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    Cheap DIY open Headphones = great results :)

    Interesting sound... if you have a cheap pair somewhere try it, sure bass is impacted negatively below 150hz but almost everything else is yesssss, also nice to be able to hear whats going on, whats really going on around me
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    AudioQuest NightHawk Impressions and Discussion Thread

    I still love my NHs' coffee and early morning sessions are particularly mind blowing. I have at least 3 or 5 other HPs that are in a similar league, and nice speakers, and I listen to A LOT of music, I reach for the NHs most often.. they are comfortable, easy to drive have great sound and do...
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    I can hear !! Good tone (seriously it has some bass !! ?? ) and the highs / kids are acceptable (and eq able) and its really nice to not have ANYTHING on or in my ears.I kinda laughed when I saw the 'ports' but I also kinda jumped the first time the bass dropped and it was around my neck :D
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    What is meant by 28Hz at -6db

    You're right ! A subwoofer *in a room / car, can experience volume gain (and sometimes loss) at certain frequencies, that is why designers typically design the subwoofer to 'roll off' -6DB @ @28hz because 27 26 and 25 hz can do all kinds of strange things to eardrums, china ware and the drivers...
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    The Lotoo is very smooth yet revealing with amazing separation and image/focus. I already **LOVE** the ANHs' .
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    AudioQuest NightHawk Impressions and Discussion Thread

    4 AM ..... I have been waking up early recently and I enjoy the peace, on with the ANHs and plugged into the older macbook pro to find something i feel like listing to, after deciding on the music and listening for a while at low volumes **its early, I decided to try something i never do...
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    AudioQuest NightHawk Impressions and Discussion Thread

    After spending more time with the ANH - and continuing to be amazed by them, all the time trying to think WHY they sound so good ? I just thought its partially the fact that the ear cups are suspended on rubber / silicone 'hangers' and are not connected to the headband rigidly, if it was a...
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    AudioQuest NightHawk Impressions and Discussion Thread

    Whelp I received a used pair of ANHs today and have spent about 5 hours with them using various hardware including a $15 bluetooth dongle, macbook pro, fiio x3 and I have an old Ibasso cobra .... I have been a fan of audio for over 40 years ... I cant seem to take these HPs off ? superbly...
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    I just got some (new to me) $150 HPs in the mail, the last 2 hours has been very interesting .....
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    im not sure full size HPs do sound better? there is something about the proximity of the iems driver to the ear drum that holds serious potential if you ask me.
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    Weird, I always thought thats why noise canceling was invented ? ....
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    unusual choice of headphones, what makes you favor them over the 100s of others available ?
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    These days I can get out of bed put some wireless HPs on, and a 'playlist' - and with just the volume control and the occasional lift of an earpiece **to actually pay attention to someone/thing, I don't have to stop listening, I can have background music of my choice and tonality all day and or...
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    This ^ is my current revelation, with todays tiny and excellent bluetooth audio devices (and good source material, needle drops in my case) i am listening to more music nowadays then ever before, while the wife watches tv, while i garden, working out, riding my bike, walking the dog, hours and...
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