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Matthew Miller
Jeremiah Barnes
Jayden Howard
Harman objectively makes for the best sound
Matthew Stewart
nikki please come back
Justin Powell
Sebastian Miller
god i wish that were me
Jonathan Ramirez
Where is the incel army? I want the staxfags out of my thread.
Isaac Lee
Redpill on STAX for the newbies: STAX is an old Jap company with outdated tech that was considered high end back in the 1960s and 1970s but sounds like ass by today's standards, so they went nearly bankrupt. They were purchased by a Chinese company for just a million dollars who decided to market STAX to the audiophool "more expensive is better" demographic who buys those crappy $3000 vinyl players, they shill heavily on HeadFi and here on /hpg/, plus they pay Zeos to shill their crap just like Fostex does.
>In December 2011, Chinese loudspeaker manufacturer Edifier announced the acquisition of 100% equity in Stax
Oratory has measured the highest end STAX, the SR-009S.
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It's worse than the HD600. HD600 scored 92 and SR-009S scored 76.
In a separate study:
>The very highest end STAX ($4000 SR-009) was rated lower in blind tests than a $200 K701
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Download the PDF of the study at: mega.nz
Even best Stax headphones sound objectively worse than mid-fi. This is why they don't demo them in store, they rely on the internet to create a sense of mystique around STAX and shill it as the endgame because its expensive, Asian, rare and obscure. In reality its no bass sounding garbage, with shrill highs that appeal only to near-deaf boomers. And what they say is true, they have no soundstage.
John Lewis
Stax look hideous, change my mind(you can't)
Ryder Garcia
Where can I find a 2.5 to 3.5 male to male cable that isn't unrefined chinesium?
Cooper Allen
>male to male
gay
Logan King
Terminate your own
Jeremiah Hernandez
Uh I don't want a vasectomy.
Blake Howard
$500 single pair matched telefunken
Hunter Morris
>try (((sonarworks)))
>takes control of my volume and makes it really low, with no way of increasing it
>the presets make no difference whatsoever
Isaiah Collins
Between the dekoni blues and 4XX for entry level planar. Which is more is a better bang for buck? I hear the fostexx require a lot of power to drive.
Noah Johnson
What does it smell like /hpg/?
Lincoln Williams
>no Miku
SHIT EDITION
Brody Carter
Milk and crayons.
Christian Clark
Imagine her calling you a creep then shoving the toes up your nostril. That would be disgusting haha
Jack Hill
WTF WHERES MIKU!??
Mason Green
i prefer conelrad edition ;3
Jose Stewart
I just got my tacticion kannons and I want to do a quick report.
Bass: kannon > crusher 360
More slam and deeper bass
Mids: kannon > crusher 360
About the same really, but kannon edges out with less recessed mids
Highs: crusher 360 > kannon
Crusher 360 has better upper treble that doesn't get buried by intense bass.
I will most likely keep both, crusher 360 for my console games and kannon for computer use. My major gripe with the kannon is the absolute terrible build quality. Not even 1 day of use and my pair has something loose in both cups and rattles like crazy >_>
Xavier Thomas
Joshua Rivera
if two amps are roughly equal but one has a tube which will be louder?
and if I prefer a warm signature to go with my HD650 which should I pick?
Austin Bailey
Jacob Hill
Buy amps is a waste of money.
Gabriel Collins
>that fat distribution
Is that normal?
Levi Martin
my DAC doesn't even have a headphone jack dude what do you mean
Jacob Richardson
depends on the power output
I hear tubes sound really good with HD600, probably similar results with 650.
Juan Walker
RCA to female 3.5?
Matthew Wright
>Crusher 360 has better upper treble that doesn't get buried by intense bass.
just treble boost 4-5khz and up by 10dB.
Justin Edwards
Easton White
Nicholas Reyes
I’m convinced at this point that this is someone shitposting.
Chase Mitchell
That's sexy.
Lucas Murphy
for nostax sóycuckolds it is
Jeremiah Reed
Why aren't detachable headphones the standard? Its cheaper to produce and has better build quality as a result.
Jackson Reed
how is it cheaper to produce?
Daniel Green
>cheaper to produce
Mason Russell
>no /iemg/ shilling or discord link
>but footfag op
well i'll give you a 6/10 op
Carson Price
Well maybe not cheaper, but at most, its $0.10 cents more expensive.
Kevin Kelly
time to change a battery for a power cable
Logan Cruz
nope, maybe it’s this one that needs changing
Juan Miller
its always the last place you check..
Easton Edwards
idk probably costs more than that
Brayden Gutierrez
Definitely costs more than that. You know nothing about how production lines work.
Andrew Jenkins
What’s the difference between the RME Adi-2 Pro and Adi-2 DAC? If I were to get one which one should I get? And is it worth getting a seperate amp for it?
Landon Young
Soldering in the female 3.5mm jack vs soldering in the wire to a long cable. Same shit. Maybe charge the same without the cable and extra $2-3 for the 3.5mm cable.
Thomas Cruz
back in business
Gavin Walker
yes complicate manufacturing even more
Jordan Young
Oh yeah, and what bout the cable now hm? Gonna have to add an extra production line for that aren’t we?
Easton Campbell
Yea I'll try that after I RMA this one. Bass on this is an absolute monster.
Did you pad swap yours? I didn't know how terrible the pads were untill I got it in my hands.
Dylan King
dekoni elite lambskin m50 pads
Sebastian Fisher
Thanks. Does it affect the sound?
Colton Robinson
what listen ye on foneheads anonalona
Samuel Ross
RME DAC is digital to analog converter plus headphone amp, half the price of the Pro. Pro has both DAC and ADC in addition to a balanced headphone amp and XLR ins, can be used to record. Much more functionality for twice the price. Additionally for that kind of money they both have an awesome array of DSP, including parametric EQ and physical bass/treble knobs. I've heard no one bitching after they bought one.
Kevin Barnes
Cable soldering is done the same old way, just for both ends. What's the issue here?
You can literally buy 3.5mm cable for ~1-2m long right now from ebay for $1. Are you saying it costs more to produce than to sell?
Connor Gonzalez
Status quo bias is very strong in people. People prefer things as they are to new things, even when its completely unreasonable to do so.
Xavier Rivera
>doesn't understand how economy works
Do you have no semitic blood at all?
Landon Thomas
Mason Turner
you can buy a shitty cable for that much
reason I think it costs more than 10c is because I don't know how easily automated that process would be
Isaiah Bailey
lol i havent heard protomen in forever, classic
Juan Young
>1$ for a cable
You don't know about audiophile grade, incelitium free cables woven by virgin Chinese courtesans in training?
Isaiah Kelly
If a headphone doesn't have detachable OR short cable option it's not worth buying. Buying an extension cable is much easier than cutting a long cable then resoldering it to be shorter.
Prove me wrong: You can't.
Bentley Torres
wow thats the same code i have on my luggage
Connor Hernandez
Kayden Lee
stax
Ethan Ward
can't really have high voltage quick detachable cables
Eli Ortiz
thank you based beyer!
Jaxon Collins
but are they worth buying, user
Brandon Richardson
based stax chad
Wyatt Ortiz
If the company forgoes making their own cable and simply outsources the entire cable, it would cost them no more than a dollar for generic cheap Chinese cables. The point is, with in-house cabling process, it would be lot cheaper than the standard eBay prices. If they want to do a high end model, it's their choice as well.
Luis Bell
well duh
Owen King
beyers, stax, sennheisers, even audio Technicas all do this
Juan Long
proven wrong
Eli Rodriguez
My SR 404's left driver would buzz for a while and then eventually disappear. Would anyone happen to know how to fix this? I'm pretty sure there's no hair on the driver. I use it out of a SRM T1
Liam Fisher
Connor Turner
based
Gavin Lewis
Short the plug using your thumb pressing on 5 plugs to discharge them. If that doesn't solve it then smack the back of the driver with your palm it might be the driver being stuck against a stator
Carter Howard
oof
Imagine actually believing this.
Kevin Cooper
Reichmusik on my beyerdynamics
Jonathan Reyes
Serious question: What's so special about Stax? Is it old tech and a hipster meme. or is it truly more enjoyable to listen to?
Bentley Ortiz
Play 50hz sine wave on max volume
Zachary Ortiz
>smack the back of the driver with your palm
I'm gonna give it a baby tap at first before I go full on smack its shit. Will report back
Brody Adams
Can someone recommend me a 1/4 headphone that has bass and does not crackle at high/low frequency
Lucas Ross
They are unbeatable summit-fi for acoustic music, but they're not for everyone.
Luke Brown
Join the big dick gang => kannons
Bentley Garcia
It's the worlds best sounding headphone. Once you go estat you never go back
Charles Murphy
What is a 1/4 headphone? You only want a quarter of a headphone?
Kevin Gray
dt 770
Aiden Garcia
The buzzing sounds like it's in the lower frequencies, would playing the sine wave "drown it out" or just shake the driver enough to make it stop?
Ryan Ross
>What is a 1/4 headphone? You only want a quarter of a headphone?
the ones like 3.5mm headphones but with a thicker dick
William Reyes
>dt 770
>
Jaxon Lewis
1/4 jack doesnt make it sound any better, you can always just get an adapter. Also since you didnt post a budget I'm going to reccommend TH900
Thomas Watson
Jacob Mitchell
>1/4 jack doesnt make it sound any better,
yeah but they're more fun plugging in
Noah Gray
AT ws1100is
Levi Brown
Dildos are probably cheaper than high end headphones, user
Dylan Ward
I had to get an extension for my 3.5mm headphones
However the extension turned out to be a bit longer than expected.
How can I wrap up the cord without causing interference?
I heard that coiling it isn't good to do but how about if I 3d print a spiral for it to spiral around?