That's good. Hopefully you get it all fixed up. The ERCO 2 is excellent.
The Drinking Fountain - Full-Size Headphone Discussion
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Well, finished building the Redphone. Surprisingly good other than some ticking sound when moving my head. The overall sound of the headphones is fantastic though.
ZMF Pendant is in
Just built a Project Ember. Anyone else played with these yet?
Hypops
500+ Head-Fier
Know nothing about it. How's it compare to the cheap Pass kits?Just built a Project Ember. Anyone else played with these yet?
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I've never heard of the Pass kit. It's impressive that the Ember can drive a Suvara though - basically no headroom, but enough power for a good volume level. It's got that crunchy tube sound to it, but definitely won't be replacing my ZMF Pendant anytime soon. It feels like a pretty amazing little tube amp for the price - lots of tube rolling options too.
@HiFiWar
Looks like you beat them to the punchbowl but they arent having none of that! You may have to defer to them though i think its balogna.
Watercooler now for headphones
Looks like you beat them to the punchbowl but they arent having none of that! You may have to defer to them though i think its balogna.
Watercooler now for headphones
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Seems Watercolooler is the official Head-Fi fan club.
Watercooler includes a mix of mods and MOTs. HF will prioritize Watercooler. But now how will I criticize products in a general thread in a main sub-forum without getting censored?
Oh man, the problem is that I just don't care at all
. This thread can die, I really don't mind. I'm backing out of headphones again anyway. Very happy with my ZMF Pendant SE, Sash Tres SE, and Vanatoo speakers.
OM hawk
100+ Head-Fier
Just got done reading through this, cool thread, bros! Couple things I'll chime in on:
1. Closed VS Open: In my opinion, the concept of the portable/Closed back headphone rig is a good one, that opens up enough new and various possibilities for headphone listening to make it worthwhile for most people who enjoy headphones.
Neumann NDH20 Black Edition - this bad boy can isolate out all the crickets, rain, frogs, neighbors dogs, etc on my screen porch, as well as dishes clanking and water sloshing when I wash the dishes, people watching Netflix downstairs, anything not crazy loud. And like closed backs often do, it has the potential for incredibly satisfying bass slam and extension. I use iFi's Xspace stage-expanding crossfeed mode on my Gold Bar dongle to help keep the sound from being too small and claustrophobic, and it's freakin awesome, it really works.
2. Giant Killers: I'm selling my Rosson Rad-0, a 2600 buck serious business TOTL beast, and replacing it with this -
a modest 350 buck "pro audio tool," the Sennheiser HD490 Pro. Obviously part of the reason for this is comfort, going from God Awful to God Tier in the comfort department, as the 490's are as light as an HD600 but with less clamp force, and the Rad-0 is bad headband + 600 grams = hell.
But of course, it's also because the tonality and technicalities of the HD490 Pro are actually similar to my ears to the Rad-0 in my particular setup, my setup being this bad boy -
a Chord Hugo 2. The Rad-0 is not known for its soundstage, so no surprise that the 490 competes in that area, but it is known for its bass and its "resolving and slightly euphonic at the same time" detail presentation. The 490 Pro seems to really benefit from the sophisticated Chord DAC in terms of detail, definitely scaling up like a champ. The bass was a surprise to me, both in quality and quantity, it actually hits a little harder than the Rad-0, and I don't hear it as being too far off from the Rad-0 in its low end extension. The Hugo 2's crossfeed is increasing the bass impact, as well as adding some wonderful depth, with impressive layers. With the crossfeed on level 2, I believe the stage is the same width as the Rad-0, but the depth is greater, so it feels a bit more spacious.
The HD490 Pro does have a different flavor of sound from the Rads, because it presents its soundstage in a decidedly more separated way than the Rad-0, but personally I'd be fine either way. I certainly enjoy being able to really focus on individual instruments and voices due to that separated staging. It's quite immersive in an analytical (though not unpleasant) way, with its precise positional accuracy.
1. Closed VS Open: In my opinion, the concept of the portable/Closed back headphone rig is a good one, that opens up enough new and various possibilities for headphone listening to make it worthwhile for most people who enjoy headphones.
Neumann NDH20 Black Edition - this bad boy can isolate out all the crickets, rain, frogs, neighbors dogs, etc on my screen porch, as well as dishes clanking and water sloshing when I wash the dishes, people watching Netflix downstairs, anything not crazy loud. And like closed backs often do, it has the potential for incredibly satisfying bass slam and extension. I use iFi's Xspace stage-expanding crossfeed mode on my Gold Bar dongle to help keep the sound from being too small and claustrophobic, and it's freakin awesome, it really works.
2. Giant Killers: I'm selling my Rosson Rad-0, a 2600 buck serious business TOTL beast, and replacing it with this -
a modest 350 buck "pro audio tool," the Sennheiser HD490 Pro. Obviously part of the reason for this is comfort, going from God Awful to God Tier in the comfort department, as the 490's are as light as an HD600 but with less clamp force, and the Rad-0 is bad headband + 600 grams = hell.
But of course, it's also because the tonality and technicalities of the HD490 Pro are actually similar to my ears to the Rad-0 in my particular setup, my setup being this bad boy -
a Chord Hugo 2. The Rad-0 is not known for its soundstage, so no surprise that the 490 competes in that area, but it is known for its bass and its "resolving and slightly euphonic at the same time" detail presentation. The 490 Pro seems to really benefit from the sophisticated Chord DAC in terms of detail, definitely scaling up like a champ. The bass was a surprise to me, both in quality and quantity, it actually hits a little harder than the Rad-0, and I don't hear it as being too far off from the Rad-0 in its low end extension. The Hugo 2's crossfeed is increasing the bass impact, as well as adding some wonderful depth, with impressive layers. With the crossfeed on level 2, I believe the stage is the same width as the Rad-0, but the depth is greater, so it feels a bit more spacious.
The HD490 Pro does have a different flavor of sound from the Rads, because it presents its soundstage in a decidedly more separated way than the Rad-0, but personally I'd be fine either way. I certainly enjoy being able to really focus on individual instruments and voices due to that separated staging. It's quite immersive in an analytical (though not unpleasant) way, with its precise positional accuracy.
I just got the new HiBy R4 DAP - an android 12 DAP with 4.4mm output and a decent screen for $250 (possibly the cheapest Android 12 DAP out there). Hoping it's good as I will use it for portable listening. Also, it's green. Most anime DAP ever. Oh, and it actually works - so far. Only required 3 resets - probably a record for a HiBy products.Just got done reading through this, cool thread, bros! Couple things I'll chime in on:
1. Closed VS Open: In my opinion, the concept of the portable/Closed back headphone rig is a good one, that opens up enough new and various possibilities for headphone listening to make it worthwhile for most people who enjoy headphones.
Neumann NDH20 Black Edition - this bad boy can isolate out all the crickets, rain, frogs, neighbors dogs, etc on my screen porch, as well as dishes clanking and water sloshing when I wash the dishes, people watching Netflix downstairs, anything not crazy loud. And like closed backs often do, it has the potential for incredibly satisfying bass slam and extension. I use iFi's Xspace stage-expanding crossfeed mode on my Gold Bar dongle to help keep the sound from being too small and claustrophobic, and it's freakin awesome, it really works.
2. Giant Killers: I'm selling my Rosson Rad-0, a 2600 buck serious business TOTL beast, and replacing it with this -
a modest 350 buck "pro audio tool," the Sennheiser HD490 Pro. Obviously part of the reason for this is comfort, going from God Awful to God Tier in the comfort department, as the 490's are as light as an HD600 but with less clamp force, and the Rad-0 is bad headband + 600 grams = hell.
But of course, it's also because the tonality and technicalities of the HD490 Pro are actually similar to my ears to the Rad-0 in my particular setup, my setup being this bad boy -
a Chord Hugo 2. The Rad-0 is not known for its soundstage, so no surprise that the 490 competes in that area, but it is known for its bass and its "resolving and slightly euphonic at the same time" detail presentation. The 490 Pro seems to really benefit from the sophisticated Chord DAC in terms of detail, definitely scaling up like a champ. The bass was a surprise to me, both in quality and quantity, it actually hits a little harder than the Rad-0, and I don't hear it as being too far off from the Rad-0 in its low end extension. The Hugo 2's crossfeed is increasing the bass impact, as well as adding some wonderful depth, with impressive layers. With the crossfeed on level 2, I believe the stage is the same width as the Rad-0, but the depth is greater, so it feels a bit more spacious.
The HD490 Pro does have a different flavor of sound from the Rads, because it presents its soundstage in a decidedly more separated way than the Rad-0, but personally I'd be fine either way. I certainly enjoy being able to really focus on individual instruments and voices due to that separated staging. It's quite immersive in an analytical (though not unpleasant) way, with its precise positional accuracy.
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fidgeraldo
Headphoneus Supremus
Hey, any chance to widen this thread to DACs and Amps, portable or desktop, cheap or expensive...
Honestly, I didn't find a thread related to those (is there any).
It might be a nice addition to the headphones.
If not, is someone willing to open a thread dedicated to amps and DACs?
Cheers!
Honestly, I didn't find a thread related to those (is there any).
It might be a nice addition to the headphones.
If not, is someone willing to open a thread dedicated to amps and DACs?
Cheers!
