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Post by DYohn on Sept 23, 2018 13:57:26 GMT -5
Another question if y’all don’t mind. How do you store you headphones when not in use? Either on stands or in their case. |
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Post by novisnick on Sept 23, 2018 14:15:19 GMT -5
Another question if y’all don’t mind. How do you store you headphones when not in use? Either on stands or in their case. |
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Post by vcautokid on Sept 23, 2018 14:25:37 GMT -5
Usually in the case supplied but I am in my project studio so much I don't really put them away. I store my condenser microphones more than my headphones. Condensers really don't dig moisture and dirt and dust too much.
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Post by vcautokid on Sept 23, 2018 14:27:17 GMT -5
Novisnick all in the works. The platform and content are still being sorted. It will be about talking about all tech news and why you want it. Not so much reviews per se, but I can do that as well. Working on also a Large diaphragm microphone and boom, and a vacuum tube microphone preamplifier and the Cloud Cloud Lifter if I go with the Audio Technica AT2020, or a used electro voice RE20, or Rode NT1. No USB mics. I have a mixer USB interface already. So will be doing more assembly of my system, and get things going, then I will seek sponsorship as well. Allot of work and a ways to go. Thanks for your interest Novisnick. Thanks Vince. I and I’m sure others here would love to follow you on your journey. Best of luck! I’m sure you’ll have a rewarding outcome to this venture ! Thank you Nick. A bit of diversion I recapped the power supply in the JVC Cassette Deck and testing now. Still more capping to do, then the calibration happens. I know someone with test tapes etc. |
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Post by DYohn on Sept 23, 2018 14:39:12 GMT -5
Whatever stand or hook you like. Different solutions for every application!
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Post by badsarge on Sept 23, 2018 14:43:09 GMT -5
I store my cans on a Pangea hook attached to desk top. Easy reach!
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Post by badsarge on Sept 23, 2018 14:46:14 GMT -5
Any suggestions for a CD transport to pair with HiFiMan 400S and a Jotenheim DAC/AMP? Need something small (limited on desk space). Haven't been overly impressed with pandora thru the computer.
Thanks!
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Post by sahmen on Sept 23, 2018 15:21:31 GMT -5
Multiple sets of cans and several rigs... You do not ask for a reason, but I'll say they offer me different flavors in listening experiences. I do enjoy speakers too, sometimes even more than headphones. However headphones provide the major advantage of taking the room out of the equation. Let me explain...
Why is taking out the room important? My experiences on audiophile forums such as the emolounge have taught me about the importance of room acoustics and room treatments in defining sound quality, independently of speakers and their quality. Paradoxically, that means that I cannot achieve, and have never achieved, the optimal listening experience I can afford via my speakers, no matter how expensive they are, and no matter how much I like them, because my living circumstances and WAF considerations have almost always eliminated room treatments as an option for me, talk less of having a dedicated listening room. (One more advantage of headphones is the more surgically intimate and penetrating access they offer to microdetails of the music, as opposed to speakers, which are relatively better at simulating live performances, in my view)
I am not saying that headphones duplicate the exact sound of speaker/room listening. However, they do provide excellent listening modes in which live room acoustics do not count (although the good ones always simulate some kind of idiosyncratic room acoustics). Also multiple headphones and their different tunings produce different listening flavors, as I have already mentioned, to the point where each headphone may resemble an entirely different and independent system... In the end, it is a far cheaper and more expedient way of experiencing the illusion of different expensive rigs, than one can by actually owning different. speaker-based rigs (at best I can afford only one great speaker-based rig per room):
DAC/AMP Combos
--Schiit Yggdrasil + Violectric V281 (Source: Ultrarendu/Roon) ... Also serves a speaker-based 2.1/7.1 HT system
--Metrum Acoustics Onyx + Cavalli Liquid Carbon/Crimson (Source: Metrum Acoustics Ambre/Roon) -- Also serves a speaker-based 2.1/7.1 Ht System
--AudioGD Reference 5.32 (with Amanero USB) + AudioGD NFB1 Amp (Source : Squeezebox Touch/Roon) -- Also serves a 2.1 channel near-field Airmotiv 6s system.
Portables/Transportables:
-- Grace Design M9XX, L H Labs GO2ProSE, Emotiva Big Ego (source when applicable : Microrendu/Roon)
-- Headphones? See my Sig
--Storage when not in use.. Typically, I keep them in their boxes... I should use headphone stands more often, but I do not really like spending money on those, and i suspect they will look rather messy and untidy because of the number of cans I have.
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Post by novisnick on Sept 23, 2018 16:01:57 GMT -5
Multiple sets of cans and several rigs... You do not ask for a reason, but I'll say they offer me different flavors in listening experiences. I do enjoy speakers too, sometimes even more than headphones. However headphones provide the major advantage of taking the room out of the equation. Let me explain... Why is taking out the room important? My experiences on audiophile forums such as the emolounge have taught me about the importance of room acoustics and room treatments in defining sound quality, independently of speakers and their quality. Paradoxically, that means that I cannot achieve, and have never achieved, the optimal listening experience I can afford via my speakers, no matter how expensive they are, and no matter how much I like them, because my living circumstances and WAF considerations have almost always eliminated room treatments as an option for me, talk less of having a dedicated listening room. (One more advantage of headphones is the more surgically intimate and penetrating access they offer to microdetails of the music, as opposed to speakers, which a relatively better at simulating live performances, in my view) I am not saying that headphones duplicate speaker/room listening. However, they do provide an excellent listening modes in which live room acoustics do not count (although the good ones always simulate room acoustics). Also multiple headphones and their different tunings produce different listening flavors,as I have already mentioned, to the point where each headphone may resemble an entirely different and independent system... In the end, it is a far cheaper and more expedient way of experiencing the illusion of different expensive rigs, than one can by actually owning different. speaker-based rigs (at best I can afford only one great speaker-based rig per room): DAC/AMP Combos --Schiit Yggdrasil + Violectric V281 (Source: Ultrarendu/Roon) ... Also serves a speaker-based 2.1/7.1 HT system --Metrum Acoustics Onyx + Cavalli Liquid Carbon/Crimson (Source: Metrum Acoustics Ambre/Roon) -- Also serves a speaker-based 2.1/7.1 Ht Systrem --AudioGD Reference 5.32 (with Amanero USB + AudioGD NFB1 Amp (Source : Squeezebox Touch/Roon) -- Also serves a 2.1 channel near-field Airmotiv 6s system. Portables/Transportables: -- Grace Design M9XX, L H Labs GO2ProSE, Emotiva Big Ego (source when applicable : Microrendu/Roon) -- Headphones? See my Sig --Storage when not in use.. Typically, I keep them in their boxes... I should use headphone stands more often, but I do not really like spending money on those, and i suspect they will look rather messy and untidy because of the number of cans I have. Thanks for the informative reply. I know what your talking about for sure, all but the part where I’ve listened to a good set of HPs! 😢 At the moment I have three sets of cans and each has its own flavor, if you will. Different experiences with each. Some excell with some songs and others with different genre of music. I get it. I hope to experience much better HPs in the very near future. I’m not sure what to expect but from what I’ve learned anout them they should elevate my enjoyment in the evening when loudspeakers aren’t good for the rest of the household inhabitants. Thanks for sharing, this is the type of conversation/information I was seeking to inspire on this forum. |
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Post by indyscammer on Sept 23, 2018 17:43:53 GMT -5
PC-Schiit Fulla-Sennheiser HD206
Office rig just to provide sound from the PC. Use it for all forms of PC streaming (JRiver, Xfinity TV, Internet Radio).
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Post by sahmen on Sept 23, 2018 20:32:10 GMT -5
Multiple sets of cans and several rigs... You do not ask for a reason, but I'll say they offer me different flavors in listening experiences. I do enjoy speakers too, sometimes even more than headphones. However headphones provide the major advantage of taking the room out of the equation. Let me explain... Why is taking out the room important? My experiences on audiophile forums such as the emolounge have taught me about the importance of room acoustics and room treatments in defining sound quality, independently of speakers and their quality. Paradoxically, that means that I cannot achieve, and have never achieved, the optimal listening experience I can afford via my speakers, no matter how expensive they are, and no matter how much I like them, because my living circumstances and WAF considerations have almost always eliminated room treatments as an option for me, talk less of having a dedicated listening room. (One more advantage of headphones is the more surgically intimate and penetrating access they offer to microdetails of the music, as opposed to speakers, which a relatively better at simulating live performances, in my view) I am not saying that headphones duplicate speaker/room listening. However, they do provide an excellent listening modes in which live room acoustics do not count (although the good ones always simulate room acoustics). Also multiple headphones and their different tunings produce different listening flavors,as I have already mentioned, to the point where each headphone may resemble an entirely different and independent system... In the end, it is a far cheaper and more expedient way of experiencing the illusion of different expensive rigs, than one can by actually owning different. speaker-based rigs (at best I can afford only one great speaker-based rig per room): DAC/AMP Combos --Schiit Yggdrasil + Violectric V281 (Source: Ultrarendu/Roon) ... Also serves a speaker-based 2.1/7.1 HT system --Metrum Acoustics Onyx + Cavalli Liquid Carbon/Crimson (Source: Metrum Acoustics Ambre/Roon) -- Also serves a speaker-based 2.1/7.1 Ht Systrem --AudioGD Reference 5.32 (with Amanero USB + AudioGD NFB1 Amp (Source : Squeezebox Touch/Roon) -- Also serves a 2.1 channel near-field Airmotiv 6s system. Portables/Transportables: -- Grace Design M9XX, L H Labs GO2ProSE, Emotiva Big Ego (source when applicable : Microrendu/Roon) -- Headphones? See my Sig --Storage when not in use.. Typically, I keep them in their boxes... I should use headphone stands more often, but I do not really like spending money on those, and i suspect they will look rather messy and untidy because of the number of cans I have. Thanks for the informative reply. I know what your talking about for sure, all but the part where I’ve listened to a good set of HPs! 😢 At the moment I have three sets of cans and each has its own flavor, if you will. Different experiences with each. Some excell with some songs and others with different genre of music. I get it. I hope to experience much better HPs in the very near future. I’m not sure what to expect but from what I’ve learned anout them they should elevate my enjoyment in the evening when loudspeakers aren’t good for the rest of the household inhabitants. Thanks for sharing, this is the type of conversation/information I was seeking to inspire on this forum. Well Nick, with a "perfect storm" of component synergy and great musical content, the right headphones can carry you to some really intoxicating and euphoric heights of enjoyment... I kid you not... The experience is always different from that of live speakers, but headphones too can have their own peaks of audio delight, in their own right, that no speakers can touch... That is something I am sure about.... You could say that the reverse too is true, and you won't be wrong, but that does not change anything  |
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Post by autiger on Sept 24, 2018 12:07:59 GMT -5
I use IEM every other day at the gym for an hour, if that counts. HP senn 650 (modded) and Sony MDR 7506. little ego and big ego to A-100's. separate rigs. DIY Hangers under the edge of den table. "L" shaped wire (shrink tubed) into a drilled hole in the support under the table.
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Post by saturnx on Sept 24, 2018 17:37:43 GMT -5
I use IEM every other day at the gym for an hour, if that counts. HP senn 650 (modded) and Sony MDR 7506. little ego and big ego to A-100's. separate rigs. DIY Hangers under the edge of den table. "L" shaped wire (shrink tubed) into a drilled hole in the support under the table. Sennheiser's can be modded? For sound or comfort? I can't imagine they can sound any better! |
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Post by autiger on Sept 25, 2018 16:36:18 GMT -5
I use IEM every other day at the gym for an hour, if that counts. HP senn 650 (modded) and Sony MDR 7506. little ego and big ego to A-100's. separate rigs. DIY Hangers under the edge of den table. "L" shaped wire (shrink tubed) into a drilled hole in the support under the table. Sennheiser's can be modded? For sound or comfort? I can't imagine they can sound any better! See below www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/sennheiser-hd650-m-compendium.3188/ |
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Post by saturnx on Sept 25, 2018 17:23:32 GMT -5
Wow thanks for link! Interesting stuff.. |
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Post by bolle on Dec 5, 2018 6:48:44 GMT -5
I use HD 380 Pro in my office if I am not alone, otherwise I use active studio monitors.
I use HD 520 II for gaming with the ALC1150 onboard sound card or a Focusrite 2i2.
I store all my headphones in their original packaging when not in use.
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Post by wilburthegoose on Dec 5, 2018 8:54:53 GMT -5
I don't use headsets (not a choice in the poll)
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Post by bolle on Dec 5, 2018 8:59:42 GMT -5
wilburthegoose: You are repeating yourself, see your post on page one from september... ;-)
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Post by djreef on Dec 5, 2018 9:01:47 GMT -5
Hangers mounted to the side of my audio rack.
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Post by siggie on Dec 5, 2018 10:14:09 GMT -5
Another question if y’all don’t mind. How do you store you headphones when not in use? On this headphone rack next to my bed, which my daughter made for my birthday (with a little woodworking help from me). siggie  |
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