Recent comments in /f/headphones

rajmahid t1_j9bwwlu wrote

Reply to comment by Regular-Mousse7841 in Manufacturing issue on AKG K712 Pro / are they made in China? by yaddle41

I have a K701 (China), two K702s (one China, one Austria) and Q701 (Austria). The build quality on all of them is identical. Only issue I ever had was the Austrian K702 went dead in the left channel that was easily remedied in 10 minutes with a little phillips screwdriver & soldering pencil.

I just love it when people make anecdotal pronouncements or dubious ‘facts’ with no actual or extended experience. Take this for what it’s worth, but for me the AKGs have been audio nirvana for over six years…in spite of having tried countless other headphones.

PS: I tried the K712 twice and found it an awful disappointment — a dumbed down AKG with a bass boost that bleeds into the lower mids for a murky experience. A waste of K7 progress that was probably intended to appeal to the hip hop/metalheads.

4

blak_glass t1_j9bvhis wrote

Reply to omg they sound like speakers by PlotTwistItWasMe

How about the term holographic? I get that from my HD6xx and a couple of IEMs, but I also hear that others aren’t able to perceive that; especially in the HD6xx. What is it about the ear canal that allows some of us to perceive what others can’t. This is what causes confusion when watching/reading reviews. I am also a firm believer in tip rolling for IEMs to bring out the best sound profile.

3

MazonnaCara89 t1_j9bsybq wrote

Reply to comment by Clickbaitllama in Headphone jack tier list, cuz why not by nopunterino

Trust me 2.5 bend like butter, I have 2 cables for my moondrop arias, the one that came with them is bent and sometimes I can't ear from the right iem, and the other one a tripowin cable had a pretty big connector and I literally broke the jack with my belly, now I need to solder the new angled one!

8

AntOk463 t1_j9bol7q wrote

Reply to comment by DeathsingerQc in Headphone jack tier list, cuz why not by nopunterino

That's why you get headphones with mini XLR connector and use a mini XLR to 6.35mm to make you feel even cooler.

Every time I plug or unplug the mini XLR cable from my AKG while I'm wearing them, I imagine myself as Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible Fallout when he connects his oxygen in an identical way. Even cooler because you need to press the button and makes you feel like you are doing something serious.

https://youtu.be/Ci1u68ZVcag?t=104

10

AntOk463 t1_j9bmk4u wrote

Reply to comment by No-Context5479 in omg they sound like speakers by PlotTwistItWasMe

Even if it's not actual "soundstage," it's a term that exist for headphones and is used by everyone in the community. That's what the term is Even if it doesn't align with the term used elsewhere.

An example is with display resolutions, it's a ratio, so you should say 16:9 as "16 to 9" but everyone says "16 by 9" which is supposed to be used for actual values and not ratios. But everyone says 16 by 9, so that's now the industry term.

Also soundstage of headphones does change how they sound, it shouldn't be the definitive reason for getting a headphone, but you should consider it when buying.

5