/hpg/ - headphone general

Fostex TH-X00

hey Jow Forums looking new headphones since last one died

>Budget
Up to 300€
>Location
EU
>Source
3.5 Phone or my pc, I'll buy a DAC/AMP soon too.
>Type of headphone
Over-Ear
>Open or closed
Closed
>Comfort level
Don't care
>Sound signature
As flat as possible but without highs that hurts
>Past headphones
MDR7506

Guys I found DT990 which are cheaper than 880 and 770. Did I get lucky?

I'm planning to use Beyerdynamic for electronic music together with a Fiio E10K.
What headphones do you guys recommend for classical music?

>no bass

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Spotify.

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The DT990 is always cheaper than the 880 from what I've read.

the 990 is always cheaper because the 880 is their actually good headphone, unless you meant the 1990

Redpill on STAX for newbies: STAX is an old Jap company with outdated tech that was considered high end back in the 1960s and 1970s but sounds like ass by today's standards, so they went nearly bankrupt.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

>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.

Recently Rtings rated STAX across various dimension, it's worse in terms of sound than mid-priced offerings from Hifiman and Audeze, and only got a 7.7 rating.

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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

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

Oratory (respected sound engineer) on the build:

i.imgur.com/Dru4gzZ.png

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 boomer. STAX is Made in China snakeoil for the audiophool.

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I'd probably get fostex t60

>Summit fi
>Gets crushed by midrange modern headphones The absolute state of Staxnake Oil

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If you're willing to get used, you can get a DT 1770 Pro for about 300 eurabia bucks

Tbh I was gonna get LCD X2 but I may end up getting monolith m1060 instead

HD660S and Topping DX3. I love listening to music and stuff with that.

closed or open?

Just EQ your stax any way you like. No need to replace.

Try the ZMF Atticus/Aeolus (same driver, just open vs closed). Extremely fun tuning while also having enough detail to please a discerning listener.

LCD2C with a +5 db EQ below 100hz is fun with rock and hip hop.

The Fostex TH line is also lots of fun.

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This is now a headphone EQing thread. Post your EQ settings and headphone model. I'll start. Shure SRH440 + pic related.

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Would I be able to power the 880s without an AMP?
I noticed an infographic that said "maybe."

For the Koss headphones is there any point in buying the E10K if they can be easily powered by my desktop?

Re-Re-Re-Re-Updated Official /hpg/ Headphone Ranking:

GigaChad Tier:
>Meze (Empyreans)
>Audeze
>ZMF
>Focal
>Klipsch

Chad Tier:
>Campfire Audio
>Beyerdynamic
>Fostex
>MrSpeakers
>Koss
>Old Denon
>HiFiMAN
>Oppo
>Philips
>Meze (other products)

Okay Tier:
>Sennheiser
>AKG
>Final Audio
>AudioQuest
>Audio-Technica
>Sony
>Takstar
>New Denon
>Superlux

Shit Tier:
>Shure
>Monoprice
>Ultrasone
>Grado
>Bose
>Beats
>Behringer
>Avantree
>UnderArmour

Incel Tier:
>STAX

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Probably fine for reasonable volumes as long as you don't buy the 600 ohm version.

First question:
Yes, but they’ll sound like shit

Second question:
The FiiO E10K is a no-brainlet for the price. Do it.

The thing is you'll have an e10k and also great headphones, and you can get new headphones later and have the koss as a backup in case you want them.
Tbh my ksc75 beat out my hd600 slightly, I love mine to death and i heard the portapros are only an upgrade from that.

>list sucks
Koss is pretty much shit unless you're talking price/performance on the porta-pro. Good for adolescents spending their allowance. Monoprice was way better price/performance with the old 8320 IEMs.

Shure has some solid headphones, though they're uncomfortable for large heads and QC is just as bad as Monoprice.

How Sennheiser gets in 'ok tier' when they're literally in the top 5 best headphones for general use. Same goes for Audio Technica.

Who else Campfire Audio? Their new models are now available.

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>t. triggered Redditheiser fan

For me, its the Klipsch HP3

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Can you please try a little harder when marketing? You're too obvious.

Buy STAX Earspeakers (owned by Edifier) and a STAX energizer today at www.STAXAudio.com (run by Woo Audio)

>£200 or less
>UK
>Whichever
>I listen to everything , but good bass is a must.
>Will be used for desktop PC
>not sure, was my annoying brothers, so replacing

Any sennheiser shit good? I may or may not have a decent discount code, wondering if theres something decent from them.

Otherwise throw suggestions at me.

Also COMFORT PLS and DURABILITY. Last ones were like 150 but snapped while placing on head, not even a year old

In my experience Sennheiser is the most comfortable headphone bar none. If I were buying today I'd probably go for the 599.

What is the proper headphone placement on your head? Just slight placement differences change the sound sig by alot

I ordered both of the new Campfire Audio models. the red and brand new design IO for $299, and the brand new $499 blue Polaris. Got shipping info today and they will be here Tuesday, pretty excited.

Whatever sounds worse, obviously.

Everyone should buy Stax for the epic bliss of crystal clear audio reproduction, which blesses ones ears with delight.

like this

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How about AKGs and Philips ?

By the way Jow Forums is the Red Audioquest Dragonfly just a DAC without the AMP?
I'm also wondering how it compares to other DACs.

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Buy Marvo Skorpion, they're the same trash.

For all headphones?

>Budget
$200
>Location
USA
>Open/closed back
Thinking closed but looking for opinions.
>On ear/over ear
Over
>Sound signature (if you don't know, what music do you like best?)
I listen to a lot of stuff, nothing in particular, looking for something to compliment my current headphones.
>Previous equipment (amps, DACs, etc)
Phillips Fidelio X2.

So I'm mainly just looking for something new since I've used the X2's for almost 4 years now. I was helping someone decide which headphones to get and decided I want a new toy. Thinking closed since the X2's are open and I've had situations where I wished I had closed backs, but open is OK as well.

For $200, probably the DT 770 Pro.

Buy Stax

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Just Estats and Planars

Lucky guy, I ordered the new IO but would like to grab a Polaris too. I missed out on the mk1 Polaris.

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waiting for my andromeda replacement but fedex decided to send it to the other side of the country for some reason so i won't get it until monday

Andromeda is soooo good, love mine. Why the replacement?

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the left earpiece was giving me a constant shock when it was plugged into nearly everything for some reason

I was thinking these or the M40x, I really hate the attached cable but it might be a fun project to fix that myself later, thanks for the input.

Jesus, these things fucking steamroll my LCD-2C.

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Yep

>LCD-2C
who the fuck buys a CLOSED audeze anyway in the first place, dumbo

That's C for Classic, my dude. Audeze has a dumb naming scheme.

Retard

>Classic
wut, i've been gone too long from the headphone scene. what's the difference to the non classic

The Classics have no favor.

>Stax

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*Fazor

No faVor. Who’s the retard now amigo

so how's the hifiman in comparison. they usually have a sibilant signature sound

I don't find the HE-500 to be sibilant at all. They're very even-handed overall. Much more spacious, bass seems to extend lower, mids are sweeter, the treble is where is should be, and moreover, it transitions from the mids more properly. I think that's probably why the mids sound sweeter.

The fact that you can find these on the used market for $300 is crazy.

Did Hifiman make a modern he500?

The HiFiMANs beat the Audeze in all areas except bass. The quantity and quality of Audeze bass is absolutely mind-blowing, but they don’t do anything else that well unless you roll LCD-3s or LCD-4s, which are excessively expensive.

Just received mine from Assdrop. Holy shit, the sibilance thing wasn't a meme.

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Any half-decent pro/studio headphone can do good bass with a tuned EQ.

Excessive highs is probably the easiest thing to EQ out.

no, chifiman forgot how to make a decent headphone when they discontinued the he400/500/6

I can't stop smelling my headphone (?)

Where can I get Beyer spares?

Yo I need some earpads for the audiotechnica m40x

Anybody can give some recommendations for me please?

Was lookin at these.
amazon.com/Mudder-Replacement-Audio-Technica-ATH-M40x-ATH-M50s/dp/B0188RLEF6/

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do you wanna smell my velour pads too?

opinions on chinkfiman arya?

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worse than stax

>To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand being an incel

OP here. Gotcha I’ll look into that, thanks user.

What’s the story with R2R, why does everyone agree it sounds so much better than every other digital tech?

there is no proprietary DAC chip involved, it's all step ladders and resistors and shit, so it doe not have the 'digital' sound and sounds more analog. in reality it has smoother treble than ESS DAC chips while staying tonally balanced overall.

Looking for headphones that fit the following bill:

>up to $400
>wireless
>LOW LATENCY
>good sound
>comfortable

I was looking at the Sony WH1000X-M3, but found out they have a ~200 ms latency, which is something that I'll probably find annoying in such expensive cans

Use cases include:
>playing guitar with digital modeling through the PC/amp
for when neighbours would complain about noise - the digital modeling already introduces noticeable delay, and additional ~200 ms would just be too much
>vidya, movies and the rest

Is wireless too much to ask for in this price range? Any wired alternatives?

>Less than 200 USD
>USA
>Open
>Both on ear and over ear are fine
>Balanced, but I'm not picky
>No previous equipment

The main thing I'm looking for is build quality. I'm so tired of headphones made with flimsy parts that break easily. Also something comfortable would be nice.

i like the superlux hd668b, you can try the massdrop 58X jubilee for something more expensive

SHP9500, DT 880, 6XX, 58X

Damnit, all I could find were some Klipsch reference over-ear for 100$ at second hand.

There's too many headphones and DACs. I don't know which one to pick >.

Stax

try some brainwavz sheepskin ones, memory foam and all is worth it

>Budget
700 USD
>Location
USA
>Open/closed back
Open
>On ear/over ear
On
>Sound signature (if you don't know, what music do you like best?) Not sure. I listen to a lot of shoegaze, noisy distorted guitar music, but basically a lot of mu tier shit.
>Previous equipment (amps, DACs, etc)
HE 400i (they broke recently, but i liked them a lot) using a modi 2, magni 2

Elex

How the fuck is your Chinese shill even suppose to work if those things are 3000$? If they were under 200$ then you might fool some faggots, but nobody purchases 1000$+ worth of equipment as their first headphone.

buy stax

Are these any good?
massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-sennheiser-hd6xx#overview

Or are the 599 model suggested by better

Those are basically the HD650, just with a different name.
Warm laid back and mid mid centric, quite boring desu.
Consider the 58X from massdrop aswell.