02-27-2023, 06:16 PM | #23 |
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I don't know if you're into marketplace shopping but I have bought and sold here. Pretty reliable really and some great deals.
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02-27-2023, 07:24 PM | #24 |
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02-28-2023, 06:55 AM | #25 | |
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Price was good, 279$ cad at costco. They connect my cellphone and laptop in the same time. Can be wired too. Cons : can't be used while charging, Bluetooth can be finicky and sound quality is somewhat ok for the msrp price. But for computer use and music quality on a budget, nothing like the audio technica ATH-M50. They are not audiophile grade, but lot of audiophile consider them as a entry level of audiophile headphones. Rocked them for 15 years, school, subway, home, walk. Still working, Changed the cord 4 times (did the 3.5mm jack mod) and add a mic for meeting. Paid 220$ cad on sale in 2008. but I got screwed with the wireless stuff. The ATH-M50 sound better than my XM4. Anyway, there's ''best headphone'' for all use, you have to select your needs : music, game, work, plane, budget, etc. Best shopping place : https://www.head-fi.org/ Last edited by oVeRdOsE.; 02-28-2023 at 07:01 AM.. |
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02-28-2023, 08:03 AM | #26 |
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With all this talk about headphones, anyone here use a dedicated headphone amp?
I have a couple I use. They're both from Ray Samuels Audio. One is called the Predator which has an 1/8" headphone jack, built in USB DAC, and internal rechargeable Lithium battery. The other is called the Lightning that is a fully balanced amplifier also with an internal rechargeable Lithium battery. |
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02-28-2023, 11:23 AM | #27 | |
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you place it between your source (laptop, receiver, tuner) and headphone ? any opinion on the vacuum tubed headphone amps ? |
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02-28-2023, 01:28 PM | #28 | |
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I haven't heard a tubed headphone amp personally. So I can't comment. I would suspect it will have the same influence on sound as any other tubed component. I do have a Vincent Audio phono preamp which is tubed. While it is ok sound wise, I am looking to finding a different tube to put into it as the one from the factory is a bit shrill in the mids. Ray Samuels has tubed headphone amps but they are pretty pricey. I got my Lightning headphone amp because I found out my Oppo PM-3s can be operated in balanced mode with a change in the headphone cabling. While the setup is decent, I really wished I spent the extra money and got the PM-2s which are open back versus the closed back of the PM-3s. It's tough to describe exactly what I'm hearing but it's similar to having the musical performance done in small room as the sound doesn't have the air I like in open back headphones. |
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02-28-2023, 06:37 PM | #29 |
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04-07-2023, 06:09 PM | #30 |
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Had them for over a month now. They are very comfortable, easy load on the computer at 50 ohms and very sensitive at 106 dB/w. (I had to reduce the volume from my old Sennheiser's PX-30 cans.)
So for the price, I'm pretty happy. |
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