/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

What headphones do you use for listening to masterpiece Touhou music

[Anonymous No.]

Anything over $100 is a waste of money, to be honest.
This was not true 10 or more years ago, but it is today.
Take that, audiophiles.

[Saegrimr !SHIELDM.mE No.]

>>8892837
But I spent $200 on these MDR-V900s 10 years ago.

[Anonymous No.]

I wish Sony would release a V6 with a less shitty frame.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8892837

You sound old poor and cranky. Hearing degrades after the age of 30 so it's not like you could enjoy accurate audio even if you had real headphones.

[Anonymous No.]

HD600

[Anonymous No.]

Poorfag's RP-HTX7. In red color because there wasn't any other available when i bought them

[Anonymous No.]

AD-700s, though they probably shine when I play im@s2 and stuff.

[Anonymous No.]

harx900, nothing fancy. I'll probably be using those for the next 5 years, they're definitely an improvement over the $20 pair I used last, but then they're also over-ear rather than on-ear

[Anonymous No.]

MDR-V6

[Anonymous No.]

HD 558
right now I have an ear infection and I can't hear jack shit so this thread is making me a little bitter.

[Anonymous No.]

The real question is: what headphones does ZUN use for listening to his own masterpiece Touhou music.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8892937

uber suped up beats by dr dre

[Anonymous No.]

Senn HD 203

[Anonymous No.]

Sennheiser HD-428

[Anonymous No.]

Skullcandy aviators.

[Anonymous No.]

Sennheiser HD280 pros, perfect for drowning out annoying, real world noises.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8892937
can you identify those headphones?

[Anonymous No.]

Sennheiser HD203

[Anonymous No.]

I use my laptop speakers.
I'm too much of a poorfag to buy nice headphones.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8892960
>Skullcandy

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893035
No, they really weren't.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893023
Yes, Skullcandy.
They were the best I could get for under $100.

[Anonymous No.]

You guys are missing Tomoko and Beats by Dre.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893035
They really weren't.

[Anonymous No.]

>$33.99
Why is poverty so cute on girls?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893036
Well excuse me for not having the options or the cash to purchase the latest AUDIOXTREEM 5000.

[Anonymous No.]

I showed up to boom at a film shoot today and they gave me those Dre headphones instead of the MDR-V6. Voice sounds terrible on them.

[Anonymous No.]

Some $30~ headset from logitech. I'm sure those masterpiece touhou musics sound better on actual headphones, but it's too risky to try buying an expensive quality pair when I already enjoy them with what I have.

Maybe when I'm rich I'll give it a try.

[Anonymous No.]

Get some DT880s

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893047
I'll excuse you when you stop having your extreme buyer's remorse eat away at your backside making it red and raw.
Skullcandies perform as well as regular headphones do, but they also cost 3 times more.
You should have bought some Koss portapros.
Infact, I recommend you do this anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893061
Please let me reiterate, they were the only overear headphones available at my shitty corner store electronics dealer. I was not about to drastically reduce my already dwindling quality options by getting basic pc headphones, or even worse in ear sets. I actually got them for only $99 dollars as well, and not the recommended store price of $150, and I don't care what you feel about the quality they supposedly have, they preform a whole fuckton better than the HAMA brand surround headphones that they replaced. Now perhaps if I had $500 to shit around with I would possibly consider something better than what I have right now, perhaps since you are so insistent on the quality you might care to lend me the cash?

[Anonymous No.]

I have those pioneers on the mid right, and they have little to no bass.

Fuck them.

[Anonymous No.]

Portapros

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893070
>I wasted money by buying an overpriced piece of shit but at least I didn't spend 9 billion dollars like you probably did loser xD

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893082
Fuck off with your greentext.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893070
And you couldn't buy your headphones online because...?

[Anonymous No.]

Standard earbuds that came with my phone.

I'm planning on stealing my room mate's AKG headphones when I skip town.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893084
Kind of difficult to spend cash online.

[Anonymous No.]

I've been trying to find out what kind of headphones these are for fucking ages.

http://hijiribe.donmai.us/pool/show/4752

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893091
did you delete your wallet.dat?

[Aya Shameful !I4IrJba9Qw No.]

ATH-M50's

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893090
they are made up

[Anonymous No.]

AKG K701.

Matrix M-Stage soon.

[Anonymous No.]

I paid about $1200 total for my custom IEMs. Top of the line the company had at the time. They also had ones that cost $400 but were less capable. China makes their own customs for about $150 or so.

I could have bought a lot of figs with the price difference.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8892972
Been considering getting these after all the recommendations. They're well closed, right? Everybody else doesn't need to hear my weeaboo music.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893103
M50s are a good back up set to Beats.
Yes, someone actually said that after listening to my set

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893174
Should tell them that Dre uses them to mix his music.

[Aya Shameful !I4IrJba9Qw No.]

>>8893179
>>8893174
Beats have too much bass to be any decent use for mixing, besides they're over priced and beat too easy.

[Anonymous No.]

Why do people use wired headphones? What's the advantage you get in exchange to having a radius of 6 feet from your computer?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893214
The fuck? Why would a truNEET want to go anywhere else?

[Anonymous No.]

I have a pair of AKG K240 (MKII), I got them about 2 years ago. Before these, I had a pair of Sony V6, but the K240's are an improvement over those in pretty much all aspects.

Whenever I finally get a job, I'm going to shell out on some Sennheiser HD600s with a nice DAC and amp. After that, I probably won't buy any more headphones unless those break.

[Anonymous No.]

AKG K142 HD.

I did have Seinheiser HD 205 II, but those were stolen from work one day. still don't know who took 'em

[Anonymous No.]

I use speakers and a sub because I don't live in my mom's basement.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893214
why are you using headphones that only have a 6 foot cord? or you dumb or shit?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893090

They look like V-Moda headphones, not sure what model though.

[Anonymous No.]

You want the best, you pay for the best

>inb4 buttangry poorfags

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893256

Why do they have a trademark on "In-Ear Speakers"?

Also, what are Monster Bucks? How do they compare to Autism Bucks?

[Aya Shameful !I4IrJba9Qw No.]

>>8893256
I bet you use that idea for anything that apple bring out.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893256
>he thinks $300 is a lot for headphones

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893256
>$329.95
That's not a lot to spend on headpho--
>Monster
...oh...

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893198
Also his exact words:
"People only hate on Beats because they can't afford them."
"Yours are so much more clearer..."
>mfw

>>8893256
Good old Monster overpricing shit as usual. Not as funny as them selling HDMI cables for 90 bucks when a generic cable from monoprice for 5 bucks does the exact same thing.

>>8892888
I'm considering getting a pair of open AD700s. How do they stack up to the M50s? I like the pair I have, but listening to anything with a constant low-end bass is uncomfortable with closed cans.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893320
Maybe not headphones, but earbuds?

[Anonymous No.]

Sennheiser HD600s, through a Xonar STX.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893333
more like $300 is cheap

pic related

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893344
>Sennheiser HD600

I'm the guy with the AKG K240s who mentioned an interest in those a few posts up.

I don't know if we share an interest in music, but how are they for:
- post-punk
- progressive rock
- psychedelic rock
- doom metal
- black metal
- folk

Provided you listen to any of those, that is.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893242
I sit about 20 feet away from my HDTV when I play im@s for instance, I listen to music when I wash dishes/clean the kitchen (I live alone nobody else gonna do that shit).

Even if I had a 100 foot cord that shit gets tangled, gets in your way, you trip over them, they can be accidentally yanked out of your computer and shit.

Wires are a hassle, we live in the fucking 21st century, why do people insist on wires at all?

Even if the sound quality is improved somewhat they're NOT WORTH IT.

[Anonymous No.]

Sennheiser HD 555 at home and PX 200-II for outside use.
Going to get Ultrasone HFI-580 soon. Anyone ever had them?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893362
>my opinion supersedes everyone else's

[Anonymous No.]

Senn HD202s, I purchased them new for $10 on Amazon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893316
http://www.headphones.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10

review of the AD700s, I havent used M50s

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893161
You can play your weeaboo music at full blast like I do and no one will be any the wiser, even if they're stood next to you.
Downside for me is that when I got them they felt really tight on my head and so it was hard to wear them for much more than an hour or so at a time. A few months later and they gave me no problems at all though. Perhaps if you left them opened around a pile of books or something whenever you're not using them they'd soon become a bit comfier, but it's not like a have an above average sized head. If you're after closed headphones and for that price range, I think they're perfect however, just takes a while to get used to them I suppose.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>he really thinks "burning in" his headphones works

[Anonymous No.]

Sony MDR v150

I can't afford to spend a lot of money on headphones even though I wear them whilst I am awake more then I don't ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

I can't afford headphones.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893456
Good to know. I guess I'll pick a pair up soon then.

[Anonymous No.]

Are expensive headphones really worth it?

I only have some £30 set but I enjoy my music just fine.

[Anonymous No.]

Beyerdynamic DT880

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893501
Priorities obviously.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893500
How come you can afford such expensive headphones but can't even buy a proper monitor?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893498
Yes.
Think of how much time you spend listening to stuff on your computer (you're on /jp/, it's a lot) and consider that a good pair is going to last at least 5-10 years.

[Anonymous No.]

AKG540
It isnt too expensive but the difference between this and the $10 audio technica eerphone that I use outside is huge.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893463
>>8893500
Oh god what's happening

[Anonymous No.]

AKG K242 HD

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893519
A Filco, DT 880s and what looks like a DSLR and that puny monitor? What's going on?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893520
yup, have these too

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893519
Hnnng, that Azone.

[Anonymous No.]

Wait, people actually pay $200+ for damn headphones? Wow, I bet they plug them to their Macbooks too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893535
I plug them inside ur as to hear u'r jellos and butthert, nerd.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893535

Poorfag detected.

You must have lived a miserable existence to never have experienced hi-fidelity audio.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893103
I'm going to buy the M50 as soon as I finish my exams

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893539

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893541
My jelly is literally overflowing from my literal asspocket in the news that I'm missing out on some high class placebo.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893524
Well, the monitor isn't broken. The only thing I dislike about it is being unable to accurately see highlight and shadow tones.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893553
Stop abusing iceburn!

[Anonymous No.]

I don't buy expensive headphones as I constantly drop them due to getting caught up in the cable when standing up. Also most of my music isn't in a good enough quality to make the most of expensive ones.

[Anonymous No.]

>he calls himself audiophile even though his source is his computer

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893563

You know can easily keep the cord to a reasonable length using crazy things like twist-ties? No need for a slack 6 foot cord if you are sitting right by your computer.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893566

Guess what they are using to edit and process those tracks

oh... and you don't want to even think about how they remaster those classics

anyway, enjoy your fizzy warm vinyl collection... I guess

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893585
Quality of sound is superior in those! And nostalgia you could not even comprehend!

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893576
It's more complex than that. I have this awesome armchair on my computer with adjustable back so my head position varies from very close to the computer from quite far away, so I do need some amount of loose cable for that. It's not even touching the group but it is just enough to get caught up in the arm rest of the chair.

[Anonymous No.]

who beyer here?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893593
see
>>8893463
>>8893500
>>8893519

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893585

Not him, and by no means picky regarding sound quality or whatever, but vinyl records did have better album art. It actually made owning a physical copy pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.]

Just wait for these to go down to $95 on Amazon.com every Black Friday.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893601
Shitty fit unless you reshell.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893601
You use inears on your desktop?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893605
Surprisingly, the fit sucked the first couple weeks but now it just pops in easily.

>>8893611
I haven't replaced my broken headphones yet because cost and laziness, and those have sound quality that's pretty much as good as ~$100 headphones anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893601
Now, I'm not one of those guys that jerks off to his sound card, so maybe I just don't understand, but how could those have the same quality as a pair of bigass headphones?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893625
Jew media telling everyone that bigger headphones are better.

[Anonymous No.]

Some IEMs sound really similar to headphones.
My GR07 shares almost the same sound signature as my DT880.
almost

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893625
Well a) they don't and b) they're super annoyingly uncomfortable for home use.

[Anonymous No.]

i have the same $20 walmart koss headphones for 3 years now and it still works. But i'm mostly using a cheap one with a microphone.

[Anonymous No.]

595s.
They're starting to get the Sennheiser crack after only a year of use but at least the sound quality is good.

[Nadie No.]

Sennheiser 25-1 II
Light, comfortable, and actually good.

[Anonymous No.]

AKG K77

[Anonymous No.]

A cheap headset that was approx $70~ (Gamecom 357s)

I've used headphones marketed towards DJs, and although the sound quality increase is nice, I can't really justify shelling out triple digits for a pair.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8892898
MDR-V500s here

Actually surprisingly comfy and only set me back £50

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893713
>supra-aural

[Anonymous No.]

Sennheiser IE-7
£120

[Anonymous No.]

German Maestro GMP 8.100D, I bought them this week after my crappy old ones broke after a year of use, these come with a three year warranty, but they'll probably last 25 years since they're made in Germany and not some rural village in China.

[Anonymous No.]

but i use a sub-woofer because i like to feel the vibrations in my bones

[Anonymous No.]

K701

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897351

If I used speakers I'd be liable to be evicted.
My neighbours never make a sound so nor do I.

[None !DQN/aQg2wY No.]

ATH-M50

[Anonymous No.]

Sony PIIQ. Audio quality is pretty shitty but they're made of diamond, which is great because I usually pack a lot of stuff in my backpack and I had a pair of headphones develop a false contact on one side from the damage they took inside.

[Anonymous No.]

Do these expensive earphones have detachable cords? The cord always breaks on my $10 one.

[Capt. 717 No.]

I use the PS3 wireless headset. Comfy as hell

[Anonymous No.]

JVC HA-RX700s.

Huge but comfortable, with great sound quality.

[Anonymous No.]

Sennheiser HD555s
I know I asked in a previous thread, but can anyone recommend some nice wireless headphones? I'm willing to put a bit of money into them, but I'd like to have something with reasonably good quality
I'm no audiophile, but the upgrade to my HD555s compared to my last headphones was too great for me to settle for anything less

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897437
I'm planning on buying those. Any feedback on them?

[Anonymous No.]

I always go through headphones so fast. Because I'm always laying on my bed and that's where I have my monitor sitting they usually easily get tangled around things and I'm usually too rough with them. I have to have my Mom buy me new ones every other month and they are the cheap ones. It can't be helped.

[Capt. 717 No.]

>>8897476
I wish my mom would be me headphones...

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897476

Oh Anonymous, you bumbling buffoon.

[Anonymous No.]

$2 earbuds I got at walmart.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897486
You want your mother to be your headphones?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897476
This is what happens to me. I have to tell my dad the neighbors might hear my porn if I don't have working headphones.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897504

Urgh. I can't stand watching porn with sound, I mute it and listen to music instead.

[Anonymous No.]

Grado SR 80s are fucking amazing, well priced, and last a bajillion years.

Only possible bad things that would make you not want to get them:
-can be uncomfortable for some people, try them before you buy them
-they are open, so they do not block sound coming in or out, although the sound coming out is barely noticeable

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897511
I like to close my eyes and imagine I'm the dude.

[Anonymous No.]

They sure are pretty.

I know you can get better sound quality easily for the price, but I don't really care, they were a gift anyways.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897520
>beats

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897476
My PIIQ headphones can resist a backpack crammed with papers, a big-ass thermos of coffee, two boxes with development boards, a textbook, a laptop, cables, iPod, cigarettes and sometimes an apple and a yoghurt.

[Anonymous No.]

what's the word for when something is not authentic designer brand and you are selling it as if it were. it's not counterfeit it's not replica it's something close to those though


I can't think of it and it's really bothering me. By the way I am trying to remember it because I bought fake bose headphones.

[Anonymous No.]

About to buy BRAINWAVZ HM5. Hopefully the step up from my HD203's will be worth it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897565
knockoff?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897577
No it's more like a legal term, upper-class type word.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897565
Bootleg?

[Anonymous No.]

None of em.

These let you slam to any 2hu beat.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897667
Tell me the name of those :~)

[Anonymous No.]

I have a shitty trust quasar...

[Anonymous No.]

Sony MDR-V6, that I'm quite fond of. I wish I could get more audiophile-ish cans, but I can't really justify spending more than what I've spent on those on headphones.

[Anonymous No.]

I have Grado RS-1's, but don't like to use them due to sound leakage (everyone can hear my embarrassing chinese girl cartoons). Instead, I mostly use Sony MDR-V6's which are pretty good themselves.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897667
AD-900 master race.

Brofist mah bro.

[Anonymous No.]

Got myself a pair of house ae2s, which are overpriced but they were a gift so I don't care.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897712
Epic picture! *BROFISTS* Lol...

[Anonymous No.]

AKG K 701

[Anonymous No.]

But I don't listen to Touhou music. I listen to real music.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898048

Oh no he di'n't.

[Anonymous No.]

real music like Tell Your World

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

HD600s, and the only music i listen to is vocaloid

[Anonymous No.]

My MDR-CD380 broke and I can't find any similar headphones ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

I am using $9 jvc earbuds.

They have great bass, balanced mids, and highs sing clearly. I wouldn't use anything else.

As I am listening to U.N Owen was her remix, I can confirm this.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8893519
Really drunk and dying when I made that picture. Feels bad.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898150
do they still make 4:3 monitors?
because i want one

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898161
I couldn't find very many when I checked on Newegg a while back. I kind of wish I bought a better one when they were more readily available.

I don't have the money for a monitor anyway. If this one bites the dust I'm stuck with my laptop or CRT.

[Anonymous No.]

we beyer now

[Anonymous No.]

ITT: we pretend we like touhou musics and show off our stuffs

some cheap china headphone probably never heard of

[Anonymous No.]

What's the best a poorfag with $50 can get?

[Anonymous No.]

AKG Q701 plugged into a Denon AVR-1800. A lot of Touhou + doujin music doesn't do terribly well with this setup for various reasons. Also have Phiaton PS 200 IEMs, which are quite good all-rounders. Better than the AKGs for untz, but not nearly as much detail.

>>8893090

Cropped and did a GIS on them and got nothing...there's a headphone girls thread on head-fi, and nobody identified them there, either, but the thread veered off into headphone "girls," so...yeah. I kinda suspect they're ABe's own design, but then again, I swear I saw something like them on eBay once.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898206
Beyer STRONG

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898252

Portapros, unless you're looking for IEMs. The IEM market is incredibly competitive right now, and there's something new every day, so just read lljokerl's thread on that on head-fi: http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/multi-iem-review-236-iems-compared-vsonic-gr06-gr01-added-04-19-12

[Anonymous No.]

I just got a pair of Audio Technicia AHT50S on Friday.
Trumps my Sennheiser HD 555's with the foam mod almost completely.

[Anonymous No.]

How many of you are using AMPs?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898300
Audio-Technica ATHM50S is what I got.

[Anonymous No.]

Listening to /jp/ radio while wearing my super comfy AD-700(open). Banjo Finger Powerhouse is on the queue so I know it's a good night.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898306
I have a Fiio E9. It's adæquate, I think.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8898306
Audio GD NFB 12.1

[Anonymous No.]

>>8897692
Red the file name

[Anonymous No.]

I use a Nuforce USB DAC (the Icon 2).

http://www.head-fi.org/t/456945/first-impressions-nuforce-udac-usb-dac-amp-with-line-out-and-s-pdif-
out

It has performed very well. It also has a coaxial out in addition to the headphone jack.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8892830
My friend actually saved up and bought himself some HD800s. I called him a rich bastard.

He let me listen to a song with them one day. The things sounds absolutely awesome. Best headphones I have ever used.

Personally, I use old HD 437s that I bought some years ago. They still work and sound surprisingly great with video games and music from my phone.

[Anonymous No.]

My headphones last two months if am lucky because I am poor and can't afford good ones.

[Anonymous No.]

ATH-M50 with Shure 840 earpads.

[Anonymous No.]

Waste of money for most of these.
You want something with a frequency response up to 22KHz, and down to as low as you can get it really.
I've seen too many headphones have crazy high ranges that are just a waste. Maybe if you want your dog to listen to music, sure.

Something I'm not sure of that I hope someone can clarify for me is impedance. At a lower impedance the headset load would be pulling more current, draining power off batteries faster, and more heat too right? however at a higher impedance you'll have a larger voltage drop which could cause distortion I think...
Then again a lot of it depends on your soundcard being able to handle very high sample rates of music when DAC, although that shouldn't be a problem. Why do people use tube amps for music? Wouldn't solid state OP Amp handle it more efficiently with less noise?

Then again, what do I know. I just listen at OGG with some $22 earbuds that have enough frequency range for my ears, connected to any standard output for music. Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901817
You have no idea what you're talking about and you seem really passive-aggressive about it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901832
I was asking a question for most of it, and stated my situation in the closing on my post. I'm genuinely curious about a lot of this. I already know human hearing doesn't extend very far, so I have that part cleared up. However, the rest of it I have questions on and just said a bit of what I have heard, just so someone could clear it up and complete the thought for me.
I'd assume since this thread is a gajilliion posts and everyone is discussing dropping some serious cash on the "NEET" board, you'd know a lot about headphones and stuff. It's okay if you don't, I'm sorry if I offended you. I am just looking for someone who does know and can explain it for me better.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm running sr325s and dt880s. I want the hd 598 and the 650s.

>>8898306
Amps? I use amps.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901847
Just because you're NEET doesn't mean you can't get money for things you'd like. You just have to save up and be creative in ways to get money.

I went through numerous pairs of Audio .90s before just deciding to get a pair of DT880s (on sale for $180, or 6 pairs of Audio .90s).

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901861
>880s for $180

oh god what

>warehouse deals

gross

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901861
That's cool, but I just wanted a more technical explanation rather than just saying "it sounds better"
It's a lot of money for me anyways, and if I'm looking to make an investment in it I'd want to look at this side of it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901870
Good enough for me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901871
It sounds fucking better, that's literally all there is to it, stop being such a faggot and accept that. I sure hope you don't have to justify every purchase you make like this, otherwise you're living one hell of a miserable existence.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901915
I'm poor and live in a shitty country, please don't be a bully.
All I wanted as a concrete explanation as to how they sound better. Was that so hard?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901935
Yes, it is hard. They just sound better - that's it. Do you do this when you go shopping for anything? Do you have to call an assistant over and say,
'Now, I know this cereal is better than this other one, but could you tell me why? I mean, I know it tastes better, but I'd like you to delve in to the technicalities of it since I'm committing a lot of cash to this purchase.'?

Also, go back to the board you came from.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901957
I'm from here though, wouldn't this belong more on /g/ anyhow?
No need to get mean about it, I wasn't mean to you. Cereal is entirely different since it's both cheap and not important. My mom also cooks my breakfast for me so I don't care much about that at all anyways too.
I kind of do this when I shop for anything too yeah. I don't get much money, so buying something nice needs a lot of thought to be put into it.
I already told you, if you don't know much about it that's okay, I'm sure someone else is more experienced with the technical details and can fill me in. All I have to do is wait and an expert will come along.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8901971
>wouldn't this belong more on /g/ anyhow?
Yes. so what're you doing here? The thread title isn't headphone Q&A, in typical /jp/ fashion it's simply where we post things our NEET money has bought us.
Your answers could be found on numerous sites, some of which have even been posted in this thread or if you're feeling up to it, on Google.

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>>8901871
If you want, you can ask me anything about cameras.

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>>8901852
does your chipset REALLY need water cooling?

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>>8901817
You can't change your range of hearing, but headphones can at least affect which frequencies get boosted.

And different people prefer different frequencies (and combinations of frequencies) over others. That's one of the reasons why music taste is so varied to begin with actually. So some of these things really might be a waste of money for one person, but pretty good for another person.

Cheap $20 earbuds just give you the bare minimum of whole, so you should probably spend $100 on a nicer pair if you listen to music a lot. The difference will be like night and day.

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>>8902096
Okay, that makes a lot more sense. Excuse me for taking so long to answer, I was sleeping.
Would there be any tools or boards that are used to alter phase or amplify frequencies for music? Actually, is that what those big things with tube amps are for? Or can you just pull all that stuff fine software side? Wouldn't having a decent rather than magnificent pair of headphones in conjunction with equipment to mess with the music itself work best in that case?

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Beyerdynamic DT880 32ohm with a FiiO E17. Definitely better than anything I have ever had, but I also don't think it was worth what I paid. Oh well, you learn from your mistakes etc.

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>>8902772
Without an amp, the headphones will not only be more quiet, but they will also sound more flat. No lows, no highs, no mids, ect. An amp brings headphones to life.

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>>8902020
Good. Camera hijack time.
What can you tell me about Nex-5ND and Nex-5N.
The D variant come with extra 2lense while the 5N is just the camera.
Worth it to pay extra 50% just for the lenses? And what can the lenses do?
I have no idea about focal lense or mm stuff.
I just point and shoot most of the time with my phone. How would the focal length of the lense affect picture?
Higher focal length can shoot further? Personally I just want to get a new camera since my shitty camera is terrible in low light condition.

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>>8902922
Dollguy is really good with cameras too, in case that anon is asleep or something. Kordox is his name?

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>>8902839
Correct me if I am wrong, Isnt an amp primary function just to boost the output to drive the headphone?
Amp is totally useless with low impedance headphone <32ohms. Most sub $100 headphones do not require amp as their impedance is low. Correct, no?

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Is there a reason people call beats by dre shitty headphones on here? I have a set and everything sounds fan fuckin tastic.

http://www.amazon.com/Beats-Detox-Edition-Headphone-Monster/dp/B004W1EXYC/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qi
d=1335266605&sr=8-16

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>>8902930
I think it would alter the power factor if that's what you're looking to do right? As in just amplifying dB out. I don't think impedance would mater as long as the set can accept more current without burning out.
Wouldn't the main focus of an amp ironically not be amplification, but to serve as bandpass filters or oscillators for set frequencies apply distortion where you want? That's how I've been picturing it anyhow.
NIce to see someone else has questions too though.

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>>8902940
From what I read, most mp3 portable player and laptop integrated soundboard has shit circuitry and terrible power management.
They do not have enough power to drive high impedance headphone hence even if you turn it to full volume you dont hear sound and disappearing sound.
Doesnt apply to 90% of the headphones out there apparently. But who knows, the internet is full of lies.

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Have had them for years and absolutely love them. The bass was bit too weak at first, but you could fix it up a bit by doing an easy modification.

Plus, they're made of fucking steel. I swear to god they've been through a war and they still work perfectly.

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>>8902955
From google.
>If you have headphones designed for portable consumer use that have an impedance of 80 ohms or less it's very likely the manufacture designed them to be driven directly from a typical device like an iPod. Using an amp or DAC with such headphones usually won't improve their sound much, and might even make them sound worse or create other problems like excess noise and channel balance issues. This is especially true if your headphones already get loud enough for your tastes. Generally, 16 – 32 ohm headphones with a sensitivity rating of at least 100 dB/mW do not need an amplifier. The exception might be balanced armature IEMs due to output impedance issues.

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>>8902096
congrats on the marriage

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>>8902922
If it's cheaper than buying the lenses seperately, I think it's worth it to get the body that comes with two lenses. You'll probably want to buy them eventually anyway. The NEX system is perfect for adapting old lenses to it, so if you find a cheap manual focus lens you can slap it right on your NEX, with an adapter. I wouldn't be concerned with the low light shooting either. Almost all interchangeable lens cameras in the past ~3 years have good high ISO performance, at least much better than a point and shoot or camera phone.

For the lenses, the number in millimeters refers to the distance from the point where the light converges in the lens and the film plane. Basically, this just means that the lower the number, the wider the picture will be. The higher the number, the closer the picture will be. Wide angle lenses tend to make exaggerate distances in their pictures, while telephoto lenses do the opposite by compacting distances and making things seem very close.

Aperture is the number following the mm, usually marked as "f/" or "1:", which is the focal length divided by diameter of the aperture. So a 50mm lens with an aperture of f/1.4 will have a 35mm opening, and be able to let in a lot of light. Of course this is variable (in most cases) and taking a picture with the aperture wide open will create a picture with small depth of field, while taking a picture with it closed will extend the depth of field. There are other factors that affect depth of field such as focal length, but generally these things are unviersal for all lenses. Lenses with a single focal length are called primes, and lenses with a variable focal length are called zooms. Some zooms have a variable aperture as you zoom in and out, but the difference is usually never more than a stop and a half or so.

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Stops can be referring to the ISO (how sensitive the camera is to light), the shutter speed (how much light the camera lets in), or the aperture (how much light the lens lets in). For instance, say you took a picture at ISO 400, 1/200, f/11, and it came out fine, except that there's too much in focus. So you're going to want to open the aperture (for the sake of simplicity) one stop. Now the lens is at f/8 and is letting in more light, so to compensate you either need to turn down the ISO (one stop in this case would be down to ISO 200) or increase the shutter speed (in this case it would be up to 1/100). A stop could also be referring to tones/exposure or dynamic range. So for instance, say someone takes a picture and it looks dark. You could say that the image is underexposed x stops (and if edited or retaken with stops adjusted will look fine). Or when referring to dynamic range it means the difference between areas of an image that will be pure white or entirely black with no information in those areas recorded. People say black and white film has about 8-13 stops, which is a pretty big range. Slide film and digital cameras have about the same range, somewhere between 3-6 stops I believe.

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Back to lenses quick. For most digital cameras with interchangeable lenses, you're going to want to multiply the focal length of a lens by 1.5 or 1.6 (or 2.0 for Micro Four Thirds) to get its focal length in 35mm terms. This is because most DSLRs and interchangeable lens systems have sensors smaller than a piece of 35mm film, so they use only the middle of most lenses. Anything around 35mm and lower is considered wide angle, and anything around 70mm and higher is telephoto. A normal lens for APS-C cameras is somewhere around 30mm, and a normal lens for 35mm is around 50mm. A normal lens is a lens that renders things much like people see. Distances are most accurate and field of view is similar to an eye. So for that 16mm it works out to around 24mm equivalent, which is pretty damn wide. The 18-55 will be equivalent to ~28 at the wide end and ~85 at the long end, giving you a bit of both wide angle and telephoto. If you look at point and shoots you'll see them starting at the wide end around 5mm, but since their sensor is so small it could look equivalent to say 28mm lens in 35mm terms. The opposite works too. For 4x5 large format cameras, where the film is 4'x5', a normal lens would be about 150mm. Large formats are an entirely different beast altogether so I won't get into them.

If you're interested in reading up about the more technical side of things, I'd recommend Ansel Adam's book The Camera. Even more importantly, don't stop taking pictures!

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>>8893596
This. Usually if I actually buy physical copies of something, it's vinyl, just because they look cool.

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>>8897511
What kind of music do you listen to while viewing porn?

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>>8902959
wish you could say the same thing for their other mid/high tier headphones like the HD598, they develop cracks after ~1 year of usage because they use plastic instead of light weight magnesium or something else better, which Denon and Sony does for their high end ones

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bamples

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Sennheiser earbuds

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>>8902963
not the guy you was talking to but...

may I ask what's the difference between AMPs and DACs?

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>>8907594
DAC converts digital signal to analog, and amp amplifies the analog signal.

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>>8907603
so DAC is something like an "external soundcard"?

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>>8907715
No, DAC and amp together (either in one box or simply connected via cable) can be considered external soundcard.

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>>8907808
oh... I get it

and do they actually make lossless music sounds better than lossy?

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>>8907913
If you spend thousands on the setup and have amazing hearing, maybe.