>DT770

I haven't really thought of going the IEM route. Do you have a recommendation that would fit that "open back" sound?

burn in dont exist

There are good ones like Pro. DT770 with EQ (not DT700). Maybe K 273, I'm testing those tomorrow. Most are bad though.

Is there a reason you picked it out? Seems like jumping in on the deep end - not really great idea if you don’t know what kind of sound signatures you like/dislike.

If you’re very used to a certain headphone, it might take time to acclimate to different tunings. Listen to it for a few days and get used to its sound before reaching too many conclusions.

Maybe you could try IEMs?

Neutral to bright neutral ones could be suitable for your needs. Even just Truthear Hola could be a good start.

3 years ago, I thought they were great budget headphones for $50, and fun for gaming.

lol maybe i am just screwed then. I have been using the shp9500 for 3 years and have become so accustomed to it. Might just have to remap my brain to adjust to a more reasonable sound stage. I appreciate the response. Will take at look at your suggested

Moderately wide, as expected.

Although, I find the shp9500 to be unusually too wide, especially in competitive FPS.

In gaming, the epos H6 Pro & dt 700 pro x had superior sound speration, superior imaging, and superior details.

>epos H6 Pro

How is the soundstage on these? I think that is what I dislike the most about closed after using open at home for so long

I didn’t audition, no. Could you explain burn in? I played them a bunch tonight so hopefully that helps.

Interesting about amps. Do I really have to shell out thousands on an amp for these to sound better? I knew they’d be an investment but having to do all these additional upgrades seem to defeat the purpose of spending all the money on these!

Superlux and Beyer's target be like

I find the sound quality from a beyerdynamics dt 700pro x and epos H6 Pro closeback to be significantly superior in sound quality over the shp9500 🤷‍♂️

Semi-open may as well be open back. They don't isolate much.

Beyerdynamics be like:

Did you audition them somewhere first? Did you let them burn in? Never heard them (and never plan to) but from what I remember, Josh Valour said it was fairly amp picky in that it emphasizes the amp's sound qualities.

They have notoriously poor build as well. Cracking even when being gentle with them.

What equation would i have to use? I have the info

Thank you! It was really helpfull and from what it shows my current output is around 70dB however accurate it may be

Alessandro music series pro (e)

With beautiful pads for grado.

Just amazing.

Terrible. Talk about inaccurate.

You need to know the power going into the headphones then some simple math using the sensitivity and impedance will tell you the decibels.

If you have a multimeter and a removable headphone cable/aux cable/something you can use to probe the output of your headphone jack, you could estimate it from the voltage.

Just open this up on your phone's web browser.

And place the bottom of the phone (where the mic is) into one of the ear cups.

It's a free decibel measuring tool.

Hereis a video of how I used it to measure the decibel coming out of my headphone.

The original PS500 was incredibly fun when I listened to it before. It was one of the headphones I wish I bought back then.

The local stores don't stock the later revisions so I never got to compare it with the newer ones

This is the first I’ve heard of this.

Also, happy cake day!

Edit: also, how can I determine the size of my ear cups/size of the holes for my ears to fit into??

It does lessen but they still retain a certain bloat that the rs2x doesn't have on the L.