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View Poll Results: what do you listen to?
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headphones only (speakers are the fru-its of the dey-vil)
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speakers only (google tricked me, and i ended up here. i don't feel lucky now, darn it!)
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both, of course
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10-31-2004, 09:23 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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do you listen to speakers as well?
speakers and/or headphones. i know this is a headphone site, but i'm sure many of us spend time listening to speakers as well. what do you listen to the most?
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10-31-2004, 09:25 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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if you've seen "so i married an axe murderer," hopefully you get my first attempt at humor 
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10-31-2004, 09:31 AM
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Location: Chesterfield UK
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At home it's speakers, on the move IEM's 
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10-31-2004, 09:35 AM
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I'm a poor kid, I would never have the money for a comparable speaker system. I think I like headphones better anyways, it's like taking a lot of little vacations.
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10-31-2004, 10:04 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Germany, Düsseldorf
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25 % speakers, 75% headphones.
My speaker rig/room is not on par with my headphone rigs, and I really like headphones, to me they are no cheap substitute.
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10-31-2004, 10:27 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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I mostly listen to speakers but I find headphones more interesting.
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* Music: Independent/underground hip-hop, funk, jazz, breaks, turntablism, soul, rare groove... This is some of what I'm listening to...
* Main Source: iTunes/Apple PBG4/LaCie d2 HD -> Apple Airport Express.
* Main Headphone Amp: Single Power PPX3 (with Solen capacitor), with Ei Elite driver & US GE Military 6cg7 tubes as outputs.
* Headphones: Beyer DT 990 (2005), Senn HD 595 (120 ohm), Beyer DT 990 Pro, AT ATH-A900, Beyer DT 531, Alessandro MS-1 (Todds Flat Pads), Senn HD 25-1, Senn PX 100, UE Super.fi 5 EB Earphones (black).
* Post your headphone reviews at http://www.headphonereviews.org/
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10-31-2004, 12:22 PM
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I would say:
60% speakers
40% headphones
Mind you, this has only been the case since getting the M-Audio BX8's.
Before that it was:
90% headphones
10% speakers
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Main Rig: Iron_Dreamer built near silent computer with E-MU 1212m -->Monster toslink cable (I know terrible isn't it) --> Stello DA220 --> Mogami Gold balanced interconnects --> Yamaha MG 10/2 mixing board --> [Mogami Gold balanced interconnects --> M-Audio BX10s --> M-Audio BX8] or [Radioshack Gold RCA to 1/8" interconnect --> RSA "The Hornet" --> UE-10 Pro/Shure e4g/UE-Super.Fi 5 Pro/Shure e5/Sennheiser HD555]
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"Oh my GOD! I need to get the Pellegrino" - Ray Samuels
"I feel so Ety rite now..:D" - BHD812
"Someday after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will discover fire." - Teilhard de Chardin
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10-31-2004, 12:32 PM
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I prefer speakers to headphones but spend more time with headphones. I would say on average I listen to headphones 75% of the time. Most of my listening is done at night when my family is around or sleeping so headphones are a necessity. I would have to say, without the above considerations, both speakers and headphones have their advantages and disadvantages. I believe with headphones, they force me to focus more on the music. Speakers do that as well but I am more likely to get up and do something else while listening to speakers than with headphones, for obvious reasons. I can listen to headphones for hours at a time as with speakers but speakers are far less fatiguing after long periods of listening.
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10-31-2004, 12:37 PM
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I prefer speakers to headphones but spend more time with headphones. I would say on average I listen to headphones 75% of the time. Most of my listening is done at night when my family is around or sleeping so headphones are a necessity. I would have to say, without the above considerations, both speakers and headphones have their advantages and disadvantages. I believe with headphones, they force me to focus more on the music. Speakers do that as well but I am more likely to get up and do something else while listening to speakers than with headphones, for obvious reasons. I can listen to headphones for hours at a time as with speakers but speakers are far less fatiguing after long periods of listening.
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That would depend on spl and listening position. In nearfield position they're just as fatiguing and you really have to watch spl.
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Main Rig: Iron_Dreamer built near silent computer with E-MU 1212m -->Monster toslink cable (I know terrible isn't it) --> Stello DA220 --> Mogami Gold balanced interconnects --> Yamaha MG 10/2 mixing board --> [Mogami Gold balanced interconnects --> M-Audio BX10s --> M-Audio BX8] or [Radioshack Gold RCA to 1/8" interconnect --> RSA "The Hornet" --> UE-10 Pro/Shure e4g/UE-Super.Fi 5 Pro/Shure e5/Sennheiser HD555]
Notable Quotes:
"Oh my GOD! I need to get the Pellegrino" - Ray Samuels
"I feel so Ety rite now..:D" - BHD812
"Someday after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will discover fire." - Teilhard de Chardin
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10-31-2004, 12:38 PM
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When my parents leave, the headphones go off.
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EMU 0404 USB --> Head-Direct EF1 --> HF-1 #354 or HF-2 #337
iAudio X5L --> (ktpg custom portable) --> Head-Direct RE0
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10-31-2004, 12:48 PM
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I listen to both but prefer speakers.Speakers are better than headphones and also a better value.Too bad about the neighbors.
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Headphoneus Supremus:
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That would depend on spl and listening position. In nearfield position they're just as fatiguing and you really have to watch spl.
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I listen about 10' from my speakers and fatigue has never been an issue. Don't get me wrong, I listen to headphones for anywhere from 1 to 3 hours and longer without problem. However, when I am done my ears feel it. It is not a problem it's just not the same with speakers.
MD1032, when my family leaves my speakers go on. My poor parents didn't have the luxury of headphones back when I had that concern. I was lucky in that I my older brothers had gotten them used to loud music that I was able to blast away much of time.
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10-31-2004, 12:50 PM
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Right now 100% headphones. I recently sold off 2/3's of my loudspeaker system to upgrade my hp rig. I actually prefer the more natural sound of speakers, but my room is too small for proper set-up. If and when I get a bigger apt. I'll get some MMG's and a powerful tube amp to go with it, but headphones will always be in the mix for critical listening.
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If I throw in the listening I do at work I would say it is a 50-50 split. During the past year at home I would estimate my split is 80-20 in favor of speakers.
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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. --Red Auerbach
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Right now 100% headphones. I recently sold off 2/3's of my loudspeaker system to upgrade my hp rig. I actually prefer the more natural sound of speakers, but my room is too small for proper set-up. If and when I get a bigger apt. I'll get some MMG's and a powerful tube amp to go with it, but headphones will always be in the mix for critical listening. |
I have the MMG's and for the money they give you a lot of sound. Just make sure your amp can drive 4 ohm speakers.
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