Don't know, I found that the default stereo option gives me much greater accuracy than any 3d sound I used

Perhaps your ears just don't like any of the algorithms you've heard. I've found several that do a great job to my ears for games.

Hi,

I use these AKG K702 cans as my daily driver for work and media. But since morning i am experiencing this issue that whenever a sound stops, a hear a crackle/pop in the left ear, and it only happens mostly at lower volumes. While a music plays, I hear no crackles or pops, but when the volume goes down, for example, I hit a piano key, after the note ends, i hear that crackle/pop.

What could be the reason? It's very annoying.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MU7E2AM/A/usb-c-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter

Yeah I think the treble region is the most subjective part of headphones frequency response. Different ear shapes and HRTF leads to massive differneces in perception of detail, sibilance and overall brightness. Even the brightest Hifimans like HE1000se is more pleasant to my ears compared to Beyers.

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Oh well that's great news. It does indeed seem like I just have to make up with myself if I can live with the cable. Hm... I use 1+ 8 pro.

Beyers bother me a lot but they do have a different treble emphasis section. The 109 was overwhelmingly meh to me with bright treble but it wasn’t deal-breakingly annoying up top for me

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Thanks my guy! Yes the AM EQ is terrible. Hoping for an update in the future.

>If your "coloration" theory were correct then it should make such a test much easier!

Unless a "vast majority of people" have subpar hearing, damaged by traffic noise, auto-immune issues due to modern diets, a great number of other physiological variables, etc. How many people tested/making claims of hearing no difference actually have undiagnosed/are unaware of their own tinnitus?

You can't know - especially when they don't even know, themselves.

Or, more reasonably, don't have as good of a listening environment as they think they have. If I had a dollar for every "audiophile" that listened to music while playing video games, or with a TV on in the background, or with computer fans going, or an air condition unit running, etc...

If you based everything on the words of the "vast majority", the fastest car in the world would, in fact, be the Toyota Camry.

>If people would just drop the obsession with lossless formats for their own sake and focus on things that really matter to sound quality, like better recording, production, and mastering, then I would consider that progress

...? The end user has no hand in the recording, production, or mastering of music/audio. If we're already achieved the best hardware our budgets allow, I see no problem moving on to the only other thing(s) we can affect.

Also, it bares noting - the audiophile community is already a niche within a niche. The cross-section of the community is neither diverse, nor a good enough sample size for anything.

And you're suggesting that, within that niche of a niche, that a small group of people saying "I don't hear anything" is proof that there's nothing to hear?

Come on. If we're going to science, let's science. But as long as we can't actually do good science, let's stop pretending like it's already been done well. Because it hasn't.

Enjoy your new headphones, friend, and thanks for sharing your thoughts! The Apple music app itself has an equalizer feature but its basic and relatively clunky.

I have zen can sig, I got speakers connected to the rear balanced output
over 4.4mm to XLR and headphones to the front output. Both are playing.
How do I make the speakers not play when headphones are in, except
plugging out the cable?

Hello everyone, my Razer kraken TE is a little bit broken(sometimes I hear only on 1 side) and I am looking for a replacement. I saw Logitech g pro x renewed for 85$ and I think its a very good deal. my biggest preference is comfortability, I don't really care about bass and all that. I already have a microphone so that is not a concern either. Do you have any alternatives I can consider with a budget of 150$ MAX(very max) that may also be wireless?
Thank you:)

Yeah, idk, it might be my other nerd hobby is a money sink (flight simming), but I am fine saying sometimes (maybe even often) I buy expensive hobby shit just for the sake of it, I don't really feel like I need to defend it as an objective choice though.

There is def some weird thing with Golden Ears / Super Tasters, like bro, no one cares, I don't care if you claim to magically hear / taste better than average.

I still wonder how this compares to my 6XX with the coppermod and ZMF pads.

>Shanling

Oh nice, what bluetooth codec then?

Absolutely. It also really helps narrow down which parts of the audio chain are worth fussing over and which aren't, so resources can be allocated most effectively.

I think a lot of audiophiles are genuinely afraid of it, as if by admitting that two things aren't audibly different is going to get them disbarred and stripped of their Golden Ears Club membership status, or something.

SACRILEGIOUS!

I SHALL REPENT FOR MY SINS!

Ahh okay. I just looked and unfortunately that headphones has a cable into each cup doesn’t it. I’m guessing you don’t want to have the cable wrapped around your neck and plugged into a Bluetooth adapter. So it may be worth seeing if they make a shorter cable for that headphone, and then you could buy a Bluetooth adapter/dongle that you’d plug the cable into

I would say yes. It’s quite normal. For one, tidal isn’t even lossless, so it has its own “color”. Spotify very high quality will provide enough quality for most systems unless they are highly resolving but even then, it depends on the recording. On high quality recordings, the differences are very obvious. On normal recordings, it’s minimal. I think if you are struggling to hear a difference, then in your current situation, I wouldn’t worry about spending more money on tidal. If you have to listen back and forth many times to hear a difference, the difference isn’t worth it. It should be obvious. At some point with the right gear and the right recordings, it will be extremely obvious.

Ah, so you meant use Apple Music and EQ together. Gotcha.

I have no idea about Apple stuff, so I was just surprised.

Dope

You can always feel free to ask about the box if it's not specified. Almost all used items are less valuable without the original box.

Blind tests to keep people honest is pretty great in terms of headphones, speakers, and audio format.

More people really should go the extra mile to validate their theories of listening to stuff with some proper testing.

It always reminds me of the "feel" audio peeps who can never manage to make a good argument against the measurement audio peeps who can usually drop actual data.