Posts by DougofTheAbaci

+1 to focusing on a solid all-around headphone with a good DAC/AMP to power it. On further note, as a fellow gamer, you don’t need ‘gaming headphones’ to have good headphones for gaming. It’s beyond the scope of your budget, but my...

Fun experiment: Take a WAV file (uncompressed lossless audio format) and convert it to FLAC (compressed lossless audio format). Now convert it back to WAV. The file size before and after will be identical. You can even go form Wav to...

Quote:Originally Posted by Defiant00 I'm actually surprised how easy it seems to insert mine. It takes me a couple tries to get them in the right starting position, but after that they smoothly twist right in. I was actually...

Quote:Originally Posted by Defiant00 I'm less sure about the fit, but as these are my first customs (and I haven't really done IEMs before either), definitely going to give them a bit of time and see how my ears feel with them in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Defiant00 At all? Because I can faintly hear stuff if I have no music playing. Honestly, I think my seal is fine, this is more curiosity at this point than anything else. I'm more just wondering since...

Quote:Originally Posted by spkrs01 Thanks, I tried both with the 8A first, I think...haven't seriously listen yet. They are playing/burning in on my desktop stack.  I could be mistaken but I was under the impression that CIEMs like...

Quote:Originally Posted by WestLander Quote:Originally Posted by DougofTheAbaci Gotta say I love the look of the device, and I would love a single, small footprint unit. But one thing I love that the Lyr has is a basic stereo...

The 4.A has a solid mid-range. It's a neutral headphone which means the emphasis was on accuracy. They're the best if what you're looking for is to hear exactly what's in the recording. That means if there is bass you will hear it,...

Gotta say I love the look of the device, and I would love a single, small footprint unit. But one thing I love that the Lyr has is a basic stereo out. Doesn't seem like this does?

Quote:Originally Posted by Sorensiim Dammit, I forgot to veto pink shells and Hello Kitty faceplates. Good, because I may or may not have slipped him a little something to make sure that’s exactly what you get. Not saying I did, but...