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rhalf t1_j9qtsow wrote

Reply to Please explain In-Ear to me by DreamShiftThing

It's just occlusion. Yeah it's not for everyone.
There are nice earbuds though. Have you heard of ViDo? $3 good bass. There are some more refined earbuds, although the review business around those seems to be shady.

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AudiophileHeaven OP t1_j9qtld2 wrote

Reply to comment by thehornedone in OLLO S5X Dynamic Headphones for Studio, Mixing, Mastering, with a comfortable earpad, headband, and with a natural sound, my review by AudiophileHeaven

>ransient reproduction, while having a curve that facilitates mixes that will translate well. In other words, something that doesn't have exaggerated highs and lows, because then my mixes will be too flat. I was hoping these might be something to explore to this end, but it seems they're not re

WEll, those ones would theoretically have what you need, but the midrnage is somewhat thicker than what I consider perfectly neutral / spot on tonally, that may be visible in your mixes, which may end up sounding thinner, for you trying to get a perfectly balanced mix.

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S5X has perfectly fine treble and bass, like really nice, but that extra bit of thickness is audible. It is not like beats, or other commercial headphones bad, but it exists.

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audioen t1_j9qrwwm wrote

Reply to comment by Line6Guitarist in just got my first audiophile headphones (Hifiman he400se) and honestly, I hate them by Line6Guitarist

My point is that tonality-wise, which is the most important factor of the sound, there should be barely any difference between them. There are others, like time-domain accuracy which is about resonances and reflections between head and cup, and harmonic distortion, and some arguments that say none of them matter very much. Far less than the tonality, in any case.

By and large I have thought that all Hifiman magnetoplanars have largely similar sound. The technology is very similar, it's just a thin membrane on which conductive path snakes up and down between magnets laid out to create a tiny motor force, enough to move that membrane a little according to the input and make sound.

I have the Edition XS, which should be fairly similar to 400se. You see how nicely these curves hug each other on these other models as well: https://tpucdn.com/review/hifiman-edition-xs-planar-headphones/images/comparison-1.png

This is what I mean when I say these headsets should all have very similar sound.

I drive my Edition XS with their 18 ohm impedance using the $9 apple usb c 3.5 mm headset jack from PC. Lowish impedance of headset can be a little bit of a problem, not sure if this is a problem with Fiio K3. I can't see that stat on the product page. The Apple dongle is very cheap and pretty good, though.

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MusicaParaVolar t1_j9qqif5 wrote

Reply to The covering of the headphones always tear after an year of use,how do you guys deal with it? by michelleross94

I have these, I like them! I don't use them much but I found them used super cheap and I like their buds so I thought I'd try them.

Their biggest selling point is their battery life and so far, so good. I think they sound decent as well and are lightweight. I can't have them on too long cus on-ear stuff is never all that comfortable for me but they could be worse!

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