant vale]

those are super rare over here

+import duty

[lean grove]

Yeah shouldn't come out to much gimmie your address

[buoyant vale]

would still be cheaper than the se-a50

last time i got something from the land of the free it got import duty and vat slapped on it

you could write "free gif" on it like the chinese do

[wooden rock]

Do you think the Kirk sub would be good to go with the kali monitors? If so do you think the 8.4 or 10.4 inch one

[wooden rock]

I am confused

[lean grove]

its a good haircut

[wooden rock]

Ngl I liked it better before

[haughty girder]

to get a sub within 600? Any inexpensive sub isn't gonna give you any subbass, just act as a midbass booster

[solid dirge]

No idea. Ought to check the play store, there may be some thing that hooks into findmy but no idea usually that requires an apple ID though

[south elm]

hey everyone i just bought this lavalier mic for very cheap but it only seems to work on smartphones is there a way i could get it working on my pc?

[haughty girder]

which one? do u have a link?

[thin void]

3.5mm connection?

[south elm]

thank you guys i actually found out that there are different types of connectors trs trrs etc and the microphone is trrs and my pc only has trs connector (unlike the phone which has trrs connector) so thats why its working there and not here @haughty girder @thin void

the solution is for me to use a trs convertor i had 1 around already and it works

here it is if u guys wanna know more

[south elm]

it says that in the description

[elder thistle]

chat is this a TS jack in disguise

axe

[winged valve]

how does a quadraphonic setup sound better when the soundbar is in dpl ii surround mode\

[royal lantern]

need shortcircuit on the new hammerhead hyperspeed v3

[atomic karma]

I'm looking for wireless earbuds with Qi charging below 150$, any suggestions?

[livid agate]

hey guys what are your thoughts on akg k240 mk2

i have them and they seem great but honestly they are abit quiet..

do youthink i need to invest in a dac ? when i bought them they said they would be fine on my machine's soundcard

im a pretty low budget customer (most of the time though occasionally im willing to fork out a arm and leg)

are there any (cheap but decent) dac/amps?

that would run well with my k240 mk2s

pls @ me if you have thoughts

[buoyant vale]

Just save up for better headphones

[fast stratus]

Nothing off the top of my head that wouldn’t also cost at least half as much as your headphones or more.
You might find luck with dongles?

[fast stratus]

@livid agate What motherboard do you have so I can find documentation on it to see if a cheapish dongle would have more power?

[fast stratus]

After checking spec sheet of your headphones the Fiio KA11 should be fine.

[livid agate]

Hm my mobo is gigabyte b550 rev 1 (am4 socket idk if they have a intel socket)

Gigabyte b550 ud ac y1( rev 1)

To be specific

I think the sound quality itself is fine but the volume leaves something to be lacking. Even at 100 some videos are a bit on the quiet side

(Volume that is)

I do have a usb-c apple dongle lol… I am loathe to use that but it might be worth a shot?? :S

[buoyant vale]

It probably won't be any louder than your motherboard, if it is the EU version then likely even quieter. Can't hurt to try though.

[livid agate]

Tbf it is v loud on my phone using that dongle

But idk if that’s Apple shenanigans or?

Things within their ecosystem just “work” together yk?

It’s their one major plus imo

But now that I discovered Linux I am not even dreaming of Mac anymore

Lil

Lol*

[haughty girder]

apple dongle is good

clean 1v

drives 99% of headphones well

k240ii is pretty mediocre though

for the price I'd recommend the fiio jt7 + FT1B velvet pads

where the FT1B pads fix the treble and fill in the upper mid dip

[elder thistle]

why would a jt7 be comparable to a k240II

[thin void]

Fiio KA11, more power than you'll ever need for almost any headphone.

[restive sigil]

Question: Does anyone know a good cable brand in Canada that makes cables for headphones specifically ?

would LTT ever make audio cables for headphones and audio gear? :D

[haughty girder]

Highly unlikely.

Truespec cables were only because they did a video analyzing cables

And realized many of them were cutting corners

There's no corners to cut with audio cables

[lean grove]

How do you know headphone manufacturers aren't cutting corners by not cryo treating their cables and not making sure that the signal is going in the right direction

[haughty girder]

Shoot you're right

Forgot the backcurrent can affect the staging of the headphones by affecting phase response

[restive sigil]

i want my headphone cables made in space, that way they wont get contaminated or have the copper crystals pulled down by earths pesky gravity weighting down my music signals. xD

[restive sigil]

ah ok, nvm then lol yeah most likely unlikely

i mean they could make a video series on it

basically debunking all the BS in the audio industry for cables

but if they did that, like 90% of cable "hifi" vendors would go bankrupt

or only funded exclusively by rich old guys who have more money to burn than time left on earth xD

[haughty girder]

It's been done 100s of times but for as long as people trust their emotions and "feelings" more than data, it's never gonna happen

[restive sigil]

🥲

[haughty girder]

Which is why they always turn back to arguments as if audio was an intangible, immeasurable thing like love

[restive sigil]

wonder how you would measure love 🤔

i guess changes in chemical levels in the body and brain synaps activity

[wooden rock]

@lean grove @buoyant vale imma get the kali monitors should I get the Kirk sub or a different one?

[thin void]

hifiman and focal exist

[restive sigil]

ive had personally 0 issues with focal, im just lucky i guess?

but hifiman....

i'd never EVER buy hifiman

from what ive been told from hifiman owners

just not worth

nice to borrow, nice to try, fun to use

own.... na im good m8, not wanting to gamble with that

id rather get Audeze or Meze if i want a planar xD tbh

[thin void]

Just big thick vacuum cords. Don’t like them.

[restive sigil]

thats fair

and i agree with you

i got my Focal Lensys Pros 2 days ago

and was like "wtf is with these cables..."

[thin void]

These days I see very little reason to buy a planar

[thin void]

Right? It’s worse on clear

[restive sigil]

yo dms, this weekend im gonna get to try (demo for longer periods) the HEDD TWO :D

[thin void]

Oh nice! They’re heavy but solid.

[restive sigil]

yeah i have a Clear MG Pro, the cables are "ehhh...ya...."

[thin void]

I like the headphones dot com listenmore cable quite a bit

Light weight

[restive sigil]

so i heard ppl say it creaks (not talking about the AMT crinkle, the frame itself) wondering if you and GS ever encountered that creaking ?

[restive sigil]

ship to Canada? :o (im in Montreal, Quebec)

[thin void]

I haven’t with my pair, but I can see that potentially on the hinge.

[thin void]

Likely, they’re based in Canada

[restive sigil]

yeah ppl said hinge, yolk area that pivots/rotates

[thin void]

Honestly the hedd has a weird headband. Don’t love it

But it would be easy to swap

That said, hedd is VERY right to repair

Which is dope

[restive sigil]

yeah, plus 5 year warranty on driver is peace of mind

[thin void]

Yeah that is nice

[restive sigil]

Studio Economik (based in my city) said they're official AD's for HEDD for all of Canadda :D

so they said, "any problem at all, bring it here, we'll get them fixed or completely replaced"

ace guys o7

[thin void]

Yeah hedd is super pro-consumer. Expensive but they’re great people.

The lead engineer is great too

[restive sigil]

what you been up to man? anything fun lately? :D

or just surviving

[thin void]

More the latter. Testing lots of things but not many I can talk about

I did just film my part of a short circuit yesterday! That was fun

[restive sigil]

totally okay xD i get NDA/secrecy stuff. i work in the video game industry/tech industry.... so ya.. NDA o7

[thin void]

Oh on the public end, nothing updated the headphone (1) and they are notably improved

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/936101018373087237/1492079092567375952/nothing_headphone_1.jpg?ex=69daaf31&is=69d95db1&hm=f2801984b003550fd5c839d1a91f993f48a760aeae795df70543d27d8c63e158&

[restive sigil]

:O

Nothing headphone as far as i can tell was pretty good value for what it is as a wireless one.

[thin void]

Yeah, they’re definitely better than many things

[restive sigil]

thats really cool man :D

welp i'll def watch the vid when it drops

[lone flame]

one of the very few companies that actually look at feedback and take it seriously

not like Beyerdynamic, Hifiman or most other companies

APPLE!!!

[thin void]

beyer has actually been talking to me a little bit about feedback. Which is encouraging.

[lone flame]

Airpods have an stupidly amount of potential
But they keep doing their stuff

[thin void]

real and true

[lone flame]

Apple...
Pls add PEQ

even my 30 bucks Space Travel 2 have an working PEQ

Airpods with PEQ would be idk...
there wouldn't be any other reason to get another earbud if it's not the money

[thin void]

yeah, not having PEQ baked into a wireless headphone should be a crime

[lone flame]

they "techincally" have it already there

they tune with DSP
so it wont be even much of work to give us the control of it

[thin void]

well yeah, realistically every wireless headphone uses some level of dsp

[lone flame]

and i think the M2 or whatever chip is inside is more than able to run a simple PEQ lol

they probably can handle 50 bands or more

Apple chips are idk how super efficent yet powerful af

even Sennheiser gave us PEQ 🥀

[haughty girder]

somehow lately, it's been the pricing

somehow someway because of how planars are, it's easier... and cheaper? to get decent bass extension

like the JT7 + FT1B pads is like a 100 dollar combo

where uh, the HD599, K361, etc. exist

[thin void]

JT7 is usually over $100

alone

[haughty girder]

aliexpress on any of the choice day or "events" coupons puts it closer to about 90-100

the pads themselves are 10 bucks

so 154-18 = 136

[lone flame]

Canadian isn't US

US price can be different

[thorny coral]

So I wanna but a tv where my surround system is. Is it a bad idea to mount the towers to the wall so they are out of the way and on either side of the room

[haughty girder]

Unfortunately for that argument, I'm actually at a disadvantage in Canada.

US gets greater discounts, and because Aliexpress' payment system is actually based on USD, the price that I'm shown includes a conversion fee

If I use my credit card with 0 fee USD allowance, I actually pay approx. 5% less just because I could pay in the currency the system is based around

Or in other words, my CAD pricing reflects the current conversion rate of CAD vs USD +5% conversion fee

The only time you have a point otherwise is if your government decided to tariff the balls out of cheap items

Since we don't here

But otherwise, paying in USD is actually even cheaper than what my conversion rate suggests.

[lone flame]

trump tax

[haughty girder]

Is it still in place right now?

[daring tide]

Any suggestions for some good earbuds for work? Price range 150. I dont care for noice cancelation, looking for good quality

[solid dirge]

How about that big beautiful-

[wooden rock]

@lean grove I ended up ordering the kali 6 in monitor and then the kali sub

[night plume]

sighs Pretty sure the right earbud on my Shokz OPenfit air's is blown out as its at a much lower volume then the left one is

I don't listen to extreme volumes either so I don't know why it would be blown out

Looks like I will be using my Audio Technica ATH-m50x's since that is all I have left that work perfectly

I have another set of earbuds but apparently they aren't holding a charge

I take them out and they say low battery even tho the case is saying they are fully charged

So yeah I am out wireless now

[cerulean bridge]

does anyone have any suggestions for any decently cheap vinyl players?

[civic beacon]

If you're just getting started with your search, I recommend reading The Wirecutter reviews to get a feel for what you should look for in your search. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-turntable/

[shut crystal]

The sound quality may not be there but the build quality is. Was using this today.

[fast stratus]

So many notes, lmao.

I bet there's multiple stories to tell on why.

[warm scarab]

is crin reds still best you can get at 50$ish

or did the chifi vacuum claim its life

[prisma field]

I got a Sony PS-FL770 and its absolutely beautiful with the cd like loading tray and automatic stuff but its as reliable as a new peugeot

good vinyl player with pretty nice sound quality

if anyone else got one

Id like to know a few belt replacement options since my sister has started asking me about her hairband 😬

[urban zenith]

@lean haven

$360 combo

[lean haven]

mr oiler over here

[urban zenith]

kekw

[fast stratus]

Wtf does that even mean? 😭

[restive sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/the-sludge-sludge-ooze-pocketing-the-ooze-tasty-tasty-yummy-yummy-gif-2214608247861379750

[zenith pawn]

Bros calculating exponential growth and decay

[prisma field]

restoration is progresses

its a beautiful turntable

The hardest part is fully operational now

[viscid tangle]

https://tenor.com/view/america-statue-of-liberty-eagle-gif-11161601

[restive sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/murica-gif-11967745087810666193

[restive sigil]

like this one better xD

[lone flame]

Bros wtf

[restive sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/bugs-bunny-im-out-walk-away-gif-15474086

[mystic yarrow]

Best speaker brands? (I'm an audiophile just curious about what everyone thinks)

[lone flame]

hard to tell

[mystic yarrow]

Fair

I like JBL

[lone flame]

room plays a huge role

what JBL...

[mystic yarrow]

I got the Xtreme 4 and 7.2 def tech home theater with Denon AVR X1800H

[haughty girder]

.that's hilarious

[restive sigil]

Focal for me

I did hear some HEDD speakers last weekend. Pretty good also but i still prefer Focal

There was a pair of Kefs i heard at a show, pretty good also but the vendors played it too loud since most the ppl there were 60yrs+ and hard of hearing so almost ever speaker room was too unbearably loud or on the brink of clipping and sounded super shrill

[prisma field]

Still fake

[fast coyote]

Hmmm... Tough to say. Depends on the scenario.

Need a good Bluetooth speaker that's loud and durable? JBL is my pick. Best in terms of sound quality? Focal. Heard a pair of Shape 65 recently and my wallet is sobbing at me thinking on getting some

[lean grove]

Could never see myself getting a focal speaker.

Unnecessarily big and expensive

[fast coyote]

Personally I'd never spend that much. There are brands that make pretty solid stuff for cheaper.

[prisma field]

its working now.

[quiet ice]

im back for my yearly video here

[warm scarab]

@lean grove jvc post

[timber nymph]

Any IEM recommendations for gaming? Price 100-200€

[vocal verge]

Any good headphone recomendations with anc (just gonna use it for gym) looking to spend less than 60 €

[fast stratus]

If you need a good cheapo pair, the Max5c is decent.

Buy off of AliExpress if you want to save even more.

The Anker Soundcore stuff has also been talked about to me but I haven't tried.

[uneven minnow]

Are there by chance any wired earbuds with anc?

[lean grove]

not really. ANC requires fancy tech, and it doesn't take that much more effort to make that fancy tech have a battery and bluetooth as well.

passive noise cancellation is a thing though

something like etymotics are on-par and better than a lot of ANC if you can find them comfortable

[mystic yarrow]

I honestly agree Focal makes amazing speakers (I can't afford)

[uneven minnow]

Well it can get noisy in the mess deck at times and also not allow any wireless devices.

[noble axle]

This player has an "aux in" but I can't figure out how to use it on a computer

Would y'all know anything?

[noble axle]

i found a very jank way to use the speakers by just connecting the speaker wires to the male rca

[noble axle]

I forgot that it's literally just wires so it's only sorta jank because it's a spliced aux cable

[haughty girder]

Uhhhhhhhh

you're overloading the input if you're using a speaker output to RCA?

[night plume]

Any real recommendations for open ear earbuds in the $100 range or so?

these are currently on my list but I want to jump up a price bracket or so https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRCH8GLP

Anything worth mentioning in the $100-$150 range?

I have the OpenFit Air by Shokz but the right earbud has gone quiet over time

and windows 11 is NOT allowing me to fuddle with the balance levels

I move one and they both move together

So unless theres a setting I am missing somewhere I am out of ideas

Also I have issues since day one with charging these things

I literally have to take them in and out of the case several times to get them to even think about charging and even then it doesn't walways work particulaly if they have drained completely

So yeah proper replacements would be nice

[gaunt bough]

i play alot of siege and i was thinking about treating myself to a good headphones but i don’t know much. does anyone have any good suggestions? budget is £200. thank you!

[night plume]

Managed to "fix" the right being quieter by scrubbing it with a brush and 99.9% iso Alchohol

The grill itself looks the sa,me before as it does after the scrubbbing so meh

Doesn't fix the charging issues tho

[uneven escarp]

Now this is audio

3.1 because my room wouldn't work well with 5.1

[night plume]

Giant open wall on one side?

Or 2?

[restive sigil]

imagin having to dust all of that since you prob dont use 80% of it

xD

hope you have alot of swiffer dusters

[shell summit]

what's the meta for cheap HD800 cables that don't cost $250

[haughty girder]

Xinhs on aliexpress

or openheart

or build your own

but I'd go xinhs since you can customize cables by contacting the dude through aliexpress, often at 0 cost to you past the base cable price

[shell summit]

based, thanks

[haughty girder]

ya

[shell summit]

I got an aliexpress cable after the stock one shit the bed some years back but it's a hair too short for my liking

[haughty girder]

Short in which part?

you could definitely let xinhs know you want a custom length

or actually, contact him before buying and he'll give you a quote of how much extra you might need to pay

Openheart doesn't offer as much customization as far as I know, but they have plenty of offerings and lengths

[shell summit]

it's not long enough, it would be fine if I was running it straight to a DAC/AMP directly in front of me but I have most of my cables routed behind by desk before they plug in

[haughty girder]

Ohhh then yeah either order a longer cable or ask for a longer cable

[fast stratus]

Xbox 360 S spotted. 💜

Holy moly, that console setup is crazy.

[elder thistle]

I would once again wager that the blackshark v2x is not an hd600 to my ears with any amount of precision eq

[solid dirge]

Screw that, OG PS3 (not to say I don't love my slim 360 though)

[lone flame]

Closed back vs open back a bit unfair

To much variance in position and acoustic inpedance

Do it with SHP9500 and HD600

Also if it measures differently, it sounds differently

[viscid tangle]

Made an eq for my wf xm6 and theyve been sounding pretty good

[plain sapphire]

Whats the consensus on Sonos for tv sound bars/ home audio? Im not an audiophile and I live in an apartment so it doesn't need to be crazy loud just like the idea of an ecosystem

[civic beacon]

Aside from the whole "smarthome devices still suck for a variety of reasons" problem, we've been happy with the sound quality and auto-calibration of our Beam 2 paired with 2x Sonos One surrounds. The Sonos app went through a bit of turmoil in the last ~2 years, but has stabilized as of recent. I ended up acquiring a Roam 2 for the back deck that we also take on vacation since it functions as a Bluetooth speaker in addition to running off WiFi.

Granted, the Sonos ecosystem is not cheap; you can certainly attain better quality buying a dedicated amp and speakers, but then you don't have the ecosystem / ease of AirPlay + Spotify Connect. It's all a tradeoff.

[weak kraken]

what DAC would y'all recommend if i wanted to drive a pair of 250Ω headphones with an ipad on the go

[lean grove]

You don't need anything fancy. If you look up cx31993 you'll get a bunch of options that should be sufficient.

All of them being dongles for like $20

[elder thistle]

this was still successfully eliminated

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/801240301166395402/1494922184504901765/image.png?ex=69e65887&is=69e50707&hm=8feedc0ace1ca382339c90fa0553fc862311782fa908b94cfb3150149f2da177&

this is hd600 711 minus hd600 inear, overlayed with razer 711 minus razer inear

before listening I did 4 initial measurements on my head: hd600 inear L and R, and razer inear L and R

prior to that I did some hd600 listening with the inears being worn

after rew calibration and having the razers on, I listened to the razers while generating the eq's

then I turned the eq's on and did the test

[gilded quiver]

If I can snag a Samsung Q990D/ F soundbar setup for under $1k, would that be a good deal or is my money better spent elsewhere for home theater audio?

[lone flame]

rig is useless in this situation

[elder thistle]

the rig is a demonstration that matching fr at the eardrum via inear mics would work

I took the place of the rig in actual testing. no extra data was required nor used outside of in-situ measurements with the inear mics

[elder thistle]

watch this

this is the blackshark v2x and hd600 as measured by the 711 coupler's mic. it represents information we don't know and will not be used in the math

but this information can be treated as what my in-situ FR is for both headphones. again, something we don't know

this is the information we do know. this is from the inear microphones reading both an hd600 and a v2x from inside the rig's pinna

since we're doing this through rew calibration files, I applied the inear's hd600 measurement as a cal file to the inear's v2x measurement

this is solely a product of the inear mics and is information we actually know

this gets exported and used as a cal file on the rig's unknown perception of the blackshark v2x

the result is effectively a perfect match between our two unknowns / our two real world experiences of sound at the eardrum

[elder thistle]

using rew cal files of just the inear mics in my own ears and wearing the hd600 and v2x, I was able to get a curve similar to the one here, invert it, and apply it as an eq in eqapo

this is how I was able to actually achieve an fr match

and boy did it sound like it

be advised that I'm only saying I got an fr match because it's something the measurement-fi population would accept. I don't think it's scientifically provable yet that measured sound at the eardrum is actually what the fr at the eardrum really is

[zenith pawn]

Well I think the point of contention would be whether sound at your eardrum is all that you perceive? Which seems like a reasonable take to me.
Otherwise, as far as I understand FR is just another domain to represent the system; it'd be like asking whether it's scientifically provable that a position vs time plot of driving a car is actually where your car really traveled

[lone flame]

atleast our eardrum is still "objectivly" a thing

everything past that is hard to tell

idk how my stuff behind the eardums works

is it damaged? not developed enough?

what da brain doin?

but if it sounded really close

thats good

i recommend doing it with 2 open backs

[elder thistle]

it sounded tonally identical except for the bass maybe

they were still very different headphones

dynamics, resolution, staging

I will do two open backs at some point yes, this was just my first run

[lone flame]

normal
Seal issues

[elder thistle]

no, no seal issues

that would've been accounted for by the inear mics

my guess is dynamics

[lapis pollen]

If anyone here has used the fiio jt3 before I want to ask how good are thay as a first open back headphones?

And how do thay compare to the shp9600 and the fiio jt1 ?

[stone quartz]

This would be cool under a car seat

[livid ruin]

it not seal issues, frequency response just isn’t the whole picture

distortion, frequency persistance also play a big role

frequency response a 2d graph just doesn’t show if there’s a resonance that lasts for long a 3d graph.

then you have many more factors

2 headphones that sound exactly the same on a machine can sound differently on your differently shaped ears

like due to the driver being slightly in a different location, and your pinna reflects the sound diff than the machine

there’s a reason yters tell you that you can’t EQ a $50 headphone to sound indentically like he-1 or other high end headphones

you can make them sound excellently but usually not indentically

[lone flame]

it is

[lone flame]

distortion only matters WHEN it matters

and most of the time, it just does not

[lone flame]

but you can

like how people already did

not exactly a $50 one

but a HD600 to an HD800s

[zenith pawn]

AFAIK the driver placement doesn't do anything on a headphone as it creates a sealed environment where sound reaches steady state effectively instantly

[zenith pawn]

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/learn/research/csd-testing

for practical purposes the resonance just becomes frequency response in headphone

[livid ruin]

That's assuming everyone has the same ears

Which people don't

Different shapes and materials interact with sound differently, so headphone A and B can sound the same in terms of FR to a machine or person but they can also sound differently to another person or a different machine

[zenith pawn]

That's a critique against not comparing against target curves on machines or other people, not against the concept of frequency response in general
So it's not really what I was saying

You can measure frequency response in your own ear

[shell summit]

forgive me lads but I'm bidding on a pair of RS 195's because it's the most feasible way for me to get surround soundy things for my TV without actually mounting speakers which is logistically impossible with the footprint of my apartment

I have my max bid set at 100 bucks which is 1/3 of new price so we'll see if it all pans out

Here is a pic of my decade-old and crusty HD800's to make up for it

(these seriously need new pads and a new headband)

[fiery elbow]

Looking for a set of openback headphones, thoughts on these? $80 USD on Amazon

[lone flame]

Pads be like

https://tenor.com/view/disintegrating-funny-thanos-gif-22399978

[fast stratus]

fr

[lone flame]

had it too

got new ones
now im happy :>

[hasty sigil]

hey I am looking to get headphones for gaming

with mic and big ears

nothing crazy like 50 euro price range

[shell summit]

hyper x cloud 3's, it's a little more than 50 eur but anything less than that is kinda garbage

[hasty sigil]

someone suggested max5c

but I wonder if they arent too small

I do remember owning hyper x once

they broke in a month

these right
https://www.varle.lt/ausines/ausines-hyperx-cloud-iii-raudona--25744984.html?utm_source=kainos.lt&utm_medium=referral

[fast stratus]

Probably too small if you mentioned big ears, I had pretty good fit in the Cloud 3S.

They mentioned max5c before you talked about mic and ears.

I remembered your question in the Headphone server, so I took a look at everything you said there.

[hasty sigil]

so which is better

[fast stratus]

The wireless version of this, the Cloud 3S would be the better choice if you need a headset and more ear room.

[hasty sigil]

3S is 110 euros

this is just 3

[fast stratus]

I can't personally recommend anything below that budget unfortunately.

Everything I would mention would be anecdotal.

[hasty sigil]

guess I will just get Kotton Each for 3rd time

it lasted 4 years twice

[fast stratus]

If it worked for you in the past, I would get it again.

As long as you didn't have any issue with it.

[hasty sigil]

it is only 20 euros too

I do kinda want try other stuf

[fast stratus]

Would you be willing to send a link btw?

[hasty sigil]

but twice I did try other headphones they broke so fast

siberia 3 and then some hyper sting

Kotion Each G2000

link is so big

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[orchid valley]

If you are more worried about audio quality over mic quality I would reccomend iems with a built in mic

[restive sigil]

or just get a antlion modmic and attach it onto any headphone you want

they even make iems too with a mic

or, can look into the newest Sony INZONE H6 Air

or Beyerdynamic MMX 330 Pro (if you wanna spend more)

[glossy jetty]

I have beyerdynamic headset 250 ohm and love them for gaming but i want to buy earbuds too😭🫩 what is the best earbuds to buy for sound?

[lean grove]

There's some pretty expensive earbuds out there.

But good news is you don't need to spend too much to get good sound

Truthear has some good options

[glossy jetty]

only thing i wish for is aux and not wireless

[lean grove]

Okay

Take a look at the truthear pure

[glossy jetty]

are they like better than FiiO FD15 ?

and a lot of ppl on tt is using zsn pro x

[lean grove]

No idea. I'm not an iem guy. You're gonna get better advice asking on the headphones.com server

[glossy jetty]

oki thanks :D

[haughty girder]

Definitely safer than the FD15

Pure are a very safe neutral-warm iem

Very meta tuning

FD15 are a bit more V shaped with a 12khz peak that can absolutely murder ears if you're sensitive to sibilance

[elder thistle]

and what if they enjoy them anyways?

one big difference between audiophiles and the average joe is their resillience to treble

the difference I've seen time and time again between these groups is crazy

it's like audiophiles train themselves on taking damage from treble

concerts would be capped at 80db if we were all audiophiles

stop with this safe tonality BS

it may have it's moments where it works, but it's ridiculous to treat it as a go-to solution

[livid ruin]

i’m 8khz deaf and then i go actually deaf from 10-15khz if it’s lil too high

i honestly go deaf when people have bad brakes on cars

like actually it hurts

but ig i gotta go deaf if i want real life-like experience

[glad creek]

The usual target for neutrality, in headphone, is the harman kardon curve that was made by taking average Joe and analyzing their preferences so no there isn't really any difference

[elder thistle]

there is a severe difference between what tonality sounds natural/correct vs what someone will tolerate for much more important gains

the penalty on preference bright treble has is much more limited in practice

and with neutral or recessed treble, there is a lot to lose in the <$50 area

treble volume is a blunt-force weapon for unmasking overlapping sounds when resolution is the bottleneck for a headphone

it is useful

and it's common for most other experiences around it to be secondary

[verbal fog]

i got a pair of these small bookshelf speakers from goodwill and theyre a little insane they look really really cool but they also sound pretty decent too(very wide compared to my minimus 7s) but theyre very neat and i didnt know that these existed until i saw them and had to buy them

NO BASS but i wasnt expecting it anyways so im not disappointed but the tweeters have to be adequate with how it sounds

also a photo w/o the grille :3

[urban zenith]

buy a sub

[verbal fog]

im in college sadly so i cant justify a sub but i do have bigger nicer speakers so i do know what good bass sounds like but ill take these for what they are

if i can though i would love to get more things that have a matching finish since the finish on these is really neat but ill have to see how easy that is when i get around to it

[craggy hinge]

can any1 help me with audio settings etc cuz i still cant really hear where the sounds are coming from in game. i have this after i bought the dac amp coombo e2x2 idk what setting in the software i need to change like buffer size etc

i also previously used equilizer apo

[shell summit]

alas, I won the auction so they're on the way I guess

I'll have my thoughts on these in a week-ish

[restive sigil]

hurray you won !

[shell summit]

they're marketed as home theater headphones which I think is both interesting and fits my use case, where I cannot actually get away with a true 5.1 setup

[restive sigil]

so they're just regular wireless DSP headphones?

[shell summit]

importantly they actually feature optical in, so it's actually possible for them to do so unlike the earlier generations which only had 3.5mm in

I don't think they can actually do true 5.1 (they still only have two drivers) but if it's convincing enough then I'll let you know

[shell summit]

more or less

[zenith pawn]

Even if they had multiple drivers you can't do "true" surround sound, since headphones don't work like that

[shell summit]

that's also correct

again, I'll let you know if it's convincing enough

[fast stratus]

FUCK

Dropped my chungus ass LTT cable from 4ft above it directly onto the headphones...

The tip of the USB cable too.

Unlucky af.

At least the cable is still pristine.

[fast stratus]

It's not THAT bad.

At least not to the point I would consider sanding and repainting.

[median peak]

black sharpie fixes that

[fast stratus]

Probably could get a copper colored sharpie tbf.

[restive sigil]

Wizzy, i got my Focal Lensys Pros

been enjoying them, imo, best closed backs for that price point that ive heard so far

the only downside, its memory foam/gel earpads

so its quite cold when you first put it on after taking it out of its case

but eventually warms up, im hoping in the summer that wont be much of an issue

[lone flame]

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Hacked Acc

[urban zenith]

chifi gud

[shell summit]

cassette deck has returned from the repair shop

I could have probably handled a rebelt by myself but it also needed the speed and azimuth adjusted and that's a little out of my scope

also there was a blown cap on the output board

[fast stratus]

Nice.

[fair pawn]

That’s a big ouch moment

[elder thistle]

I wish these inear mics had a threaded or otherwise removable front filter on the little capsules

it's just black paper, probably glued to the capsule grill and further held together with heatshrink

though I can almost certainly slap basically whatever in front of it in the future

the biblical matching ability they're proving to have on my 711 rig isn't the kind of thing you could achieve by depending on acoustic design in front of the capsule

I should be able to make a decent DF approximation in some time

or at least df-tilt of some form

and though I've already done many such tests, I can now incorporate in-ear mic data in proof of my abilities to eq by-ear

[next warren]

Got these speakers from a friend

[snow helm]

Heyy i would love some recommendations for wireless headphones, NOT gaming headsets, that have as low a latency as reasonable for gaming. i like running around my room while watching movies and talking to friends etc. I currently use the sennheiser momentum 4 which i was very happy with for about 3 years now but they're dying and i do notice the bluetooth latency

[shell summit]

realistically you'd be working with a pair of headphones that support 2.4 which unfortunately mostly limits you to gaming headsets

there's the Sennheiser RS195 I guess

I can't personally vouch for these but I hear they're good
https://aiaiai.audio/headphones/tma-2-studio-wireless

very whatever sound signature though, they're studio headphones so don't expect anything to sound particularly amazing through them, but you can probably EQ whatever it is you're looking for back in

[snow helm]

hmm thank you, but those look like on ear, i should probably have specified that i need over ear or i get headaches

[shell summit]

I guess your best option would be to find a headset with a removable mic then because that's kinda the only option

as far as non-bluetooth wireless headphones go it's all gaming headsets and DJ headphones

that said, these steelseries headphones have a microphone that retreats back into the chassis
https://steelseries.com/gaming-headsets/arctis-nova-7-gen-2?color=white&primaryPlatform=pc

maybe look for something like that?

[snow helm]

i might have to.. thank you

[livid ruin]

i'm not crazy the 560s do actually have better bass than 6xx

well, at least my unit that's measured here by raynaudio and from couple other reviewers

wish 560s had managed the treble lil better

[shell summit]

I do need a better pair of IEMs to use with my Quest 3 but I don't need anything crazy

right now I have a pair of KS1's and they're okay but they're better suited to music than cinema

ideally I'm after something easy to drive for under 200 bucks

[lone flame]

Truthear Pure

[shell summit]

wow... that's like

way under budget

[lone flame]

they are pretty neutral tuned

and easy to drive

[shell summit]

[lone flame]

if you have a budget, you dont need to stretch it out 😄

[shell summit]

fair enough I guess

I'll keep those in mind

[lone flame]

they are neutral
so dont expect them to be bass bombs

[shell summit]

alright well they might not be what I'm after then since I kinda want something more suited for cinema

it's okay if they're voiced

[lone flame]

Truthear Zero Red

they got bass

[shell summit]

even cheaper!

hell yea

[lone flame]

also pretty easy to drive

[shell summit]

might as well replace the manky pads on my HD800's while I'm at it

[lone flame]

yeah

imagine earpads as expensive as a hardware unit

oh uh

are you sure with THAT earpads?

they will sound different

[shell summit]

the HD800 pads don't exactly seal anyways

[lone flame]

its not that only

the material etc

idk how they sound with those pads

[shell summit]

I'm sure it'll be fine, either way I'll let you know

[lone flame]

ye

you can compare them by swapping to the stinky old ones

and also im sorry for you

[shell summit]

the stinky old ones are literally falling apart lol

[lone flame]

putting on new earpads is

[lone flame]

mine were too lol

[shell summit]

oh you have no idea

one of the first things I did to these was the superdupont mod

talk about stressful

[lone flame]

once it took me 40 mins to apply the new pads

i pressed with a force of 5000lbs or something and HD800s rejected them 🙁

[shell summit]

oh I've replaced these pads before, it's just been a long time

though I think I paid substantially less for this current pair

[lone flame]

for the HD800s?

[shell summit]

yeah

[lone flame]

same

[shell summit]

like 12 bucks or whatever

[lone flame]

wat

[shell summit]

I am going on my third set of pads and currently on my third cable since I bought these in 2017

[lone flame]

oh so yours some years old

[shell summit]

yeah

[lone flame]

what S/R?

[shell summit]

hmm

[lone flame]

https://tenor.com/view/hd-smirk-gif-7206957141966421326

[shell summit]

HEY

[lone flame]

10784 is mine

[shell summit]

oh you have the S though right?

[lone flame]

yes

ah you have the normal one?

[shell summit]

yeah

[lone flame]

i met a person that had a S/R 322 HD800

[shell summit]

the HD800S has a fascinating story if you're unfamiliar to why they exist

[lone flame]

he bought in in the first hour or something they got released

i walked in the room.
and we both just stared at each other becasue i had my HD800s with me and he had his HD800

but we both were to shy to talk xD

so i just walked to him and said "your HD800?"

ended up by just demoing each others HD800

[shell summit]

some time after the HD800 released, a french user on head-fi figured out that if you inserted a tiny foam donut in the middle of the driver then they would measure WAY better, later on Sennheiser decided that that was easy enough for them to do and so they released the HD800S for significantly more money at the time

[lone flame]

he asked me if it would be a upgrade if he god and HD800s
i said no lol

and his unit was flawlessly

[lone flame]

lol

what about DMS his 8kHz mod?

[shell summit]

dunno

[lone flame]

that just deletes the HD800s peak

[shell summit]

btw this was what that mod looks like and yes I did it and yes it stressed me out

[lone flame]

lmao

looks like a concrete ring

[lone flame]

oh nice

[shell summit]

they essentially measure the same

Oh and here's proof on my own pair

[lone flame]

looks good

[shell summit]

it's only been in there for close to a decade now lol

[lone flame]

lol

if it works. it works

[willow sand]

Hey guys, this may be a dumb question but will a subwoofer cause any harm if my pc is on the floor with it? (Pc is just under a meter away)

[shell summit]

probably not

[solid dirge]

HDDs could suffer but eh

Vibrations aren't really ideal for those

[livid ruin]

i put paper towels on my hd681

[shell summit]

linus casually having the teenage engineering choir dolls just as set dressing is something else

https://teenage.engineering/products/choir

[livid ruin]

paper towel mod 1 layer and velour pads

ngl good for $25 expect 5khz

they sound spacious and direct

[verbal fog]

do you guys think are worth trying to restore they were 10$

i should actually test them im gonna do that soon

[verbal fog]

ive never heard one of these uh old stupid tweeters before but it does a surprisingly good job compared to what i expected

its a pretty fair sounding speaker though id say but the highs arent offensive and they never will be but it is very pleasing

[next anvil]

Hey, I do animation for university and will be animating for my career, I will be planning on voice acting for most of my work, I currently have a dynamic microphone the Røde podmic xlr with a topping e2 x2 interface, but I’ve heard that condenser microphones are the way to go when it comes to voice acting, I’ve been planing on sound proofing my room anyways so thought might as well get a second microphone for the use case, (I’m a trans girl and I do have a feminine more higher voice naturally but I can change my voice to whatever based on what the character is so higher or lower) there are two microphones that have popped up and I can’t decide on which one I should get. The rode nt1 signature series the newer one, then the audio technica at2035, which one would you guys recommend or if you have one for something similarly priced but better for me then go for it. I have my setup shown in this message so you have an understanding on where I’ll be recording.

[lean grove]

there's not a ton of people in this chat who do actual professional audio work. you might be better off asking in the podcastage discord.

they are a server specifically for mics and recording and whatnot

[crude ridge]

Hey guys, I'm a bit new here, but I wanted to ask for advice here rather than on reddit haha. Thing is, I am not necessarily an audiophile, but would love to up my audio game a little bit, though I will admit I am a little bit of a novice when it comes to audio. I plan to stream every now and again and record videos and have had a decent setup for a while with a Blue Yeti USB mic I got from a giveaway a couple of years ago. For headphones I'm using the Haylou S35 (Chinese Sony XM4 ripoffs) plugged into an old HyperX Cloud 2 USB Dongle. As for routing my audio, I've been using Voicemeeter Banana and more recently VM Potato. However, here are my doubts as to how to upgrade it:
I currently use Voicemeeter only because it allows me to route my audio streams for Discord, Music and Desktop/Game audio for free. However, which other ways could I do this without relying on it? I feel like though the program is feature rich, it is clunky to set up and not really intuitive. My question for that is: will an audio interface like a Scarlet 2i2 fix this or help in any way(seeing as VM is a DIGITAL audio interface, I thought that could help) , or would an elGato Stream Deck+ be better for my use case?
Second, I would love to upgrade my headphones, I've had the fated AT ATHM50X headphones on my radar just because they seem like good all rounders, but have no idea how they would fair for gaming, video editing, etc.
Lastly, my mic has been a great starting point, but it does pick up extra noise sometimes due to its versatility. Additionally, since it's a USB Mini B to USB A interface, the cable sometimes gets unplugged. In this case, I'm not sure what's a good upgrade here

I've seen the Shure Mics making the rounds, but they're quite expensive and would love to know other cheaper yet equally good alternatives.
All this is for a future upgrade and would just love to know what solutions would be best for my use case in around a $400-500 US total budget

[haughty girder]

First off, don't bother with the Mkbhd50x

It's not good

Do you have a mic arm?

Because the blue Yeti while I think is outdated, is perfectly capable of getting good audio

[wheat moss]

You don't need an SM7B, but you can get something like an E 845 for $100 usually