The rules technically don't require PayPal, they only require that you use protected payment methods, i.e. methods with a dispute process, rather than unprotected methods that just transfer cash with no mechanism to dispute if the transaction isn't fulfilled. I think your bigger issue is...

Whatever the current lowest price on the market is for the Etymotic ER3XR. I got mine when it was $69 at Adorama for a while, but I think that deal is long gone.

No personal experience with this combo, but the output impedance on the HDVD800 is 43 ohm, which is a bit higher than recommended for a 150 ohm headphone like this, so it might not be optimal

Not really that much unless you're getting multiple interconnects. I find it fine personally, not too fat. Been using it for a while now. I use Hart Audio cables for all my headphones

Hart Audio has a balanced cable that works well for the PM-3, for anyone who doesn't want to make their own cable https://hartaudiocables.com/products/hc-2-3-5mm-trrs

Search for balanced cables for the Sennheiser HD 560S and you should find plenty of options that work with the 620S

I do think embargos should ideally end before a product is available for order, even pre-order, though overall embargos are pretty normal practice across multiple industries and Sennheiser has done nothing out of the usual. There are benefits to reviewers and consumers in the sense that it leads...

I've wondered if planar drivers aren't well suited to ANC for some reason

Nope, just passive isolation on the Maxwell. I actually don't know of any ANC planar headphones now that I think about it

Audeze doesn’t make any ANC headphones. Wish they did.

I didn't like the Space One as much as the Sonoflow. I found the Space One to sound very v-shaped and narrow sounding, with boomy bass and thin mids. The Sonoflow is more balanced, especially using the studio eq preset in the app.

You do you, but I didn't say anything about crap seats, the entire plane is noisy.

I'd go for the 1More Sonoflow. I've used them traveling since last October and I haven't had any issues with the build. They're definitely plasticky, but so is everything else in this price range, and it's not bad quality plastic in my experience. The Edifier W820NB is one of the models I...

As someone who travels extensively for work, I find this to be completely untrue in certain environments. Closed-back headphones without ANC are no match for an airplane engine. I've tried, and I would never do it again. The isolation simply isn't good enough, even on the most isolating closed...

Well... um (20:10 for the relevant bit)

Just get an adapter https://www.amazon.com/Headphone-Adapter-Converter-Sennheiser-Headphones/dp/B0BBHC8X8D

Honestly, AirPod Pro and AirPod Max are pretty well tuned and competitive for the price. I personally think you can get better, but I don’t think it’s a situation where any wired alternative is going to be some huge, night and day revelation. Personally I’d let him be if he’s not really...

Just FYI, both these things are already available from 3rd parties https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Boom-Microphone-Playstation-Controller/dp/B07W1G95PH https://www.amazon.com/NewFantasia-Compatible-Sennheiser-HD598SE-Headphone/dp/B0CLV9BC5D

Looking forward to some independent measurements, but the ones presented here look promising

To upsell the gullible or because competing products do so there’s a constant battle to fill out the spec sheet to match or one-up the competition

Personally, I pay almost zero attention when it comes to measurements on amps and DAC these days. Sure, 20 years ago when I got into this hobby there was some legitimately bad stuff out there, but solid-state gear in 2024? A lot of these measurements out there are measuring differences well...

I haven't personally heard their power amps, but having owned and auditioned many Schiit headphone amps and DAC over the years, that was my immediate thought when I read the title

The Amiron Home isn't wireless and the Amiron Wireless is a closed-back.

Dekoni Pads are live. Finally real leather https://dekoniaudio.com/product-category/brands/audeze/maxwell/

In addition to Grado, Hifiman and Sineaptic also make open-back wireless models. But there's less demand because open-back headphones tend to be for stationary situations, where wires aren't a huge inconvenience, while wireless tends to be for convenience during mobile listening, where open-back...