tinytea
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Hello,
Nice to meet you and thanks for your time!
Introduction/ non-related info to the post subject.
Excuse me if I rant here and there.
This is basically my first post on ASR so it's somewhat of an introduction post as well...haha...nice to meet you!
I am a relative newcomer to the audio'phile' community but have been reading around quite a bit.
Of course, I love music and over the years have used random IEMS and headphones but not many that I've read about when looking through forums recently:
I really appreciate the knowledge being spread around in this, the ASR forum.
Shoutout to user @raistlin65 if he's around! He helped me with some Amp/ DAC/ Headphone questions on reddit and I know that he's a known poster around here, knowledgeable and a wonderful advocate for ASR
I hope it is not unbecoming of me to be asking for advice in this section of the forum!
Without further ado:
Bullet points about my situation:
Other headphones that I have been looking at, and my thoughts:
Other audio equipment/ mini-rants
Music taste/ genre
I always rant when I do it so I won't unless asked/ relevant
Final words
I know I'm not strictly MISSING anything. Just trying to see if there's anything else to experience around/ lower price than the stuff I've mentioned.
Thanks in advance for your time and advice. Very nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you and thanks for your time!
Introduction/ non-related info to the post subject.
Excuse me if I rant here and there.
This is basically my first post on ASR so it's somewhat of an introduction post as well...haha...nice to meet you!
I am a relative newcomer to the audio'phile' community but have been reading around quite a bit.
Of course, I love music and over the years have used random IEMS and headphones but not many that I've read about when looking through forums recently:
- I own some IEMS and Headphones from JAYS a Swedish audio company
- I enjoyed the Q-Jays reference IEMs
- Recently got & enjoyed Massdrop Plus Universal IEMs
I really appreciate the knowledge being spread around in this, the ASR forum.
Shoutout to user @raistlin65 if he's around! He helped me with some Amp/ DAC/ Headphone questions on reddit and I know that he's a known poster around here, knowledgeable and a wonderful advocate for ASR
I hope it is not unbecoming of me to be asking for advice in this section of the forum!
Without further ado:
Bullet points about my situation:
- HD6XX, HE4XX coming in.
- Considering trying HE560 as alternative to HE4XX
- I'll only consider 560 if I can get it at like <~$250 so probably Adorama version
- What am I, for lack of a better term, 'missing' ?
- I think I'm looking primarily for a closed-back with superb bass or any other quality that is unique from/ surpasses the above three.
- NOT "a closed-back that I can use in public" as I don't mind using IEMs on the go and I want to focus the conversation on looking for something actually sonically different not just different because it's closed-backed.
- BUT... I guess even if it's not the prime objective, it's not a bad quality to have per se - "something like the 6XX, 4XX/ 560 but closed-back."
- Secondarily, I am not ruling out that I am missing something from an open-back hence why I have included those varieties in my considerations below.
- I think I'm looking primarily for a closed-back with superb bass or any other quality that is unique from/ surpasses the above three.
- For the rest of the post if I mention the 'three' or the 'trio' I am referring to the HD6XX, HE4XX and HE560
Other headphones that I have been looking at, and my thoughts:
- DT770/990 250ohm
- I know 990 is open and 770 is closed
- Does the 770 provide bass/ anything else that is desirable over the trio above as it's closed?
- I assume 990, being open, is just beaten out by the trio?
- Will I be losing out on some clarity/ in the midrange and treble vs trio? For the benefit of what?
- I know 990 is open and 770 is closed
- Fostex T20/T50 MKIII
- I've heard that the T50's have amazing imaging especially for competitive FPS games, which, prioritize footfall imaging more importantly than others.
- Not that fussed about that as my genre is mainly MOBAs
- Sometimes multiplayer social/survival horror games - which footfall imaging may benefit...(IMO don't think it matters much/ at all)?
- For someone not THAT fussed about footfall imaging, does that aspect of the T50 translate to any other redeeming quality over the trio when it comes to listening to music?
- T20 is just more bass?
- Not that fussed about that as my genre is mainly MOBAs
- I've heard that the T50's have amazing imaging especially for competitive FPS games, which, prioritize footfall imaging more importantly than others.
- ATH M50x/ M40x
- Just forget about these two options?
- Am I right in thinking that neither provide any benefit/ difference over the HD6XX, HE4XX/ HE560 apart from being close-backed?
- I'm looking at the wrong stuff, here's what you're suggesting:
- Will update below with commenters' suggestions as they come:
- AKG K371
- HE-400i (2020 edition)
- Will update below with commenters' suggestions as they come:
Other audio equipment/ mini-rants
- Amp driving headphones will be Topping L30.
- IEMS should also be fine with -9 gain of L30.
- DAC is currently Tempotec Sonata HD Pro
- [Desktop] Considering D30/ D10s for future
- [Portable] Considering 9038d, Meizu Hifi Pro/ transition Tempotec Sonata for future.
- [Bluetooth/ Wireless Portable] Considering Qudelix 5k> BTR5 > UP4
- I thought UP4 = #1 but I've gotten wary about it's shortcoming as a USB DAC the more I've thought about it
- though I know that frequency of that use case is probably really small.
- Am I crazy?
- though I know that frequency of that use case is probably really small.
- But then the PEQ of Qudelix..... > all..
- I thought UP4 = #1 but I've gotten wary about it's shortcoming as a USB DAC the more I've thought about it
- Side question: How does Qudelix fare as a desktop DAC compared to D30/ D10s.
Music taste/ genre
I always rant when I do it so I won't unless asked/ relevant
Final words
I know I'm not strictly MISSING anything. Just trying to see if there's anything else to experience around/ lower price than the stuff I've mentioned.
Thanks in advance for your time and advice. Very nice to meet you!
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