Recent comments in /f/headphones

lexicalsatire t1_j6hpjvv wrote

Reply to comment by Alone_Ad_1410 in After 9 years of blind buying and remorse I am finally able to rest with the Focal Clear and Sony IER-Z1R. by WarHead75

I think it very much depends on ear size. Admittedly, the IER Z1R shape is kinda weird, but it fit me fine. I've had fitment issues with other popular IEMs, back of the U12t was digging into the my ears, MEST 2 fit too small (never could get a good deal).

Most recently, Vision Ears EXT, I couldn't fit in my ear, it was huge.

Long story short, people should try audition gear rather than discount it because of what other people say.

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herleinb t1_j6hoxkz wrote

Reply to comment by solid0r in oh chifi, never change by Nosapaw

Very true. The influx of new and price conscious players in the IEM arena has likely had the biggest impact in areas where access to good sounding IEM’s has been limited due to the economic situation. What a great time to be a music lover.

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radrod69 OP t1_j6ho36u wrote

Reply to comment by PhysicalRow4225 in Ladies and Gentleman, I got one. by radrod69

Your Topping unit is perfectly fine. I would be hard pressed to find anyone here who could tell a difference between the two in a blind A/B test (before applying DSP of course). The only reason the ADI-2 is more costly is because it is jam-packed with digital signal processing (DSP) features that work really well. I'm not sure why they felt the need to put you down just cause you didn't know the two aren't meant to go together.

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solid0r t1_j6hl731 wrote

Reply to oh chifi, never change by Nosapaw

What most people here don't realize is, cheap chifi is basically the only way people on some countries can enjoy the hobby.

Imagine if a single HD 600 would cost your over 2 times your monthly wage, because that's how much it costs here in Brazil if you receive minimum wage, which over half the population does for example. So even buying a $20 chifi iem is considered really expensive and a luxury for them.

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Solypsist_27 t1_j6hkphl wrote

Reply to comment by Solypsist_27 in I wish there was a high-end KSC75 by ihaxgamez

Small addition : in the original txt file, there are some line breaks at the end of each "filter settings", which are not displayed here correctly since I'm using the reddit app. I'm not sure of how copying and pasting it will work, but I guess it should be fine, otherwise you can just do the process again by yourself

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Solypsist_27 t1_j6hklb7 wrote

Reply to comment by daddyyeslegs in I wish there was a high-end KSC75 by ihaxgamez

Here's the parametric eq setting I use for "hd560s-to-hd600" :

Preamp: -2.3 dB Filter 1: OFF PK Fc 38 Hz Gain -1.0 dB Q 0.500 Filter 2: OFF PK Fc 42 Hz Gain 0.4 dB Q 2.000 Filter 3: ON PK Fc 80 Hz Gain -0.6 dB Q 1.000 Filter 4: ON PK Fc 120 Hz Gain 1.0 dB Q 2.000 Filter 5: ON PK Fc 180 Hz Gain 1.7 dB Q 0.700 Filter 6: ON PK Fc 3200 Hz Gain 3.7 dB Q 1.800 Filter 7: ON PK Fc 3900 Hz Gain -1.0 dB Q 0.700 Filter 8: ON PK Fc 5600 Hz Gain -5.4 dB Q 1.400 Filter 9: ON PK Fc 8500 Hz Gain 2.6 dB Q 0.500 Filter 10: ON PK Fc 8700 Hz Gain -4.3 dB Q 2.000

The way I make it is through the crinacle headphone graphs tool site, in the equalizer section. To do this, first delete both the target and the headphone graph that comes up when you first open the site, then load in the graph of your headphone first, from the list (it's important that the first graph is that of the headphone you want to eq), then add the "target" headphone graph. Then, in the eq settings, there's a button that says "autoeq", that will match the fr of the first headphones (yours) to the one of the second (the "target"). Before clicking the button, you can add or remove empty filters from the eq settings to make the eq more or less detailed or "specific", even though it's not really that useful since the graphs you're using to do this are not those of your specific headphones, but of those that were graphed by crinacle, so a small amount of unit variance always occurs. Also keep in mind that eqing past 10k becomes unreliable, since the fr depends a lot on the specific headphone placement and the pinna gain of the articifial ear used to create the fr. So dont worry too much about it, and let the autoeq do its magic :)

After the eq is done, go ahead and delete the second headphone from the selection, and then in the eq section click on "export" to have the txt file with the parametric eq settings, like the one I've pasted here. Optionally, there's an option to download a txt file for wavelet, that will work as an autoeq preset once you import it in the app from your downloads.

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lyk56 t1_j6hjtui wrote

Reply to comment by 717x in Not like the other girls 💅 by 717x

Don't know where you're located.. But some shops in the EU have LTD Verite's in stock :) Seen three in Amsterdam recently, almost pulled the trigger on one myself :)

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imabeach47 t1_j6hjo6q wrote

Reply to oh chifi, never change by Nosapaw

Why waste money on cheap stuff, it will never be as good as more expensive headphones. Get a proper desktop setup and over ear headphones instead of this hyped up cheap plastic that your pushing into your ear holes. Why trust any of these youtubers, they all spew a bunch of nonsense, stats don't matter, it's up to the ear how something sounds. Save up and buy a good setup that you can enjoy 10 years from now not just tomorrow.

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daddyyeslegs t1_j6hjk8e wrote

Reply to comment by Solypsist_27 in I wish there was a high-end KSC75 by ihaxgamez

Do you mind sharing the EQ settings you use to mimic the hd600? And if possible, where you found the presets/what your process was to get those settings?

I'd love to mess around with my 560s into "demoing" other headphones, seems like a lot of fun.

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imabeach47 t1_j6hjelo wrote

Reply to comment by No_Analysis6187 in oh chifi, never change by Nosapaw

I mean 400 for 600 is fair, it is the MSRP. MSRP for 650 is 550. Inflation is making the prices go up, I got my 650 for 325€ a couple years ago. They are worth the market prices and the MSRP as well.

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