Audiophile nerd zone

[worldly charm]

what headphones do you have ?

[terse junco]

OneOdio Pro-50

I seem to be mistaken, there are some OneOdio graphs

[worldly charm]

if they are corrected graphs and they don't give the target, they are basically useless

[worldly charm]

also, I already saw it somewhere before, but I never knew it was that one

well, it isn't flat, also, what you could do, if you want to sort of tune you're headphones in a half scientific manner (basically, if you are like most regular humans who don't want to spend 5 grands on a H.A.T.S) you could just use you're phone's microphone and play pink noise, record the curve that pops out the other side and tune using that

[terse junco]

I just fell into a rabbit hole of reddit articles on response curves. I have too much readong to do lol

[terse junco]

It's a somewhat popular one yeah

[terse junco]

Wouldn't it be influenced by the fact that the headphones wouldn't be sealed at all, plus the phone's microphone?

[worldly charm]

or, I know you can do a very good head simulator with yoga foam and a b&k something micro phone (I would need to search a bit to find wich one I am talking about if you want to build one) it would be quite janky, but I doubt you would mind, and it will give you some pretty acurate response curves to tune to you're heart's contents

[worldly charm]

yeah, it totally will, but it would give you an idea

[terse junco]

haha I'd love to try that but sadly doubt i'd have time to

[worldly charm]

(the thing I am talking about two message above is like 50 bucks, I forgot to add that)

[terse junco]

cool, I might have to try that sometime

I've never tried objectively flat headphones before so I have nothing to compare against apart from what I have now lol

[worldly charm]

you basically buy the parts, take yoga foam, and pop the microphone in a hole in the yoga foam, and that's it

[worldly charm]

perfectly flat headphones will sound like crap, you should just go on https://crinacle.com and inspire you're self with the response graphs of the high end headphones

[steel osprey]

crin ❤️

[worldly charm]

or else you could spend the 50 bucks on a pair of iems tuned by people who know what they are doing, like a moondrop may or chu II

[terse junco]

wouldn't stacking a random response graph on top of my already unknown response headphones achieve nothing objective?

[worldly charm]

are you only reading this conversation for oportunities to send weird messages ?

[terse junco]

wish I could but I've had these headphones for a few years and can't buy anything new rn

[worldly charm]

I don't see how that would be related but ok

[steel osprey]

No i love crinacle

watched his vids for aaaages

[terse junco]

I might be making a few wrong assumptions then. This is meyond my knowledge haha

[worldly charm]

indeed, what I was saying, is to make the foam microphone to measure you're headphones scientifically, then tune them to the tune of a high end headphone

[terse junco]

ohh I see what you mean 👍

[worldly charm]

I was talking of the age of the headphones and the fact that then you cannot buy anything new

[terse junco]

oh I just mean that I splurged to get these headphones and can't spend more on new phones yet

[worldly charm]

ok

[terse junco]

from the practical perspective, I just bought them to listen to music and focus while I work and they do that job just fine

sadly their pads are wearing out though, I'll see how long they take to fully disintegrate

[worldly charm]

has I said like 3 times before, you don't need expensive headphones, if they achieve a minimum bar, since it is completely subjective, you won't be seing much difference anyway

[terse junco]

Oh okay, I've always read that you have to spend a ton on fancy equipment to reproduce accurate sound. I've always doubted that though

[worldly charm]

I have some 50euro dt70 pro I believe that I use for everything that isn't at my desk, since they are closed bakc, and except if I go in a quiet room, I cannot ear a noticeable difference, so don't get lured by audio snobs saying that you need a 300 euro pair of cans at minimum or else you aren't doing it right

[worldly charm]

no

it's a subjective hobby, quality is meaningless here, so long has it is above the minimum bar, you might prefer the signature of a 75$ headphone rather than one of a 1000$ headphone

[terse junco]

that's what I've always thought, but reddit told me otherwise

As before, I think i'll be happy sticking with these OneOdios then

[worldly charm]

poor child, you still didn't figure out that reddit is utterly useless for subjective hobbys

[terse junco]

lol yeah I figured reddit wasn't useful and bought the oneodios anyways, but I've just never been able to find actually useful resources on tuning them

I'm in a few Discord audiophile servers but it's mostly just discussion on expensive equipment

[worldly charm]

the only thing that actually differenciates a shitty headphone from a great headphone is the tune, that's all, there is also the resolution and all that, but you probably won't ear it if we are real here

[terse junco]

On some of my cheaper headphones I could definitely tell that when I turned up the low end, it would start distorting, but I don't get the same effect on the oneodios so I figured they have the potential, at least, to reproduce just about anything

[worldly charm]

so, personally I would have gone with something like a dt240 pro (it's 240 actually, not 70) from beyer dynamics, simply because it is from a very well known manufacturer, but it is a bit late now

[worldly charm]

well, again, like most things, distortion isn't a problem, until it is one

[terse junco]

Yeah I completely understand that what I have isn't exactly built for accuracy

[worldly charm]

that just means that once it gets above a minimum bar, it is imperceptible

[terse junco]

that said, I'm happy with them

yeah tbh I can't tell the difference between some newer songs and their remastered versions

[worldly charm]

they make remastered versions of songs now ?

[worldly charm]

again quality is an ilusion with headphones, once it gets over a minimum bar, you just need to like the tune and roll with it (except if you have thousands of dollards to blow up)

[terse junco]

and I indeed do not have thousands of dollars to blow up

I mean like these two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXBCMgq7_xY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AckG0JVrYDA
I can barely tell the difference

[worldly charm]

well, if you are like us poor people who happened to not be millionaire, you probably don't have enought thousands of dollards to spend on a amp dac stack that weight has much has you're self to unlock the potential of a headphone that is so expensive and heavy that it will actively try to break you're neck

[terse junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1068345632454103060.gif?size=240&quality=lossless

yep pretty much

[worldly charm]

I am completely serious, with audeze, who are basically the "let's go ham baby who cares about price" brand of headphone, people have reported neck pains because the headphones are just so heavy

[terse junco]

"I have neck pain from my headphones"
"you mean ear pain? you should listen more quietly"
"NECK pain NECK pain"

[worldly charm]

and in the lineup of heavy and expensive you also have the abyss AB1266 PHI TC (rolls off the tonge) or the moondrop venus

some big honk of metals to feel "premium"

[terse junco]

some dude wanted to bring his headphones to a warzone or smth I guess

[worldly charm]

the point of the abyss AB1266 PHI TC, where to be durable enought to be given to you're childs after you're death, and be the flatest possible response too

[terse junco]

OH that thing costs more than a car

probably would add to the gross weight of the car as well

[worldly charm]

6000 bucks for a pair of cans indeed, you better hope it will survive you and you're childs

[worldly charm]

wait until you see the price of the HE-1

[terse junco]

if I buy those, I don't need to worry about them outlasting my generation. I'll be unable to buy food and die of starvation within a week

LOL they're 60k

[worldly charm]

well, I mean, buying an he-1, they are so expensive that for a regular human, it is basically a life goal, not just a purchase

all you're life savings to get it

[terse junco]

I was gonna say, maybe it's for like very professionally rich audio producers, then I realized that their music gets listened to on airpods anyways

60k to hear some really expensive wiggly air

[worldly charm]

nope the AB1266 PHI TC are made for that, the He-1 are for people who forget the concept of money and simply wants the best, and also have a special room that is insulated from any noise with 5kg of "anti noise foam" on each wall

[terse junco]

heh sounds about right

I've gotta go finish some work but I appreciate your input on my headphones, I'll have to try tuning them sometime

[worldly charm]

yup, that is a big part of why I just left the audio hobby, because non millionaires are just left out of the equation, and I don't have thousands to blow away

[worldly charm]

you're welcome, me, I have some sleeping to do

[terse junco]

I spend the bare minimum on each hobby and resultantly become master of jank

[worldly charm]

in how many hobby are you in exactly ?

[terse junco]

I'm pretty sure you have more knowledge than many of those "in the hobby"

[terse junco]

amateur radio, FPV/RC, audio, 3d printing, are probably the main ones

but a few random things

[worldly charm]

I'm flattered, and my ego at least won't deny the possibility

[worldly charm]

I see you have taste

but also, I am going to let you work, we have been talking for over an hour, and I already only have 5H of potential sleep left since it is already 1am18 here

so have a nice end of you're day

[terse junco]

haha yeah have a good rest of your night

[worldly charm]

thanks

[terse junco]

Screwy headphone things going on

I have a JLabs Studio Wireless that I want to make sound like my EQ'd OneOdio Pro 50's. I played some pink noise through the pro50s with the EQ activated, then pink noise through the Studios with no EQ. Recorded both with some old voice recorder I have, with as similar mic positioning as I could, plotted both spectrums (spectra?) in Audacity, and used Gimp to overlay both

goal is to negatively EQ the Studios until their spectrum matches the Pro50s

Although my recording system does not resemble a human ear whatsoever, I think this should roughly work due to the fact that both headphones were recorded in the exact same manner. The only difference would then be the way the seal/pads affect the sound profile, but that should get me close in EQ, in theory

null hypothesis is that I fail miserably by default but I'll see

[terse junco]

now using this:

I've brought them much closer...:

[terse junco]

Now, I don't actually need anything from Audacity other than hopefully this adjustment EQ. I need it because I'll recreate something similar in my "normal" desktop EQ program:

And my computer just lag-crashed and I lost everything, but that's actually okay because I sent screenshots of everything I needed to this channel literally moments before

[terse junco]

Re-recorded the Studios with the EQ running and that's... actually kinda closer

it definitely sounds different but closer as well. probably could EQ the rest manually

[terse junco]

Definitely also feels like the Studios are struggling to keep up with the Pro-50s. It's getting exponentially more frustrating chasing the phantom EQ setting so I think I've hit the limits of these $10 headphones

[unborn steeple]

now I'm wondering how I'm going to EQ these headphones on my phone

ahaha

[terse junco]

I haven't tried this yet but it should be relevant #🌀off-topic message

[steel osprey]

@heavy marlin

[heavy marlin]

[steel osprey]

😄 saw you bought some audio equipment

yo @terse junco run this with some boost on 20-60ish hz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3gw0iD5y0Q

good fun

[terse junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/662444428279152657.gif?size=64&name=SquidwardDance&quality=lossless

sine wave abuse

[steel osprey]

OH LOLOL

[steel osprey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqk5mJUJutA

10000000% sinabuse

[terse junco]

S U P E R S A W 3 0 0 0

[worldly charm]

by the way, I just came up with a pretty good analogy between drones and headphones, headphones are basically like gimbals for fpv

[heavy marlin]

Yeah got a KRK S12.4 to help out my pair of KRK RP8 G3 in the low end

[steel osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/sponge-bob-eating-patrick-patrick-star-salad-gif-20569673

[heavy marlin]

I got a 12 inch subwoofer to help out my 8 inch monitors in the low end

[steel osprey]

Looks like a neat lil company

[heavy marlin]

Really happy with it so far, also glad we don't share walls with neighbours

https://tenor.com/view/too-loud-loud-noise-speaker-gif-5494249

[terse junco]

Not sure what you mean but I know there's a lot of analogy between EM waves and audio waves

[worldly charm]

no, not that at all, basically, cheap gimbals can do a lot, and cheap headphones can do a lot, and say with a cheap gimbal you can lube it to make it feel like an expensive gimbal, just like you can tune a cheap headphone to make them feel like expensive ones, and expensive gimbals don't actually deliver that much more than cheap gimbals, just like with headphones

[heavy marlin]

True up to a certain degree, some turds are just too shitty to polish.

[worldly charm]

it does need to pass a certain low bar obviously, like a china special 50cents headphone from temu won't ever be able to sound has good has like an hd600

[terse junco]

Ohh I see what you mean, yeah pretty much

I think the main issue isn't that cheaper headphones aren't able to produced good audio, it's that they're intentionally designed to sound very "V" so that they please the gamers who would otherwise be like "it lacks bass boohoo"

the cheap headphone thing is definitely real though

[terse junco]

see here

sometimes they're just so cheap that they can't physically handle creating any audible low end while not mushing the high end

[worldly charm]

I wouldn't say it is necessarily gamers, but just every normie that basically thinks "moar base is moar quality" because that is how apple is tuning it's headphones, and people are dumb sheeps that just assume that everything apple does is the best because they are expensive, so not only gamers I would say

[heavy marlin]

Wouldn't gamers who know what to look for be looking for clarity in mids and highs to better hear the direction of footsteps, bouncing 'nades and AP rounds whizzing past?

[terse junco]

True yeah, never had apple earphones (or apple anything 😌) so I hadn't known what their sound was like

[terse junco]

correction, I meant Gen Alpha Fortnite Tablet Skibidi Gamers

[heavy marlin]

Haha, fair enough

[storm skiff]

I love that word

[heavy marlin]

"moar base moar better" may be normie thinking but I gotta say adding that subwoofer was a great decision

Though the music I listen to is rather bass heavy (various EDM genres mostly)

[terse junco]

Oh yeah I listen to some EDM and epic orchestral and both need well tuned amounts of bass to sound good

to the extent that some of my cheaper headphones just can't keep up lol

[steel osprey]

My

man

I thought

This was someone different

was like "who tf this mf i never seen before"

[heavy marlin]

Haha yes, definitely a matter of trial and error especially with the crossover frequency. 80Hz is just perfect to have the monitors and woofer constructively interfere and rattle the room. At 70Hz it sounds just right

[worldly charm]

incredible, a clean soul, it is rare

[steel osprey]

https://youtu.be/z54MpfR3XE4?t=108

what the fuck there's bass in pepsiman

[lavish root]

lmao this instaly clipped and is now at -10 preamp

[steel osprey]

[lavish root]

it is activly bullying my sub

even on a relitivly soft song its at -7 preamp

[steel osprey]

sooo uh

bullying yourself huh

[lavish root]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1000147866804813857.gif&name=WalterDies&quality=lossless

oh

eh gif still fits

[steel osprey]

lmao

[unborn steeple]

now i'm wondering what headphones i should go to next

LOL

[terse junco]

https://tenor.com/view/you-dont-want-to-do-that-jubal-valentine-fbi-i-dont-think-you-should-be-doing-that-dont-do-it-gif-25960309

[unborn steeple]

lmao

[storm skiff]

Get some open backs!

[steel osprey]

clearly, jecklin floats

[unborn steeple]

the 599s are open backs 😄

[storm skiff]

Then what dark Mann said

[unborn steeple]

good meme

[steel osprey]

loolol

[terse junco]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mn4EmAefVE

[steel osprey]

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

[storm skiff]

i used to listen to that guy all the time back in like 2015 when i first found spotify

[storm skiff]

if they explained sinewaves like this in school i woudlve been wayy more interested in it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6POZlJAZsok

i feel like the bongos are flicking my ears

i love how the song starts with straight up fire bars then like a 5 min sax solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRIt2-tWkgE

it took me a while to figure out i was listening to dankpods with these simpsons edits lol

[steel osprey]

#🌀off-topic message

@lavish root

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew029UM1f3w

some fun rolling subbass in the drop here too, as well ass the kicks being nice and punchy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAyaiiODFf0

[unborn steeple]

Feed Me-- you're based.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zj0JOHJR-s&pp=ygUQbXkgb3JkaW5hcnkgbGlmZQ%3D%3D

[terse junco]

apparently country EDM is a thing. also MEGALOVANIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1uUIJPD0Nk&start=50

[terse junco]

this is peak garbage

[storm skiff]

wtf stop!!

It sounds like Spotify when it tries to fade 2 songs together with different tempos but all the time

Probably not the issue but what if the turn table is only going too fast bc of the slider lol

[terse junco]

but we've got the correct tempos
and the same chords
and all the time

and the lowest resolution audio known to man

[storm skiff]

I be looking for oldskool dj turn tables rn

I remember when I thought $600 goggles were outrageous

Now I’m tryna drop 1.5k on a sound system

I’ll probably never do it till I get a better job 😞

It’s just so shiny and those dots do something to my loins

[terse junco]

why is harder better faster stronger bpm exactly 123.482

[terse junco]

buying used hobby from clueless online sellers be like

[storm skiff]

Lmao they found the perfect tempo

I do love that song. Pls don’t ruin it for me

[terse junco]

NO! do you know how hard I questioned my sanity trying to convert the bpm of that song

[storm skiff]

Shit slips frrr

[terse junco]

sitting there switching the metronome between 123 and 124 and neither working like my brain was failing me

[storm skiff]

How did you find it?

[terse junco]

it's a great song and it's hilarious how intercompatible it is with megalovania and other similar chord progressions. Even some 70s rock songs use it lol

[terse junco]

a re-google to check my sanity and finding a redditor who calculated it in FL studio 4 years ago

[storm skiff]

LOL

Bless those redditors from years past

[terse junco]

they preserve my sanity

spoiler alert some more evil contorsion of HBFS in the form of kanye and undertale deltarune?

[storm skiff]

I can’t finish that shit

It hurts my tail bone

Eugh

[terse junco]

what, the kanye, deltarune, or the mere coexistence of both?

[storm skiff]

They are both kinda off

[terse junco]

not sure what you mean

like, I'm 100% aware that it's garbage

but I'm just curious if you mean the pitch/tempo or more like the EQ/sound or smth

[storm skiff]

Definitely the pitch

Tempo is sounds accurate enough for my few second exposures

[terse junco]

hmm I'll relisten to it later when I'm not limited to laptop speakers

[storm skiff]

I’m on my phone dawg

If I had my headphones on I’d probably turn myself inside out

[terse junco]

LOL

I take it that you mean the chords are way off then? as opposed to a slight pitch difference?

maybe I'm hearing the melody in my head with a different chord progression than the original

if that makes sense

[storm skiff]

Yeah they don’t mesh well

But don’t let me stop you from making something great

[terse junco]

lol I just mess around with it, no offense taken

but that's really interesting that I hear it completely differently

[steel osprey]

https://youtu.be/LASPMYMnkN4?list=OLAK5uy_nd1m3Lg5sySZs-nwxOr3U7q5ppZS54-bY&t=251

Yo, detail

[steel osprey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzaJntUd9gE @terse junco i request the galaxy bass meter™️

[cunning hill]

hello.

you guys playing instruments?

[steel osprey]

I used to play piano and a bit of acoustic guitar, I do neither anymore

[cunning hill]

I try to get into synths.

[steel osprey]

@cunning hill what's that thing you bought with the keyboard built in?

I'm uhhh getting up to shenanigans and would like to be able to have a physical input for my DAW

[cunning hill]

the MIDI controller?

[steel osprey]

i think?

[cunning hill]

don't use it anymore.

[steel osprey]

Lol

Can I see a pic of it to make sure we're talking about the same thing

[cunning hill]

but I think it's a good device if you are willing to use a DAW on a computer.

[steel osprey]

Tis indeed the plan

[steel osprey]

oh yeah looks good

[cunning hill]

the Play does a bit of standalone sound but its features are...

well...

not much.

no sequencing and stuff.

you can't save stuff on it.

[steel osprey]

Hmm to be fair if I was to get something I would love to be able to do live looping with it

IDK if that's something my DAW does need to RTFM

[cunning hill]

you could say its standalone capabilities are toy-grade.

[cunning hill]

then this isn't it.

it's cheap AF.

[steel osprey]

How much did you pay for yours?

[cunning hill]

and Akai's new MPC Key 37 also doesn't really shine hardware-wise.

[cunning hill]

around 120 euros.

[steel osprey]

Did you try to find anything else?

[cunning hill]

uh...... Korg Minilogue, Roland JD-Xi, Yamaha SeqTrak (doesn't have "real" piano keys) and...

I think there's more but I can't remember right now.

grooveboxes are also a thing.

[steel osprey]

what's that?

[steel osprey]

Oh

[steel osprey]

Are they cheaper than those other options you gave? The Yamaha appeals to me but it is a bit out of my price bracket

[cunning hill]

I don't think so. x)

this is another expensive as hell hobby.

x)

[cunning hill]

the SeqTrak is something I also would like to own and play around with.

a forearm sized, battery powered synth sounds extremely comfortable.

[steel osprey]

yeah. I don't have a lot of space where I currently live so a whacking grrat big thing like the Korg isn't viable for me

[cunning hill]

but I just bought a JD-Xi last year and barely used it. I should use my stuff more and buy less new things.

x)

[steel osprey]

🤣

[cunning hill]

the fact that I don't a have a dedicated place for it and have to set it up every time I want to use it is one of the reasons why.

[steel osprey]

Yeah that sounds like it would also be the case with me

[cunning hill]

too much friction.

[steel osprey]

More lube.

[cunning hill]

I wanna buy a keyboard stand.

[heavy marlin]

Does my new toy belong here?

Creative Sound BlasterX G6 USB sound card

[cunning hill]

looks like a certain container for alcoholic beverages.

don't know the English word off the top of my head.

[heavy marlin]

haha yes, a flask

one of the few affordable USB sound cards with decent DAC and software that actually works

[storm skiff]

Duhhh ofc, looks neeto. It’s really hard to find affordable audio equipment

[terse junco]

mostly ~40-50Hz bass. Not low enough

[steel osprey]

Lmao wow

[terse junco]

I think the intro on this one is a bit lower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lb60vCqnrY&list=PLGL8Jb_fw2z-zpgV-yKSSXZarteFv3kZ4&index=14

and it's hard to tell cause it's not a clean sine wave of bass, but I think it's lower

and I tried @solar badger's sound system receiver on my headphones using that intro. My laptop alone evidently is not enough to power these headphones, and I now want an amp

[solar badger]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-discord-ping-turn-ping-off-why-have-you-done-this-deed-gif-23942013

[unborn steeple]

Casually listening to my old playlists on Spotify and I am hearing so much more of these songs I've never heard before lmao

[storm skiff]

That’s the beauty!

Ya boi just dropped a good chunk of change on a record player

[steel osprey]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lttAGCmZP8b2cKZhBczN_1n35DBr4rSQ8

there's some weird vibes and detail in this little collection

[terse junco]

https://youtu.be/iJ4vp66SQJ4?si=LcNZwUkCOX2G9DmU&t=49

"low bass" gigachad

[steel osprey]

😂

OH WAIT

ON THAT NOTE

https://youtu.be/NZKCxIuJ-5M?si=QlHeVZN4dK1JvZKe

This guy's a fucking nutter and I love him

[terse junco]

oh I saw that guy, unfathomably based

[storm skiff]

GUYS

I dug up GOLD

Dank pods has revived my appreciation for these nuggs

[steel osprey]

hell yeah 💪

[storm skiff]

Got these old tired boys

[steel osprey]

Not hurr durr six hungeos

[storm skiff]

No they are not, they are Murr Durr five hungeos

This guy had dreams of being a DJ in the 90s and he was selling his equipment. I got two turn tables, a mixer, amp, and a box of vinyls and his crusty headphones lol

Everything was in pretty much new condition.

[storm skiff]

Just got these puppies set up

[terse junco]

AHAHAAAAH I'VE FOUND IT

it's not super well mixed but i have found it nonetheless

[storm skiff]

If it works it works

[grizzled jacinth]

Functionality

[unborn steeple]

Speaker on the left side is already blown 😐

i came back just for this channel

[terse junco]

nooooooo

🇫

any idea what caused it?

[terse junco]

[unborn steeple]

Absolutely no idea 😦

It looks like I can replace the drivers

https://spares.sennheiser-hearing.com/catalog/sparepart/572263

I can't find where to buy this T_T

[lavish root]

Their web shop?

[unborn steeple]

Looks all good here

Tried another PC yeah naw it's the driver on this left side

T_T

Attention! Due to the complexity of the repair, some of the spare parts shown can only be replaced by specialist workshops. In this case, please contact your nearest Sennheiser Service Center.

Yeah ok

Two wires = major difficulties

[terse junco]

Average consumer electronics experience

[unborn steeple]

but I thought they were supposed to be good T_T

[terse junco]

Question... I connected a Yamaha HTR-5730 to my laptop via RCA-3.5mm cable, specifically to use with my headphones. What's weird is that the yamaha seems to be more underpowered than just connecting the headphones straight to the laptop. As in, when using the receiver, strong bass seems to be less strong and brings down the volume of the rest of the audio.

Any idea what causes this? My only ideas are a) the 15amp wall circuit isn't enough (though I highly doubt this, the headphones are only 32 ohms...), or b) the RCA-3.5 cable is poor quality (though I didn't expect a questionable cable to lead to underpowering problems

[lavish root]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C5QWMGM6/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A2Q0JVLI22BSVA

anything better for similar money?

[storm skiff]

I don’t think anyone in this chat actually knows anything about being an audiophile

[terse junco]

Ow

That's a 110% accurate description of me

But nonetheless, ow

[storm skiff]

Yeah I wish we could help each other out but…

[lavish root]

Well I’m just gonna get some moondrop dusks (not)

[terse junco]

I should get BEATS for LARGER PWEOR

[lavish root]

If you buy beats I will beat you to death

[terse junco]

nah

the headphones would kill me by brain aneurism first

[lavish root]

wowie https://shenzhenaudio.com/collections/headphones/products/softears-rs10-10ba-iem-reference-sound-series-in-ear-monitor-earphone?_pos=127&_fid=2abafc6bc&_ss=c\

[storm skiff]

I recently acquired more hearing damage so my ears can no longer pick up on small details now :((((

Ive heard some people say their hearing comes back after a year or so. Praying the same happens to me

[unborn steeple]

Btw guys

No idea what happened my headphones fixed themselves

[storm skiff]

Magic

[cunning hill]

technological sorcery.

[toxic bolt]

Audiophiles... I am currently one of the AIO guys for the church youth group.

[storm skiff]

You now know more than anyone here then

[toxic bolt]

Heh naw.... I litterly have $50 oneodio studio c headphones you think i know more than you?

[storm skiff]

It sounded like you volunteer working with audio equipment so maybe?

And my headphones cost $30 so there’s that

[toxic bolt]

I mean yes... I know the basics.

[storm skiff]

Congrats you know more than us

[toxic bolt]

I wish I had adobe audition...

[storm skiff]

Lead us oh great cloudcoding

[toxic bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/dune-cat-gif-9899535461719573158

[storm skiff]

[toxic bolt]

I will do my best.

misclick

[terse junco]

YOOO oneodio enjoyer

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/958082122277597265.gif?size=240&quality=lossless

[toxic bolt]

heh

[toxic bolt]

me all the time

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-care-happy-dance-idgaf-gif-18510300

[terse junco]

my family would always be like "if you can't hear us calling you then you're listening on those headphones way too loud!"

-# lo and behold, their lifetime history of audio listening experience consists entirely of dollar store earbuds that amplify background audio better than they dampen it

[toxic bolt]

Same with mine... I try to listen when no ones gonna care

[lavish root]

Me when noise canceling headphones

[toxic bolt]

Can you speak dumb American real quick so i can understand you

[lavish root]

Headphones that cancel noise

Outside noise specifically

[toxic bolt]

I meant the when when part

https://tenor.com/view/lets-make-america-smart-again-urging-encouraging-boosting-uplifting-gif-13025534

[lavish root]

Oh it was ment to say me when

[toxic bolt]

oh thx

[autumn wing]

Ayy are you into archery to ?

[terse junco]

Heh indeed, never got further in the hobby than amateur level though

the only thing I know is that I'm a diehard instinct shooter lol

[autumn wing]

I mean thats good for hunting

[autumn wing]

What did you shoot ? (What type of bow)

[terse junco]

oh really? from what I've heard, instinct isn't useful in a practical sense

[terse junco]

my family/brother has a few older compound ones. a couple of PSEs and some thrift store find

which I think is also a PSE?

[autumn wing]

I mean it can be usefull but it can be dangerous to 😅

[autumn wing]

Compounds are nice, what do you mean by PSE ?

[terse junco]

I don't shoot anything from very far away, and have plenty of backstop. I said i enjoy instinct, never said I'm good at it

[terse junco]

the brand

the one that's "mine" got turned all the way down to like 40lbs, that's about all I can consistently draw for how few chances I get to shoot it

[autumn wing]

A compound ?

[terse junco]

yeah

[autumn wing]

I'm a barebow guy

(Maybe we should start our own thread ? 😂)

[terse junco]

the arrow rest is the type that is engaged upwards by drawing (forgot what that's called) but it's connected to the string with a bit of paracord, and it's almost too far forward for our arrows, so drawing it and getting the arrow to sit right is an exercise lol

[autumn wing]

Wait so you dont have the right arrows ?

[terse junco]

ah cool, I think i've found myself in an odd scenario of liking barebow for most of the popular reasons, but what I have is a craigslist compound, so that's what I shoot with

[terse junco]

probably not, they definitley aren't a tuned length or anything

[terse junco]

I've got to go for now but that'd definitely be a good idea lol. there might already be a thread somewhere here

[autumn wing]

Tbh a barebow is "cheap" you could probably sell your compound buy a barebow (with the right arrows) and make profit

[storm skiff]

I thought we got you one last year??

Wait wuuuuuuuut

Sorry didn’t realize how old of a message I just replied to

[lavish root]

thats from 2023

that was last year

[storm skiff]

Yeah…

I tapped on this forum and the app brought me way up here

There*

[undone hearth]

Lmfaoooooo

I never got one

[winter ore]

I need a good portible music player sub 100€

Any recommendations?

[lavish root]

https://www.fiio.com/btr5

[terse junco]

Ah, I found Hans Zimmer

[lavish root]

speaker abuse

[storm skiff]

lol ur tryna dank pods them. Why does the video flicker only above the speaker? That’s weird

[lavish root]

i think only some of my lights flicker

[fair granite]

realtek audio sucks and I wan a cheap USB DAC, gimme suggestion

[winter ore]

Portable?

Or for at the desk

[fair granite]

Either is fine

[winter ore]

If you want something for st the desk I would get a focusrite scarlet solo

It's more a audio interface

She you can hookup instruments and microphones too

[fair granite]

$100 is cheap?

[winter ore]

To Me yes

[fair granite]

wow ok

[winter ore]

But if you just want a dac

I have a 10€ option

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzYgj8p

Used to be my daily driver for my phone

It sounds very good

And is very powerful

[storm skiff]

Audio equipment is expensive af

Makes FPV look cheap as chips

[fair granite]

well audiophile stuff is really expensive, but to get stuff that just sounds good isnt expensive, my $50 IEMs sound better than anything I've ever heard

[lavish root]

now try $300 iems

[winter ore]

Truthear zeros?

[fair granite]

yup

red

[winter ore]

Nice same

That dac works perfectly with em

[fair granite]

ayy

I'll get that one, thank you

[winter ore]

No worries

Might wantto put some heat shrink on the wires tho

Strain relief

[storm skiff]

True, for whatever reason IEMs started getting really good from China. I was more thinking of full sized audio equipment for speakers and such. I’ve been looking at tube amps for my speakers and they get crazy expensive

Like a lot of them are in the 20k range. I’ll never make that much money to be able to blow it on a tube amp lol

[unreal crystal]

Is it bad to connect/disconnect a source with your monitors turned on?

They make a loud pop any time I do

[heavy marlin]

I don't think it can do much harm, especially if they are active monitors (amps in the monitors themselves). Maybe if you're actively playing something loudly and disconnect it it could cause some harm. I could also be wrong but I haven't heard of damage due to disconnecting.

[unborn steeple]

Wait wtf

Spotify sounds terrible compared to alternatives

Am I tripping or what? DL'd an official YT vid as mp3 and played it -- went wait wtf this sounds so much clearer than hearing it on Spotify

[lavish root]

yeah they only have 128kb/s for free and 360kb/s for premium

mp3s

[unreal crystal]

do you have audio normilization turned on?

if so turn it off

[unborn steeple]

I'm on premium

No

[unreal crystal]

along with what leah said

[unreal crystal]

streaming quality set to high or whatever?

[lavish root]

spotify stinks

[unreal crystal]

as usual

[unborn steeple]

Is YT higher quality?

I suppose my question would be; where could I find the highest quality possible of any music? lol

[lavish root]

barely

[lavish root]

any place that has lossless

[unreal crystal]

qobuz, tidal, deezer, bandcamp, some other place i cant think of

i HIGHLY recommend downloading all your music if you want to ditch spotify

[unborn steeple]

If I DL music the yarrr way is it typically lossless?

Yeah

[unreal crystal]

10/10 experience

[lavish root]

if its a flac then yes

[unreal crystal]

yeah ill dm you some stuff to get you set up

[unborn steeple]

Ok so flac is what I want opposed to mp3 aye?

[lavish root]

yea

larger file size for lossless audio

[unborn steeple]

yeah idc

where's halo theme flac at

i need it

[lavish root]

some stuff you might only be able to get in a lossy format

[unborn steeple]

aw

[lavish root]

nvm
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/halo-combat-evolved-halo-martin-odonnell-michael-salvatori/bzq1udy9o1moa

just look around

[unborn steeple]

i'm not crying at the samples u r

I can't listen to Halo music without getting emotional af

this makes me want to splooge on an upgrade on my headphones + a dac

you have no idea

[unreal crystal]

if you want speakers get a pair of LP6-V2 from kali audio

i LOVE my pair

they are amazing

[lavish root]

ipod

and

cheap amazon in ears

plus

downloaded 128kb/s mp3s

[unreal crystal]

https://www.schiit.com/products/fulla-2 this is the dac i use since its super duper awesome and has a mic input

[unborn steeple]

nah i have sennheiser 599 se's

[unreal crystal]

@unborn steeple did you see my dms btw lol

[unborn steeple]

i went from "gaming" headset to these and they blew my mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nUPM7Q77h4

I practically have this on repeat too

[lavish root]

i kinda want to get some nice iems but i feel like it would let me hear my crap quality music too well and ill realise how crap it is

[unreal crystal]

real

[lavish root]

and i also kinda am afraid that my ipod will have a hum or something

[unreal crystal]

Downloads like 500 new songs
Skips the vast majority of said new songs

[lavish root]

downloads 2751 songs

skips 2741 of those songs

[unreal crystal]

real

whenever i find new songs i play them on repeat forever until they get boring

then i just shuffle and skip a bunch because playlists are for the weak

[lavish root]

i shuffle and then procede to unshuffle my music so songs i want play next

[unborn steeple]

I just learned that Deskflow is a thing. Got my deck alllll set up

:D

Two monitors + deck

[lavish root]

looks neat

[unborn steeple]

I couldn't find a FOSS for something like this.

[lavish root]

might be a good option if i ever get a 4th monitor and a mac

[unborn steeple]

Frustrating using the deck when you really needed to use a keyboard and mouse but didn't want to swap connections over lol

I would remote in but.. sloppy

Already found an issue. I'm in Deadlock and it will go down to the deck lol

oof

[terse junco]

This whole Convo sounds like those Reddit stories of people realizing they've been listening to everything on mono for the past decade

[lavish root]

people with 165hz+ monitors realising they have been using it in 60hz mode the whole time

[unreal crystal]

sunshine and moonlight works really well

just have sunshine run whenever you go in desktop mode

[lavish root]

best budget iems to pair with my 5th gen classic

[unreal crystal]

zero:2 perchance

they were nice from what i remember

and it has cool transparent options

[lavish root]

any opinions on these?
https://a.co/d/bWVUuy1

there are so many cheap iems out there

[unreal crystal]

ummm you can ask in this one audio server

it isnt the most active but i got a lot of help there

[lavish root]

got a invite?

[unreal crystal]

they are the people who told me to get LP6-V2 and i love those so i trust them

[unreal crystal]

@lavish root according to this
these are some good options
Tin HiFi T3 Plus
TANCHJIM Cora
Intime SORA 2
Moondrop Chu

i formatted all of those wrong fml

wtf

[lavish root]

they bee broken

its

[unreal crystal]

yeah i give up at this point

[lavish root]

its just uh not working

[unreal crystal]

yeah i had that originally

idk whats up with discord

omfg

i put the link first

ugggghhhh

[lavish root]

you did link text

not text link

[unreal crystal]

there we go

[lavish root]

according to this
these are some good options
Tin HiFi T3 Plus
TANCHJIM Cora
Intime SORA 2
Moondrop Chu

fuck

after all that work

you beat me

[unreal crystal]

i beat you 😛

[lavish root]

and i had to do that on mobile

rip my hands

[unreal crystal]

and you beat me to saying i beat you 😔

took to long finding the emoji

[lavish root]

well these are still the prettiest so i might just get them

even if they suck i doubt ill be able to tell

[unreal crystal]

i just know that sub sounds amazing

all 3 share one USB A port for power

[lavish root]

https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyaskelectronics/s/q3hsmhknmR

[storm skiff]

What

[autumn wing]

this is how I imagine tech support

[unborn steeple]

anyone recommend any earpad replacements for the sennheiser 599se?

the stock ones give me a rash around my ears

ngl pretty sure it's causing it

[storm skiff]

Get the fluffy ones

[unborn steeple]

Do you have any links?

WHAT

$99

I PAID $200

LOL

this hurts. seems like a regular sale of $70-$99, I missed out lol rip

https://www.amazon.com/SOULWIT-Cooling-Sennheiser-Cushions-HD380-Pro/dp/B0C23Z4PN3/ These look pretty decent

[storm skiff]

I thought they’d be like $10

Those other ones look decent

[unborn steeple]

These earpads are REALLY nice

I can't tell if it's placebo but I feel like they definitely change the sound profile

I would argue it's worse because I can tell they help block exterior sound better

made sure peace was still running

They sound like GARBAGE without the EQ lmao

[storm skiff]

So are they nice or not?

[unborn steeple]

These earpads are nice but PRO HEADS UP: they definitely change the sound quality.

https://old.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/16ch22n/changing_earpads_made_my_headphones_sound_garbage/

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Going to return these and get OEM ones but I am afraid they're what's causing a rash on my ears lol

$34.89 jesus christ

Finding that the issue is the distance from the speaker is the cause. These are thicker by maybe 1/4" - 3/8". If I press them in against my ears a bit it's noticeably better

[storm skiff]

Wrap a sweat band around your earphones to squish them in more

[terse junco]

I will not deny that i have used overnight pressure as a method to adjust multiple headphones in the past

[paper path]

I have a blasphemous question
I'm looking for a very lightweight way to convert my DT990 Pros to be wireless.
(since I need to replace the cable anyway, let's have some fun)

[unborn steeple]

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-Amplifier-Headphone/dp/B0B4JTKF6T/

there you go

[unborn steeple]

DO NOT BUY THESE EAR MUFFS LMAO

IT MADE THE HEADPHONES BASS x10

I am using e6000 to put the old ear pads back on and returning these for OEMs

It's made it sound like some skull candy $20 headphones lmao

[paper path]

there's no way that thing has any kind of output amp

[unborn steeple]

true

lmao

[terse junco]

I was double guessing myself on whether I got the polarity right when hooking up these speakers then realized I could just...

Yep! Definitely in phase

[unreal crystal]

was bass not obvious enough?

i should see if i can reverse polarity with software

[terse junco]

For determining polarity? I haven't tried bass specifically though I tried listening to music while inverting the channels and wasn't completely sure which was correct lol

Speaking of, the left window is PulseEffects which can in fact reverse polarity

Or, invert the phase, I think more correctly

It's Linux software but you use Linux right? Or am I remembering wrong

[unreal crystal]

Yeah I use Linux

[terse junco]

Awesome that should theoretically work for ya

Or if you're on an OS that has switched over to Pipewire, you'll look for EasyEffects

[heavy marlin]

Finally got a USB-C DAC

Not very expensive and no bells and whistles, but it sounds good and drives my wired gear just fine

[cunning hill]

I don't get it why we never get adapters that allow you to charge your phone at the same time.

[heavy marlin]

Yeah that would be nice, didn't see any with USB supply pass-through but I also didn't filter for that

[lavish root]

FIIO BTR5

and if that doesnt do the power

then a BTR7

[lavish root]

peep the hifi audio setup

only the finest of audio here

[storm skiff]

Yoooo

[winter ore]

Got myself a stylophone

[cunning hill]

that's cool! 😁

how much was it?

[short lintel]

do the song, do the song

[terse junco]

you must do The song

[winter ore]

25 bucks

[lavish root]

teach your printer how to play

[winter ore]

Not a bad idea

[storm skiff]

Yooooo

What is that song??

It’s so familiar

[winter ore]

https://open.spotify.com/track/1bx7OUl2UmAnA5oZkm9If7?si=QimP1y9EQwKQq4b3eCyt_Q

[storm skiff]

Funny name

[unreal crystal]

CUS ITS EASY ONCE YOU KNOW HOW ITS DONE 🗣️🔥

[rough cosmos]

I don’t really know where to ask this, so I’ll ask here.

I currently have some Bose Q45, but I’ve been looking at some AirPod pro 2s, mainly for no sound leak and portability. Do y’all think I’ll be disappointed or should i go for it?

[unreal crystal]

cant compare with bose but im a big fan of my airpod pro 2s

havent had any leakage

ANC is great especically at low frequencies but thats pretty standard

the only issues ive had is if the contact points on the airpods or case arent clean they wont turn off in the case

and that sometimes when i hold the airpod to switch noise modes it will play the sound of the mode im already on and wont change

besides that they are great, MASSIVE fan of the transparency and adpative transparency

and it automatically going in to transparency mode if youre talking with music paused

along with it turning ANC back on when you resume your music

if youre on android you wont get any auto play/pause but if youre on iphones its basically instant

another thing with android is you will need to connect them to an iphone to change any settings

[rough cosmos]

I’m sold

[unreal crystal]

forgot to mention the transparency is like the best there is on the market rn @rough cosmos

along with them being really comfortable they are great to just wear even with no music

[rough cosmos]

I’m double sold

How’s sleeping in them?

[unreal crystal]

havent tried honestly lol

i only ever did that with a pair of etymotic IEMs

https://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-Research-Extended-Respone-Earphones/dp/B07NSL5XS5/

these sound AMAZING for the price

downside is the absolutely absurd fit

they go deep af in your ears

if you get it right though its very comfortable

also blocks out like 50db or something passively

i forgot what exactly the number is but its atleast 40db

[rough cosmos]

Damnnn

[unreal crystal]

they dont really stick out so they were decent for sleep though i was paranoid id rupture my ear drum the whole time

[rough cosmos]

Lmfao yeah that’s seems like a mild issue

[unreal crystal]

also because of the deep fit you have to swap out the filters in them every now and then

those IEMs are really good id say for long sessions but if you take them out often they are extremely annoying

[unreal crystal]

i was so wrong

really nice still though

better than any ANC ive used

covers the whole spectrum really well

oh yeah the cable also picks up A BUNCH OF SOUND

its like a stethoscope

definitely gonna want a 3rd party cable which im not even sure if thats possible since the connector is proprietary

[rough cosmos]

Lmfao

[grizzled jacinth]

Anyone selling any SACD?

I'm looking into a receiver setup when I'm back home. I know dvd-A (not the orgazmo thing) was also great. Bob Dylan and Depeche mode made a lot

[mental bridge]

just got some IEM's

this shit is ridiculously good

im not much of a audio person (mainly on whatever the newest airpods are) but these blow those out of the water

no clue what brand this is (i got from amazon for free as part of a reviewer program)

[paper path]

Kbear monkie 01

[mental bridge]

ya that one

its p solid

uses 10mm drivers but theres alot of shake at bass

[paper path]

I still have my ancient KZ's

they sound great except for some specific highs in which they have an epic sibilance

generally this style of IEMs is great, but I've switched to wireless nowadays

[mental bridge]

ya agreed

[mental bridge]

i mean im switching between these and airpod pro 2's

[rough cosmos]

airpods very close to being aquired

[rough cosmos]

Have had them for a few days, pretty nice.

[autumn wing]

What budget IEM's do yall recommand

[storm skiff]

Are they everything you dreamed they’d be?

[storm skiff]

Moondrops, KZ, and truthear are always good. There’s those extra bassy red ones that caught my attention a while back. IEMs are always changing and coming out with new stuff so it’s hard to follow the newest stuff

Here they are https://a.co/d/aT9iezG

[autumn wing]

Do you recommand these? I'm not much of a bass fan

[storm skiff]

Nah go w something else then

[autumn wing]

I have no idea what I should look for and how I know wich ones I'd like

[storm skiff]

Time to do your research

[autumn wing]

Yea

[autumn wing]

https://discord.gg/r32PZvaW

Audio server that is just starting out

Is from a new youtuber

[rough cosmos]

I should get some iems

[fair granite]

yes you should

[fair granite]

I just got the Truthear Gate IEMs, which are $20 IEM's, heres a comparison between these and my nicer $50 Truthear Zero red's

---

The Truthear Gate's sound brighter and lose some detail in the bass, they have a really nice cable that I honestly prefer over the Zero's, they are a tiny bit smaller and don't fit my ears as well, and they don't have foam eartips, which I don't really care about since I like the normal eartips

---

The Truthear Zero Red's sound clearer, and wider if that makes any sense, they have great bass without sacrificing any clarity, and it's easy to pickup on subtle sounds like sub-bass, they have a good cable and higher quality feel, come with more different size eartips, and have a perfect fit for my ears

---

Overall, the $50 IEM's are obviously better, but for $20 the Gate IEMs far surpassed my expectations, they sound amazing for costing so little, but still have great build quality and cable, and even come with a little pouch to throw them in

I forgot the most important part

they come with an anime waifu

LiPo recommends 👍

[fair granite]

I don't think I'm a fan of brighter sound signatures

[unreal crystal]

Flat sound signature ftw

[fair granite]

I like mostly balanced with some fun to it

[unreal crystal]

I got a pair of Kali audio LP6-V2 which are very flat but I raised the bass by 2db

[paper path]

a lot of cheap "bright" earphones suffer from sibilance

which to me sounds very similar to my tinnitus lmao

[fair granite]

I don’t notice any of that with these

[mental bridge]

is there any driver shake

im looking to replace my iems rn

[fair granite]

I’m not quite sure what that is

[storm skiff]

Tinnitus enjoyers rise up

[storm skiff]

How did you earn your constant ringing?

[rough cosmos]

I want iems but if i buy one more audio thing my family is gonna loose all faith in me

of all random stuff i buy audio shit is the one they are the most confused about

[fair granite]

I've always had mine :D

[storm skiff]

Nice!

Mine would come randomly as a kid

Then with more exposure to loud noises I’ve lost some hearing and the ringing is annoying

I fall asleep to boring yt videos and I can’t hear it

[storm skiff]

At least they are small and concealable

I got a steam deck and my pops just thinks it’s the same switch we’ve had for ages

[fair granite]

my hearing is rather sensitive and I never listen to anything loud so its weird that I do have ringing

my IEM's are at 12% volume rn

[storm skiff]

Good on ya, keep your hearing healthy. It’s the only one you’re gonna get

I try and keep up with the medical research news on regrowing the hairs in your ears. Hoping that one day I can be restored

Sounds like they are getting close

[fair granite]

My whole job is gonna be interpreting for Deaf people they better not undeaf them

[storm skiff]

no way! thats cool, how did you get into that?

[fair granite]

about a year ago at this point I was in a class with someone who was Deaf and I wanted to learn some ASL to communicate with them, I didn't ever end up signing with that person because that class ended but I kept learning ASL and figured out I really really like it and interpreting seems like something I would love doing since it's very intensive and I really enjoy doing things of that nature. I've started going to college for an interpreting major, I'm taking ASL II now :D

from what I've seen it might not make very much money but who cares it's something I'll love doing

[paper path]

No idea tbh

I know I got it sometime after 10yo but before 14yo

and it got worse gradually

[storm skiff]

Ear infection maybe?

[rough cosmos]

I don’t have constant ringing but it’s definitely around a pretty large chunk of time

[storm skiff]

Those can be caused by stress in the back of your neck. Some people find that massaging themselves on the back of the head helps relieve it

[paper path]

either that or mb blood pressure related

I'm currently having some hearing issues again lol, my ears lost the ability to regulate pressure

[storm skiff]

Damn proud of you for that! I’ll be getting shit pay in the medical field pretty soon too. Gotta start somewhere ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[paper path]

if I change altitude fast enough (driving a couple kms downhill), my tinnitus will go from eeee to GOOOONG and the ear pressure is epic

[storm skiff]

That’s tragic from someone who’s into audio equipment

[rough cosmos]

Yowch

[storm skiff]

Terrible super power lol

[rough cosmos]

I always produce so much earwax

[storm skiff]

Tinnitus man! Can hear the change in atmospheric pressure!!

[paper path]

lmao

[rough cosmos]

can predict when storms are coming

Just smell em

[paper path]

the not so fun thing is that combination of atmospheric pressure change in the evening + blood pressure change before going to bed means that rn I get the gong when going to bed

[storm skiff]

My grandps could feel it in his knees

[rough cosmos]

Dude have you gone to the doctor

Wrong reply

WRONG REPLY

[storm skiff]

Lmao

He’s dead now

So

[rough cosmos]

Meant for this one

[paper path]

lawl

[rough cosmos]

Bad doctor then

[storm skiff]

Real af

[paper path]

yeah so the first doctor told me that I was probably faking it

and the second one shrugged at me

so I'm waiting for my private doctor shit to start next month

[storm skiff]

You gotta see specialists that aren’t covered by your insurance

[rough cosmos]

Fucking assholes

[storm skiff]

Yeah there

I went to a sports therapist to be told that my ass wasn’t powerful enough and it was causing my thigh cramps while biking

[paper path]

I've been trying to deal with for over half my life, all that it lead to is my disillusionment with the vast majority of doctors lmao

[storm skiff]

So you’re gonna see an ear doctor now?

[paper path]

first a private ehh "general purpose" doctor, then an ear(and other stuff) doctor

I have a couple other things that need to be taken care of

that I couldn't take care of with my previous doctor
because the last time I went there I was about 30s away from punching the nurse

she made me understand who the term "royal f*ing c*nt" was made for

if you've seen harry potter, think umbridge

that kind of level of assholery

[rough cosmos]

Holy fuck

Is your area known for having bad doctors or are you just really unlucky

[paper path]

sorta both

the nurse (who outlasted many doctors in that office) is the kind of person who would hold your insurance card hostage because you didn't make an appointment

and if you come without an appointment (on a day explicitly meant for people without appointments), she would come out and REPEATEDLY tell everyone how "people without appointments make our job so hard" while visibly giving you the side eye

[rough cosmos]

“You came without an appointment”
“Yes because I have a 105 fever you fuckwit”

[paper path]

yeah that day was even more fun cause I went there with a fever and with burnout related breakdown, looking to get pointed to psych help
T'was the day I REALLY snapped

well anyway

imma go to work with my EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEars in their current state

[rough cosmos]

Peace

[fair granite]

now that you mention this

I had tons of problems with ear infections and stuff when I was younger

I wonder if that would be the cause of my tinnitus

[heavy marlin]

Speak of the devil... Just wanted to share my newest purchase which replaces my worn out and disintegrating Shure SE215s

And also ordered a gate for my dad who does audio and mixing for some bands and is setting up a wireless IEM monitoring system that still needs some good but not too expensive IEMs

First impressions on the Zero Reds: sounds very impressive, a smooth slightly warm sound. The bass is noticeable but not too much and gets a nice boost with the included 10 Ohm adapter. Treble is also nice, not screechy but still has enough clarity.

I knew from reviews that the nozzles are quite large and can cause fitment issues for some ears. I normally use medium or large tips and have no issues so far after an hour of wearing them. There's quite a few different tips included for customisation.

[fair granite]

You put that in words much better than I could

[heavy marlin]

I guess some of the stuff my dad has been showing me has rubbed off on me over the years lol

Lol the inner box showing more of the anime character includes a little piece of cardboard that can be folded into a stand for the inner box to put it on a shelf or something

[fair granite]

I love truthear

[mental bridge]

👍

they arrive tmr

will drop a review as well

[heavy marlin]

Truthear Gate just arrived here. After 10 minutes of testing my dad requested the links to forward to the band lol

He likes them more than Shure SE215

Maybe that's also cause they are more comfortable

Sound-wise he says the SE215 are a bit more neutral than the Gate but the Gate sound nicer overall. Bass also pronounced without hurting the ears with highs etc.

[fair granite]

I don’t think I would call the bass pronounces but that’s subjective

[heavy marlin]

Yeah it was in comparison to those Shure SE215 and I believe Sennheiser CX 3.00.

[fair granite]

for some reason I've never tried the 10ohm adapter that came with the zeroes

the bass is fun but with the adapter it's a little much for me, sounds muddy

[mental bridge]

obtained

might be me, but they sound a bit muffled

idk why

[fair granite]

huh, I didn't notice any of that, you've tried all the tips?

[mental bridge]

tips?

uhh i mean these tips are slightly large

but they should be ok

[mental bridge]

i fixed it

windows bs

[fair granite]

ah

[mental bridge]

holy SHIT i can hear notes i didnt hear before

[fair granite]

windows sucks

[mental bridge]

this is wild

[fair granite]

first time using IEMs?

[mental bridge]

it struggles in a couple songs tho

[mental bridge]

no i used some cheap ones before

https://open.spotify.com/track/6W2KBpMMXW17r7dPyqi8Iu?si=fa77bab958504af5

this just murdered the iems

it sounds like

blurry

idk

its supposed to be super crisp notes

besides this song its doing well in everything else

[fair granite]

huh

I think it might be windows

I listened to that on my computer and thought yeah youre right

then I plugged it into a little dac on my phone\

and it sounded fine

then I plugged it into my laptop which isnt windows

and it sounded fine

thats so strange

what does windows do

I dont notice it on any other songs

[terse junco]

this sounds like it's at a lower bitrate than one I found on youtube

i could be going crazy as I don't have much practice discerning bitrates or nothin, but it sounds lower quality

i think spotify is notorious for having a low bitrate? not sure if that could factor into it

unrelated note but I'm curious if anyone else hears a(n audio quality) difference between these two songs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGL8Jb_fw2z_-uIz_HroKhKGCG7rDxTfM

can you tell which one sounds lower quality? genuine question, I'm trying to figure out if it's just my own bias or something

[mental bridge]

hmm

i set my bitrate qc to max

[mental bridge]

il checj tmr

[heavy marlin]

Yeah it does affect the mids a bit. I like it personally, that little plug basically replaced my equaliser

[storm skiff]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OU6E0xDMSUw&pp=ygUOSWVtIHdhaWZ1IHRpZXI%3D

[mental bridge]

gotta set this

that sounds better

[unreal crystal]

pretty sure this adds latency or something to your audio btw

id only set that to whatever your pc/dac can output

[mental bridge]

how can i check

[unreal crystal]

Probably look up your motherboard model or whatever audio device you have

Oh

I thought you meant the second part

I have no clue

[mental bridge]

my dac supports 192k native

[unreal crystal]

i mean you could use that but id try something lower than 192,000Hz thats still 24bit

[fair granite]

Ye already know about that

[paper path]

quick warning
this can break some older games

some older games just assumed a certain sampling Hz

so if you run a higher Hz, everyone will sound like chipmunks

[hardy shuttle]

Train

Ipod worked great

[lavish root]

https://youtu.be/OKl5KdhxjQ4?si=Y8MMtRjFrYXweEtd

[fair granite]

black IEMs get dirty faster than white IEMs

I thought it would be the other way around but it makes sense

[hardy shuttle]

Didn't they change how they do scoring once they started working with manufacturers

[storm skiff]

I’ve never seen such a tactical camera before. It looks sick

[storm skiff]

I just nutted

How big is she?

[hardy shuttle]

thats 600mm

the biggest one fuji makes

camera people tell me its a waste on apsc 🤣

H8 me cause they aint me

[storm skiff]

someone is compensating 🤨

jk nah that’s sick, what do you shoot w it?

[fair granite]

Can I have it 👉 👈

[hardy shuttle]

i live by the national loon center

they actaully come over to where i live, the center is in town 🤣

[hardy shuttle]

I insured it, if you take it. the insurance comany has people better then the cops i stg

[fair granite]

I guess that’s a no

how good is the audio on it

[hardy shuttle]

fine?

[fair granite]

since we’re in the audiophile channel

[hardy shuttle]

i got dji mic for it

[autumn wing]

I mean kinda

[hardy shuttle]

L take

[autumn wing]

I mean it's not a waste but it feels kinda unnecessary on an apsc

[hardy shuttle]

This camera is really good thou

It goes right to frameio in body

Even though it's not full frame, global shutter its a step below that on hit rate for bird photography

So unless you have the 7k Sony (this whole setup costs about that) not much room for upgrade

This part so nice

Also shopping by body is for the weak of mind

Buy nice glass swap the bodies when the new ones come

Im getting all the fuji [R] glass which is the real setup here

I'm actually holding off on any more purchases till I go to Japan. I was going to get it in the store

[autumn wing]

I mean I kinda disagree to this but I agree on the fact that a good lens is more important than a good body

[hardy shuttle]

Good camera body will always go out of date

Good camera lens is forever

Take a pretty image once, take pretty image forever

Full frame is a scam, its arbitrary size of film which doesnt mean anything

I know Sony makes all the sensors and bigger is better 1:1. But the difference is negligible imo

[fair granite]

just in case yall didn't know, this is the audiophile thread

[hardy shuttle]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/the-return-of-dumb-things-why-young-people-are-ditching-their-smartphones-for-mp3-players-and-digital-cameras-103012025.html

Ill Tie it all together then

[fair granite]

If I only listened to music, having an MP3 would be nice, if I were only taking pictures, using my DSLR would be nice, but the convenience of having all of those in 1 device overshadows all of that

[lavish root]

when ripping CDs should i do FLACs or uncompressed WAV's?

After a little bit of looking it seems that FLAC is just better

[fair granite]

Yeah WAV and FLAC sound exactly the same, file size and compatibility is the only difference

[unreal crystal]

FLAC

same quality smaller file size

only benefit of WAV i can think of is compatability but you can always just convert it afterwards if you need that

like every media player should support FLAC though

only case i can think of is a game wanting WAV

[lavish root]

set the bass too high on my standing speakers and stuff started to vibrate

or maybe the mixing on this song isnt great

ok yeah it was just a bad song

[mental bridge]

i wanna use iem's over bluetooth wirelessly, anyone know i can do this?

like some sort of brick that i can plug the 3.5mm into and connect via ble my phone

[fair granite]

I like the over the ear ones like this, they of course ruin the sound quality but that's what happens when you use bluetooth

[mental bridge]

https://a.co/d/eejkGAz

would this work

[fair granite]

the ones I have are the TRN BT20 Pro which are like $20 but I got for even less, that's all they're really worth

[fair granite]

I dont see why it wont

[mental bridge]

alr

[unreal crystal]

Yeah just get like any Bluetooth receiver off amazon

I think fiio makes one

[fair granite]

trying to find high quality recordings of old tracks from a niche genre is despair

[unreal crystal]

Soulseek maybe?