That's pretty normal, actually.

Going from Spotify @ Very High to lossless is almost certainly not going to be a noticeable difference, even with expensive equipment.

When people compare streaming services and hear a clear difference, it's either because of a disparity in volume, user EQ, or master recording, 99.9% of the time. The actual file format itself doesn't really matter all that much.

Tell em how you really feel

Raal S1-RB, mysphere, and AB-1266 iterations are all basically little speakers that you suspend on your head and toe-in/out to approximate a 2-channel presentation. Very out of your head music experience. There is no earpad seal like with traditional cans.

It's definitely not for everyone.

I bet there's virtually no latency

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I’ve never even caught a whisper that there was different types of 320kbps, I’ll look into it more in the morning, thank you for the info

Always tell what you mean by 320kbps. Because old MP3 encoded by Bladeenc or l3enc (for example) is pretty much easy to differentiate from FLAC. On the other side you have absolutely no chance to find difference between Opus 320kbps and FLAC. MP3 320 encoded by LAME (the most relatable variant) is somewhere in between - close to being transparent though.

These were also my first and I loved them. Enjoy!

I had a planar magnetic headphone. It sounded god awful from one dac/amp I had. Even though I could get them loud enough, no problem. Them I tried on a much more powerful dac/amp and they sounded awesome! I remember there being a website where you could calculate how much juice you needed for specific headphones. In my experience it's not about how loud you can get them, there are other specs at play. Planars are power hungry, and in my experience need a specific powerful dac/amp to get a full bodied and clean sound.

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They shouldnt be resting too heavily on your ears or scalp. Can you adjust the drivers to float in the center of your ear? The compression should be able to keep the band off of your head (or lightly on it). We probably have different head shapes, but I wear these for like 8-9 hours sometimes with no problem.

Chasing after the End Game is more fun than obtaining it imo. I guess it’s an alternate form of ‘Never meet your heroes’ lol

Plenty of Intl people still order from Drop though.

> though I used Oratory's EQ and they became one of my headphones

Really one of the headphones of all time

No pb !

I've had these for 2 years and I absolutely love them. I was also stuck between these and the beyerdynamics. I decided not to get the beyerdynamics because of the high treble.

Do you use exclusive mode with Tidal? Also it’s like with new gear, listen to Tidal for a week, then switch to Spotify and see if something is missing. Or just stay with Spotify and save the money.

this is also a cheaper setup(relatively), Im wondering how big of a difference it will make as I go up the price ladder. Any recommendations? im pretty new to the hobby so i'm not sure what kind of iem's I should be looking for even with all the reviews its still overwhelming

Heck, I too can't even hear the difference. Even high quality FLAC files. Had high-end headphones, amps, dacs and daps. Now very happy with a simple bluetooth amp and a decent iem.

Some people claim to be able to differentiate 320 and lossless, but all the science shows that in a blind test the average person can’t tell the difference, I wouldn’t worry about it and just use whichever app interface you prefer

That's normal, don't worry about fear of missing out, not a lot of people have access to 24-bit/16-bit FLAC and so on. Those files are usually what people like to differentiate with, like they compare it to 320kbps MP3, 256kbps AAC, et cetera.

These days yes those streaming services also offer lossless now but there's some random fake marketing and snake oil stuff there too, so just stick to what sounds best to you. For the most part, if you listen to those higher quality, higher bitrate, and so on stuff, it will drain more battery and so that can influence the usage.

Try binaural ASMR tracks or say use Bluetooth, usually those will let you hear more differences due to the different factors with LDAC, AptX Adaptive, et cetera. For some people the louder you listen, the more you hear the compression/static/etc.

Here's some videos/channels for ASMR triggers: https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/11advtw/what_do_you_do_with_your_gear/j9rw19i/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/xqq9kw/can_a_normal_person_hear_binaural_sound_when/iqcayk9/

Try the ASMR videos with the $1000-10000 microphones, lmao. Like the Neumann KU 100 microphone, it may show better spaciousness, sharpness, et cetera.

Hatomugi ASMR has this about new (about a week old) Neumann KU 100 ASMR video with rubber gloves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJHZX3GpgG4

Rapunzel ASMR has a slow twin ear cleaning video (also about a week old) with the $6000 3Dio Omni Pro microphone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUCLtkmlrVo

Extra info on wired IEMs/headphones/Bluetooth/et cetera: https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/11a550d/how_can_i_learn_the_basics_about_soundheadphones/j9r9r48/

Might just be a matter of personal preference. Some people don't feel there's any difference.

Wired with a pc, with a ds400 amp using 7hz dioko's

I know I know That was one of the reasons But what can I do no options:( Also I got it at 1399 it was like a limited time offer or something.....

Hopefully my one was packed as new.... no damage whatsoever :)

Nevertheless even with the added price I don't see any headphone that competes with the sound stage that Samson offers.... Most of them are closed back and comes from companies like Razer, Cosmic Byte( You would know this company), Some Sennheiser headset as well but as a lot of people said those are not worth it in that price range. Samson Is an Audio Company. Their tuning would be much better than what other companies could provide

Aren't the replacement Earcups like INR1500 on their own? 🥲 Hard to put that extra money when you bought INR3500 headphones with tight budget. (I actually got them box damaged for INR2500.) I don't see myself buying Earcups worth 60% the price of my headphones.