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Required viewing before debating sound :
youtube.com/watch?v=BYTlN6wjcvQ
youtube.com/watch?v=a-JGAobDwGs&t=12m

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youtube.com/watch?v=m7ERMu825m4&t=18
dropbox.com/s/61srehjyaltd7w0/Stax SR-009S.pdf?dl=0
dropbox.com/s/dm0m6u3s3b4zqzl/Sennheiser HD600.pdf?dl=0
aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=17441
mega.nz/#F!3MFm1DrD!4GlU_vNtEeF148kZcQ05wA
youtube.com/watch?v=Bf38cKJ6NBc
nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html
youtube.com/watch?v=DxWkfJ4uvV0
innerfidelity.com/images/StaxSR404S2742.pdf
innerfidelity.com/images/StaxSR207SB2217.pdf
innerfidelity.com/images/StaxSR507SE11049.pdf
twitter.com/SFWRedditVideos

>Required viewing before debating sound :
Why didn't you link youtube.com/watch?v=m7ERMu825m4&t=18 ?

Audio myths workshop covers the topic without sounding obnoxious while giving arguments and A/B the listener can do.

Redpill on STAX for newbies: STAX is an old Jap company with outdated tech that was considered high end back in the 1960s and 1970s but sounds like ass by today's standards, so they went nearly bankrupt.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.

dropbox.com/s/61srehjyaltd7w0/Stax SR-009S.pdf?dl=0

dropbox.com/s/dm0m6u3s3b4zqzl/Sennheiser HD600.pdf?dl=0

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

aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=17441

Download the PDF of the study at: mega.nz/#F!3MFm1DrD!4GlU_vNtEeF148kZcQ05wA

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.

To add insult to overpriced injury, they have shitty plastic build quality that you would expect on cheap chinkshit headphones:

youtube.com/watch?v=Bf38cKJ6NBc

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>without sounding obnoxious
Dave just tells it like it is. He's a professional electrical engineer. I guess you must be offended by his banter because he's from Australia

>Audiophile Audiophoolery
on the opposite side of the coin, objectivists are also audiophools like subjectivists. neither are scientifists and both know less than they would like to believe

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just use monitors if you want accurate sound lol

Is this the same incel from every thread?

Is the Topping DX7s worth it?
Is at $360(from $500) on massdrop.

Assblasted subjectivist spotted who bought $2000 meme DAC.

>room modes
>sweet spots
>difficult to reproduce binaural audio
>bass easily leaks through walls
lol.
why would I buy a dac

buy usb interface

>buy usb interface
What do you mean?

buy an usb interface instead
lmao lol

The HD6xx is better? It seems like a steal for 200$.

Topping DX3 Pro may be enough

Is it worth getting a used HE560 V2 instead of an HD6XX if I can get it around the same price? Looking for a kinda neutral open back headphone around $200. I'm open to other recs too if anyone has any.

Yes, the HD6XX is the equivalent to an HD650.

Thanks a lot, I appreciate the help!

On the way home to listen to my stax

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No problem. I'm only this helpful when I'm drunk, though.

Keep at it.

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Yeah, you caught me at a good time.

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Anyone donate to Z's patreon? What are the rewards like? I'm about to go in the $10 tier.

wtf

remember to post links to patron only vids

0/10

mediocre troll, too obvious
0/10 like the other user says

Maybe.
Is it a surprise people will turn to more knowledgeable sources when this general is just HURRDURR STAX BAD?

as if you'd actually spend money to feed that fat disgusting dweeb
the same who hypes things like the 660S to boot, yeah I believe staxers will be delighted to listen to the fatass
troll harder

Which stax are worth buying that are discontinued?

Don't own stax. You call him fat and disgusting yet I'd trust his opinion over any of the retards in this shit general.

First for I unironically saw zeos irl and followed him around for a bit.

404le

So I had to replace my pads on my M40x. I decided to get velour to increase comfort and reduce the bass, and put felt over the drivers to reduce the treble to compensate the loss of bass. Now it's more to my liking; the sound is more comfy.

all of them

>complains about "when this general is just HURRDURR STAX BAD?"
>doesn't even own the thing
>still attempting troll
absolute state
you're bad at trolling, go elsewhere, we don't need you here

Which pads did you replace it with, and how's the comfort?

>he's trolling because he disagrees with me
Okay.

/amateuradudioengineering/

>owns nothing
>already has very serious opinions
>thinks others should care
you need to go back

Shure HPAEC940. It's incredibly comfortable

You cared enough to respond. I don't understand why you're angry that I'm going to donate to Z, maybe you should get more knowledgeable about headphones and then you can get donations too.

elaborate

yes donate money to that person you do very good job pls donate good boy

BASED AND STAXPILLED

Zeos stop posting here and fuck off.

What are the best open headphone under $1500?

No meme electrostats pls

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if you want to pay summit fi prices why would you settle for less?

Great argument, sure makes me want to trust your opinion over Z's.

Because it's not less and I dont want no bass chinkshit

Shut up Zeos and stop trying to incite incels into. donating money to you.

I have owned several audeze and even the cheapest stax are better

nice memes tho

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I too as well as others upgraded from audeze to stax

Budget: 100-150 Looking for mid range set
Location: Amazon due to gift card
Source: USB
Full sized
>closed, but have no issues getting open.
>High, would be worn for most of the day
>Mostly looking for Neutral, but interested in V-shape
>brainwavz hm5 is the only notable one I got from the last time I visited the thread 2 years ago. It worked wonders and would have lasted me longer, but the plastic broke several days ago. I just got paid back via warranty.

I thank you guys for the last time I got help. I saw some kind of guide I lost, but it helped me lurk and improve my quality of sound acceptance. I would be using some shitty 200+ USD headphones that would be jack and shit for what I wanted if not for you guys.
So really. Thanks.
I'm mostly looking for what I posted, but also for something that has surround sound ability. My last set is ok for that, but I'd like to really experience sound quality and enjoy what my good hearing can gift me, and I can gift it.
(As a side note, I can go higher, but I'm do need to budget for now, if you suggest something high range, I will write it down and keep it for when I have the spare cash.)

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if you wanna waste your money, be my guest

just buy stax

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Idol trash here. What's your setup like, user?

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better than yours

What matters is being happy with it, user.
Post setup, user.
Tried watching Love Live with your setup yet?

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Why is it blurry as fuck?

>Tried watching Love Live with your setup yet?
yes, I rated love live a 5/10

Going to sleep. Good night, user!
idk what the animators were going for there. Girl should be in focus, but she's still blurry.
So who's your best girl?

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Why the fuck are the captchas so bad now?

the blond chick. also I just checked I rated it 4/10

nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html

bots are taking over the internet and there's nothing you can do about it.x captcha will continue to get worse until it stops working all together

ayase eli = yoshino nanjo = current fripside singer. Not a bad choice, user.

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youtube.com/watch?v=DxWkfJ4uvV0

one day you'll get to try stax for yourself, I'm sorry you're this resentful that you still haven't been able to that must feel bad. I understand.

Bump.

Give me a real answer god damnit. Some are better than others should be the case.

end quote, from user that doesn't own a pair

I saw zeos irl. I only knew it was him from his voice and pictures posted here. He is a really fat guy. His videos annoy me and he annoys me irl.

sure but they are all better than everything else. the worst stax is still better than the best dynamic. take a look at the difference in FR:

innerfidelity.com/images/StaxSR404S2742.pdf
innerfidelity.com/images/StaxSR207SB2217.pdf
innerfidelity.com/images/StaxSR507SE11049.pdf

aka fucking nothing. just buy whatever. L700 may be the best lambda but who cares. stax is stax.

I asked you to elaborate

DT 990 premium if you can find it that much. Pro version isn't as comfy.

Knows a ton about headphones though.

>he annoys me irl
yup, he's an obnoxious person to have a conversation with.

What else? You want a picture of him?because I didn't take one.

You claim to have seen him for an extended period of time. What happened?

Going to ask again, but I'm thinking of buying a DAC for my MSR7SE. My budget is AUD$150 and I want it so I can listen to hi-res music. Any suggestion?

What annoys me the most is he calls everything good and barely describes the sound or make comparisons to other heasphones in terms of bass, mids, treble soundstage etc.

Wow, I just noticed a big issue with the music I was getting from deezloader
It's like, a lot louder than it should be
Curse me out, but like even on my phone I can sort of hear distorted audio simply from how loud it is
I feel like I have beats on or something

I jusy saw him passing by in a hotel. That's all. I didn't talk to him but he was with someone and was talking to them about how easy it was to fake reviewing headphones.

He doesn't call everything good, and the sound demos exist for a reason.

Yeah and DMS gave me a blowjob

Do you have any tips on converting that jack? I'm looking for USB because I don't have a sound card (working on it,) and I only have a USB port.

>the sound demos exist for a reason
What reason?

You're a smart guy. Figure it out.

The burden of proof is on you. You claim the sound demos exist for a reason. What reason or reasons are there?

Very funny.

So you were just joking, then.

cool story samefag

dude, he's an obvious troll like I said earlier. Don't feed it. nobody on Jow Forums is dumb enough to believe those sound demos haphazardly recorded have any use. Fuck, just owning two of the headphones he has made sound demos of should say it all about the fuck meaning it has. And then there's the fact that he constantly changes the playlist so you can't even compare on the same material..

le sigh

His recording rig literally cost over a thousand dollars, if your crappy little squiggles meant anything the sound demos would mean a lot more.