Wow I haven't seen ALO amp and anything Cypher Labs in a long time, nice setup you got there.

I’d just sell them without pads. When I buy used headphones, I swap the pads anyways (except if the seller specifies that they’re new or almost new), so I’d not be bothered by buying headphones without pads.

I was dropped on my head as a baby and I seem fine, therefore it is okay.

It's a good headphone for the price you paid. I had the 598/599 for a while before moving on to others.

I'm not gonna give any real recommendations for products, but I will recommend buying used stuff where possible. You can save upwards of 50 percent depending on the thing you're buying.

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The 58x's are the easier of the two to drive. An amp will help bring out the sound more, but optional with the 58x.

If you go the 6xx route, you'll need an amp for sure.

A pair of 58X or a pair of Beyers will probably awake some feelings for you, both are quite the opposite of each other.

But yeah I agree, start cheap, don't go head first into it.

Yeah I certainly am not going to spend thousands just to listen to In Rainbows over and over again.

100-200 pound seems about right for a first bash at it.

I think its different for everyone. Which is why I think if you're dabbling in premium sound for the first time, start smaller. Grab a pair of 58x's or 6xx's to start and see what you notice. Don't go and buy a pair of thousand dollar cans until you've gotten your feet wet.

i think kph40 are better on the clips than the ksc75, these look tidy anyway, selling?

Truthear Hola with detachable cables is a real game changer in the $20 IEM world.

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Screw the amp or dac tell me more about the keyboard and keycaps :D

Very heavy...very

Im open to anything, currently running the HD650

To monitor the audio in real time. This is why zero latency monitoring is something brought up fairly often in audio interface reviews and something a lot of podcasters and whatnot tend to (rightly) care about.

It's because the answer to your question doesn't really tell much. Two meals can have the same ingredients but differ wildly depending on the quality and ingenuity of the preparation. The divers on a pair of $40 headphones might share material components with the drivers on a $400 pair, but that doesn't speak to the quality of the driver construction, tuning, open design, acoustic decisions re: chassis, cup shape and seal, impedance, etc.

That's why people are telling you about the tuning and sound signature; it's just more relevant to understanding the difference in quality.

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Thats so weird. I never heard of them being a problem until this week lol.

I guess I just have big ear holes!

coz using EQ and managing sound reflections/dampening backwaves/finding optimum damping factor for the driver are two different things.

Else your headphones would sounds like a mess; your headphone would resonate and have a cancellation effect.

u/oratory1990 please do enlighten us

To monitor the audio. Monitoring. They use them to monitor.

They want to ensure that what they're saying is being picked up and recorded and sounds how they want it to sound.

So yeah, gave away these brand new to a friend/colleague who listens to music on his Razer Hammerhead TWS, so I wanted him to have something nicer.

I also got the JCally 3.5mm to Lightning DAC dongle for his iPhone, much better built than the garbo and flimsy Apple dongles, and also a UGreen hardcase because the stock Truthear "coin pouch" case sucks in my opinion.

Still waiting for a pair of Openheart 0.78mm cables to arrive which I'll pass to him next time, because the stock cables are very thin and filmsy, easy to tangle.

I tried them on for a bit and maybe I have big ass ear holes because the huge nozzles don't bother me one bit (then again I have the Blessing 2 as my daily portable carry which are also known for having huge nozzles so).

The blue face plate is quite stunning in person, very tasteful. Very light IEMs overall.

Vocals seem surprisingly crisp but are a little recessed and hollow, but nothing bad. I just prefer a forward midrange. The subbass has a nice rumble but didn't feel overpowering. The treble didn't feel sibilant to me (in comparison the LetShuoer S12 was sibilant as hell to my ears)

Really nice pair of IEMs for the price overall.

Ps, yes he enjoyed them quite a bit, says the Razer Hammerhead TWS sucks now.

More update: his mind is blown after switching to Spotify Premium, it's 1AM in the morning and he's messaging me about the stuff he's never noticed in songs before.

I see so the construction itself and the strength of the magnet make the difference. Thanks a lot I appreciate it

Yeah, I just found a substitution kit on Amazon. €15. The reviews were stellar, so I just got those.