toastyhoodie

toastyhoodie t1_j9142fu wrote

Reply to comment by pstrib in How much better does sound get than what I'm currently using? by pstrib

Would a $50 IEM be 90% there?

No. Not even close.

There are different styles, like open back vs closed back. Different tunings. Different materials. Etc.

Do you need to spend 1000’s more? No. But you have a very V shaped tuned IEM that doesn’t have much in the way of technicalities. Other headphones will be tuned differently and will sound different.

A Sennheiser HE-1 which is considered the “worlds best headphone”, is going to be miles better. (It’s $50,000 though). You don’t need that though.

You’ll notice significant differences with something as simple as an open back. You can get into one of those for less than $100.

Ultimately you have a starting point. But yes, it does improve from there.

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toastyhoodie t1_j2dg6fw wrote

Reply to iPhone 13 ‘jailbreak’? by Intrepid_Gift_9436

When my wife’s 8 Plus got stolen, I marked it as stolen, and locked it. What that’ll do, is if someone attempts to connect it, even using the main board in another device, it’ll make the main board useless.

Wiping the device remotely removes the iCloud lock

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toastyhoodie t1_j1ob703 wrote

Reply to My first pair of legit over-ear wired headphones in a loooooong time. Greatly enjoying them! by YashaAstora

> Apparently a bunch of people on here hate them but I can’t figure out why other than weird elitism.

Not a great thing to say if you wanna make friends here.

Wade has a preference, and he likes treble. which is fine. These are objectively far from balanced and have very uncomfortable treble and sibilance (pronounced “s” sounds). They do staging and imaging ok.

They’re fine with some EQ, (I even have better pads on mine) but there are fine options that even Wade has recommended in the same price range as well.

So it isn’t elitsm, its learned knowledge. This is a very subjective hobby and we all have different tastes.

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