Wow... I have never seen anyone dislike these...

What exactly don't you like about them?

Just asking, not trying to provoke anything...

Yeah I prefer a tube-like euphoric sound. Hence why I got the Piety over the Magni+. I only wanted to go for the piety because I originally had a vali 2+ that was disappointingly not very tubey at all. The Piety is much more tube-sounding imo.

I pair my current stack with SDR modded HD800 if you were wondering.

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The M+ sounds great and neutral, the MP sounds distinct. I prefer the MP sound because it is enjoyable to my ears. If you want just straight up as is or neutral sound, you might enjoy M+ more. They both sound great with the HD600 imo.

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Power match does amazing things on the zen dac. To me, the true bass of the zen dac is boomier. Xbass on the zen can is tighter/punchier. Nice to have both and that extra power on the zen cans.

Glad you're liking your Zen stack. I got it a while ago as I wanted an upgrade to my K5 Pro. I was very disappointed with the sound of the stack. I found the sound to be very harsh and the bass too weak and soft. This was through the single ended output. I've never tried the balanced output so it might be much better through that. Are you using yours balanced out of curiosity?

I don't think the Sparks case is that sophisticated. The buds don't pair to the case, only the host device (phone, etc.) and each other.

Consider wearing Audeze a neck exercise lol, it gets much better with time and you won't have to worry about any headphones weights in the future.

I have tried the E10K and I think with the 6XX it did sound anemic/bright. Compared to the iFi Nano I had back then, the Nano had better bass, mids and a more controlled yet detailed treble than the E10K. Since then I have upgraded to a iFi iDSD signature for portable use and the Hifiman EF400 for desktop use and while they do have their own sound signature, they both do have a very similar overall sonic presentation to the iFi Nano I had back then. So yeah basically I think upgrading to something in the $150-$250 range definitely be an improvement and should give you the proper sound out of the headphones in all frequencies.

Great stack! Have the exact same DAC and AMP. In your opinion, how does the Magni+ compare to the Piety, sound-wise?

You're right I should've said vibe or aesthetic

Well the answer to their question is yes, so you're just an idiot

Interesting. My experience with TWS has shown that the pairing is a function of the case and not the buds so I feel its best to be cautious unless you know the answer.

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I was merely suggesting that OP does not base their buying decision on a chance of old buds working with new case.

This gives me an idea. Let the wife borrow some headphones I want to upgrade…

But those look completely different. The only thing they have in common is retro and colourful earpads.

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The Steel Series headsets are garbage. I appreciate the suggestion but no thanks.

I meant like the retro look with the colorful foam pads

Time for a divorce.

your brother needs to wash his hair lol 😆

The Scarlett is I think a particular good option for someone who wants a mic interface to double as a hifi headphone interface. Maybe some marketing puffery, but they at least make an effort to market to that demographic, with some specific emphasis on their headphone amp circuitry.

I've had cutting out/crashing issues with a couple of different mic interfaces I've used, which I suspect may be power-related, being limited to USB power. That's namely Rode's mic interface (the AI-1) and the GoXLR mini. The Rode would just switch itself off sometimes when i had my headphones plugged into it, and the GoXLR had maddening issues with intermittent audio dropouts.

Yeah saw it, looks simple enough. Looking forward to it!

Depending on the kind of electronic music, the tracks might not have that much content in the true sub-bass (e.g. <50 Hz). Most electronic drum hits, and even many rumbles, in my music collection are somewhere between 50 and 150 Hz in terms of fundamental (I run a real-time spectrum analyzer in my music player). So a lack of sub-bass extension might not affect bass perception that much, as a hump in the 70-150 Hz region boosts the parts of bass that matter most. And that's before psychoacoustic effects like missing fundamental can boost the perception of the sub-bass, even if the sub-bass tones aren't actually being reproduced.

Hello, they don't require a lot of power but they're pretty transparent to the source. If your source has a thin sound, you will hear that and it pretty unpleasant (harsh treble). I believe they pair really good with warm sounding sources such as an iFi Zen DAC. Had them twice in the past.