I hate wireless haha. YOu have to charge them ....... so they all become wired haha

can you suggest a adapter plug?

Should I just bite the bullet and get this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826306006

 

When I go on vacation, do you want to borrow them and write your own up? I dont have A50s


Hmmm said I ordered from amazon but said it was out of stock...... hmmmm
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New Egg is cheaper but charges a restocking fee
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826106474

 

.... damn should I Get the new ones, but I dont like the white.


Sennheiser G4ME

 

Return the old one, get the new one and then just paint it black!

I might go try them out in person if I can find a store with it. Who knows when I'll be in socal or when you'll be in norcal, lawl


As for the adapter, yeah the mixamp works really well, tried the wireless version on my PS3 and PS4 without a hitch.

 

Anyone know of a place you can check out phones in person? Seems like places like that are all dead and gone. All we have is Best Buy and such. Would like to listen to some cans, for example, I would like to compare the Sennheiser HD380 and the HD650. Also wanted to check out that new model they have (forget what they are called, they look sort of retro).

Otherwise seems like the only option is ordering like $2k worth of headphones and then sending back the ones I did not want.

 

should start an audiophile meet so we can get together and try headphones and amps out

 

^Would love to test some Sennheisers... and yea Sigma Pi got those 360's I was peepin at. Just can't kick myself in the *** to spend $250 yet.

 

 

Can we rename this to the audiophile thread?

Chilling out to some Jamiroquai FLAC's on my grado's right now, heavennnnnnnnnnn

 

That virtual barber shop is pretty damn cool. Thanks for sharing.

I'm going to take wombatsauce's advise and buy a headphone amplifier. Any reasonably priced suggestions? Amazon has quite a few but I don't really know what to look for.

 

I use a + a about $40 for both. Pretty good value, and they are small/fit pretty easy in my jeans pockets.

 

I've heard great things about Beyerdynamic. I'm using AKG K701 and have been very happy with them. Would the DT990 be similar to the K701 and would it be a step up? I listen to all types of music, mainly vocals. My setup right now is a WooAudio WA6 with a Sophia Princess 274b.

 

Dafuq is a Beats By Dre? We rockin Peltor Comtac III's, dawg.



With these you can hear thru walls and call up some *****es on the MBITR.

 

I use Heaphone.com's TotalAirHead (amp) and TotalBitHead (amp+DAC). I got them from headphone.com a few years ago when a friend let me borrow his for a couple days and it blew my mind. Now, I see that they do not sell these anymore but I have no idea why. I had wanted to upgrade to one of their nicer desktop models but at this point I think I would really like to build something myself.

Queeg9k - I think you built one yourself, right? Was that a kit or a set of plans or did you just do it homebrew?

I don't know anything about the FiiO pieces but they seem to have good reviews. I would definitely try one out. These amps I have were both over $100 so that is a great deal. These will work with phones up to I think 300ohm. I usually use my Sony MDR-XB700's because I currently do not own anything better. The only problem sometimes is too much head-crushing bass (and looking like I have a disco strapped to my head).

Don't know about using a phone and MP3's for source though. So far I have never been impressed by that. I have mostly MP3's that I made myself but in every case, it sounds night and day different better, more clear, wide open, vivid and hearing things I never knew existed when I play the same music using an old Sony Discman (D-555) as source into my amp. I can take a CD from that thing, rip it to MP3, and then play the MP3's (no less than 320k) back from another source and can instantly hear the difference. Maybe I am just doing it wrong. A few friends have tried to save me from my CD players but usually agree that it does sound better after the Pepsi challenge (but that they still do not want to carry around large old crap - which I understand). Of course no one wants to be "that guy" with a CD player from the 80's but it just sounds soooooo goooooood. The way I look at it, at least I am not sitting at a coffee shop listening to LP's. Heh.

This is also the same with Bluetoof or wired in my car though - using my phone via Bluetoof or the USB port in my car. There is a massive difference between the two, using the same exact file as source, played through my car's audio system. Bluetoof sounds weak and tinny, and you cannot turn it up. I assume it's due to bandwidth (but I don't really know).

Sometimes I use an iPod because it's just not practical to carry around a massive player and discs, but when I use my phone, it does not sound as good, and I can sometimes hear other noises in there which I assume means my amp may not be very well sheilded. I should try the line-out thing though as I have been using the headphone output adjusted aurally to the same level as the line out on my CD player.

The biggest difference I see between using MP3 or a CD is that with the CD, I can really crank it up because it sounds pure and clean. Sometimes so much that I will start listening and sort of get lost in the music. With MP3 (or even a lesser CD player) I cannot, because it does not sound as good.

But, that is probably why the Sony D-555 Discman continues to sell for more than it was new in 1989. Last one I saw was on eBay for $555. Have seen them go for nearly $1k if they were in good shape.

 

They were on sale on Amazon for 180 and they are on new egg but out of stock for 165