This video goes into a lot more depth about monitor setups, but it definitely answers the question on why musicians wear headphones https://youtu.be/mHoljbkyAEs

You couldn’t find anything probably because you keep misspelling it. It’s XM5 not MX5.

Read it as “1000X Mark 5”, as in the 5th version of the 1000X model.

But yeah, apart from PlayStation, Sony is never good with product names.

They are definitely not too forward

Excellent write up. I am so pained right now in trying to decide between Arya V2 and V3. I read info like this post and become more undecided. I was all set on getting V3s but there seems to be segment of listeners that swear by the V2s. So conflicted and don’t know what to do ☹️

Please for the love of god spend 25 dollars and get a new cable that things a fucking fire hazard

I always wondered if this helps preventing hearing damage on live performances, thanks for explaining:)

I once passed out in a hotel public bathroom and woke up to my Zune HD missing. The front staff had it. Score.

enjoy! hope there's some useful info in my monologue. mine are hooked up to a low output impedance headphone amp, and i'm shamelessly using an equalizer to push the bass up.

they make my ears tired when i listen at higher volumes, but when i'm working i keep the sound turned down and they're great.

The placebo effect is an interesting psychological phenomenon because it can create real change in perception and sometimes physiological response. What that means here is that an expensive cable does sound better. I have a favorite 10 dollar copper cable that sounds better to me because I spent money on it

That also brings in the avoidance of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the disagreement between your self perceptions and actions. Here the perception is "I spend money intelligently" and the action is buying a $10 cable because I thought it looked cool. I will hear a subjectively better sound through the cable to justify my purchase.

So, yes, cables do matter 😏. Spend the absolute max you can on cables and you'll feel like such a dumbass for buying snake oil that you'll like it

Not really great advice for this sub

Nice. Just bought some K702s today, here's hoping they'll last a few years without anything breaking lol.

Just to reaffirm, you are correct that Xbox controllers connected to a console (and PC with the wireless dongle) transmit audio via a proprietary 2.4Ghz protocol. I don't think Microsoft has ever released the specifics of the codec or bandwidth used, though there are specific options selectable such as Atmos for Headphones and Windows Sonic.

I went straight to focal clear og and I don’t feel the need to upgrade. I guess that’s audio bliss?

> Equalizing for headphones is corrupting the source to compensate for junk equipment

It's not corrupting anything, modern digital linear equalization is transparent to the source aside from the adjustment to the frequencies, which you are intentionally changing. This is not corruption.

> And listening from a PC is evidence that one is decidedly not an audiophile

Oh okay, so you get to gatekeep what an audiophile is now, as opposed to someone who just enjoys good sound? Grow up.

> notice the absence of any mention of PC peripherals in material targeted at actual audiophiles like Stereophile and Absolute Sound

More gatekeeping garbage, irrelevant.

> The only place a PC fits in an audiophile’s world is as a Roon endpoint from which to feed actually good audio equipment

Yeah, most of the time PC parts feed into a DAC of some kind that is external to the device. This is braindead obvious, and no one disputed that. Maybe reading comprehension is your issue, considering your initial response was a reply to a question nobody even asked.

> none of which has any facility for EQing headphones because there is no market for that among people spending real money on audio equipment … including fine headphones.

Several devices come with in-built parametric EQ, if you spend enough for it. And guess what, there is NO SUCH THING as a perfect transducer, it doesn't exist anywhere. That's why EQ is a thing, to adjust the parts that we either do not like, or have issues. There's a reason why recording engineers like myself USE EQ in our mastering process, because perfection literally doesn't exist. And no, there really is no difference between doing it in the master and doing it for your audio system, the result is EXACTLY the same when it reaches the analog portions of what you're using.

Thank you for confirming you're clueless, though.

That's a dude in a suite.

I would recommend some bargain buds if you don't already have some. Faaeal Iris or Yincrow x6 are under 10 bucks and are probably some of the best value in audio. But well, rip. 😔

I don't think this is normal fare for /r/headphones, but i thought it might be fun.

these have been my work headphone for the last 12 years. i've used them ~6 hours a day 5 days a week. i'm neither a headphone enthusiast nor an audiophile, but i like good sound and have several nice headphones and speaker setups.

photo 1, 2

• the cord is beat to shit. i try not to roll over it with my office chair, but i guess i've failed. it still works, and the 20' cord is in my closet somewhere.

• there's heckin' dirt in the honeycomb part in the exterior of the ear covers, but it was so much more gross before i cleaned it. it usually doesn't look so bad.

• the earpads are the 3rd or 4th i've had to buy. the OE ones fit terribly at first, and then work great for a while and then the drivers get too close to your ears and the sound gets weird but they're so comfy. i bought some knockoff pleather ones that i had to modify to use and they sucked, and the current ones are from ebay and actually a year old but they're easily my faves. still new feeling, comfy, and hold in the bass. purchase history says they were 10$. i'll post up what they are if someone asks, but i ain't a shill.

• the shoe lace around the headband is new, but it replaced a grotty one that lasted the whole 12 years. q701 head band puts dents in your head without it. terrible design.

• the white shock cord for the self-adjusting mechanism is new. it was sold as tent pole shock. it's much bigger than what the 'phones came with, but it fit the chassis and i hope it retains its adjustability longer. the original cord sagged out after a couple years; i should have replaced it ~7 years ago. the clear plastic travel limiters (seen in photo 2) broke since they carried the load, and the 'phones sat too low on my head and affected the presentation. hope the replacement will be more durable.

photo 3

• you can see the ear cover is pretty cracked up. this one is much worse than the non-cable side, but they're both cracked. it's possible i did it at some point, but it might have been from the shock cables not carrying the load. i don't know.

there's a zillion reviews on akg X7xx, i don't need to talk about them. i still like these cans. for my head they sound and feel great now that they're all fixed up, and it's amazing how much the sound deteriorated from the wear parts of the chassis breaking down.

Yes, I included noise cancelling because it can be necessary for some people when traveling or at work. But I don't even own NC headphones, fortunately I'm the noisiest guy in the building and my home office is pretty well insulated.

!thanks for the reply. Can't wait to se what you guys cook up, and what we can learn from it.

Because they look cool?

I don't understand how this is a tough question to answer

I mentioned Dirac precisely to make it clear that there is a situation in which equalization is necessary … because the designers of your amp and speakers cannot anticipate where your walls are in relation to the speakers. Equalizing for headphones is corrupting the source to compensate for junk equipment, which is usually the headphones. And listening from a PC is evidence that one is decidedly not an audiophile … notice the absence of any mention of PC peripherals in material targeted at actual audiophiles like Stereophile and Absolute Sound. The only place a PC fits in an audiophile’s world is as a Roon endpoint from which to feed actually good audio equipment … none of which has any facility for EQing headphones because there is no market for that among people spending real money on audio equipment … including fine headphones.

Might be kind of fun to do a group meet up there.

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Why should i lend you such consideration, when your own original post was uncritical nonsense with no relevancy, ridiculous reasoning and an incredibly vapid conclusion.

Same could be said for headphones then. The way treble interacts with our inner ear varies from person to person.

There's nothing wrong with a little EQ to make the tonality of your headphones better match your preferences.

And my initial point was that it's not helpful to just say "don't use EQ" to someone that's asking if EQ can be damaging to headphones, hence why I asked "how is it relevant?".

Ooouuuu I have the same headphones!! I bought them used 4 years ago x’D and i still use them to this day