andysaurus_rex
andysaurus_rex t1_j9ukea9 wrote
Reply to comment by MadeAcc4SamHarrisAMA in r/headphones Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk by AutoModerator
No, wired is generally the preferred connection and a lot of the dongles are very cheap and offer great quality. What phone do you use?
andysaurus_rex t1_j9uhzou wrote
Reply to comment by MadeAcc4SamHarrisAMA in r/headphones Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk by AutoModerator
> i only use wireless connection to my smartphone
Couldn't you just not do that and plug them in instead using a dongle?
andysaurus_rex OP t1_j9s44ta wrote
Reply to comment by Zero_Aspect in HD8XX/800s: which 3rd party ear pads to buy? by andysaurus_rex
Sorry, must have been a typo. It is not tight enough
And I’m not concerned too much with sound quality, so long as the soundstage stays the same. I know the pads will have some impact on the sound but I’m not concerned.
Submitted by andysaurus_rex t3_11aeoox in headphones
andysaurus_rex t1_j9ojslw wrote
Reply to comment by dotprocess in What makes good headphone sound good? by AdityaUbarhande
Yeah idk. If OP wants all the fine details they need to take a college course on it.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9mu9mh wrote
Reply to comment by AdityaUbarhande in What makes good headphone sound good? by AdityaUbarhande
It’s every factor you can think of.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9mtz14 wrote
Reply to comment by InFortunaWeLust in I was eyeing them for a long time, now they’ve arrived, the OG HD800! (First Impression) by chrews
Yeah ZMF is the other brand I was thinking of too. Did they increase the clamp force at all?
andysaurus_rex t1_j9mbteh wrote
Reply to I was eyeing them for a long time, now they’ve arrived, the OG HD800! (First Impression) by chrews
Congrats!!! I got my HD8XX last week. I’m eying some Dekoni pads for them, even though the stock ones are fine for me.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9mbmkr wrote
Reply to comment by mqtpqt in I was eyeing them for a long time, now they’ve arrived, the OG HD800! (First Impression) by chrews
Consumable, like your tires or a phone battery.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9maupv wrote
Reply to The covering of the headphones always tear after an year of use,how do you guys deal with it? by michelleross94
Don’t buy these headphones again.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9k6nsu wrote
Reply to comment by human_performance in Ever buy a pair just for how they looked? How do they sound? by Paranomaly
> You should buy something that makes you smile when you look at it.
Very underrated IMO.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9k5o9v wrote
I'm trying to prevent myself from buying a tube amp simply for the glow.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9k487x wrote
Reply to What makes good headphone sound good? by AdityaUbarhande
You basically just said all dynamic drivers are the same because they function the same. Would you say that all internal combustion engines are the same? Is the 1.0L engine out of a Nissan Versa the same as a 5.2L V8 out of a Shelby GT500? They function the same, right? Same technology. Fuel goes in, sparks and explosion, and drives the piston.
andysaurus_rex t1_j9729mz wrote
Reply to comment by flores_amarillas in just a newbie, what do you think? by flores_amarillas
I would recommend not spreading yourself thin on multiple mid/low-fi headphones and rather saving up for a single hifi headphone.
You have 4 headphones right there and realistically the airpods are going to get the most use. Could have just bought those and saved your money for something nicer.
andysaurus_rex t1_j91pmdz wrote
There is no perfect sound and no perfect headphone. You can't quantify it.
The point where spending more money greatly diminishes returns is when you have zero headphone and then you have your cheapest headphone. Going from no headphone to $1 headphone is the biggest improvement possible and going from $1 headphone to $50 headphone is not nearly as great of a leap. That's why diminishing returns don't really make a whole lot of sense.
If you want to look at it like a graph where you plot audio quality against price, it's going to be a steep steep steep jump from $0 to the dirt cheapest headphones you can buy, and then still fairly steep but growing more gradual as you increase price. But again, this graph is imaginary because you cannot quantify sound quality.
andysaurus_rex t1_j8n4xx4 wrote
Reply to comment by blargh4 in Did anyone in this hobby ever stop buying new gear because they found what they were looking for? by sujanfloofens
It's not just headphones, it's almost every hobby. It's upgraditits, and hardware accumulation and I think a big part of it is the excitement of opening the box when the thing comes in.
andysaurus_rex t1_j8n4nif wrote
Reply to Did anyone in this hobby ever stop buying new gear because they found what they were looking for? by sujanfloofens
I was in the trade in/trade out world for a while, and it's really not so bad. You buy them used, try them out, and sell them for pretty much what you paid for since there's no real depreciation once they're already used as long as you keep them in good condition.
Part of it is a lot of fun. You get to try all these new headphones and only really pay the shipping cost. But at the same time, it's a bit silly. Yeah, it's a hobby, but it's not one that many people understand and especially my girlfriend at the time and now wife would certainly look at me and say "another headphone??" and then I'd have to explain that I'm not alone, there are dozens of people like me online trading headphones back and forth and it's just so I can listen to new stuff. It's not costing me that much money to do this and it's just a hobby.
So I settled on the K7XX a back when they came out and I've been using them ever since. I've really enjoyed them.
andysaurus_rex t1_j8n3skq wrote
Reply to I have become a believer in cables by Xane1985
But they get tangled in the wheels of my desk chair 😡
andysaurus_rex t1_ixtbhhx wrote
Reply to comment by tomelwoody in An iPhone Apple Pencil was scrapped at the last minute, leaker claims by CatDaddyJudeClaw
But like, the technology exists… it’s not far fetched
andysaurus_rex t1_j9um0b8 wrote
Reply to Having a hard time differentiating between Spotify and tidal hi-fi by Not-Icarus
Most people cannot tell the difference between high quality compressed audio and lossless.