Personally I prefer to eq down the bass a few db and eq up the mids a few db, gives a sound signature much closer to my ideal (hd650) :)

Quote:   My task included implementing the TCP/IP model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite) which includes the parts that has to do with fetching ethernet packets from the receive buffer and verifying their checksums. If there are any checks before that then I don't...

Quote:   In that case, we'd just have to get Tanya to blow it up :D   on a totally unrelated note, I just got my http://www.wooaudio.com/products/wahps.html (black version) delivered and it's a perfect match for our beloved hd650. I can recommend it to anyone looking for a cheap and...

Quote:   When I wrote "on a firmware level" i mean that I actually have implemented the protocol in the drivers for a HTTP server. Collisions and dropped packets are seperate issues from the actual packet integrity, they are both handled the same way (retransmission) but they are not...

Quote:   I have gotten files which have been corrupt after a transfer on a faulty device, so I assumed there was no CRC check. Upon further reading, there seems to be one.    Saying that there will always be errors introduced is wrong though. I've worked a lot with file transfers over...

IEMCrazy:   Although many people who say that digital cables either work or doesn't work might have a few misconceptions about how digital cables work, in essence they are basically correct. Since a digital cable is either sending a 1 or a 0, and there is a threshold you must pass before a 0...

Quote:   as been told numerous times in the thread, the correct way to stretch them is to extend the metal bands and bend them using your hands. If you do this the clamping will completely go away.

Quote: Another reason not to stretch it like that is that your are not actually stretching the headband but rather compressing the cushions. which is bad. The recommended method is always to extend the metal bands and bend them, any other method will either risk breaking the headband or...

Quote:   The problem, as pointed out by me (and most likely others) before, is that unless you can make a proper blind test with the cables the test would serve no purpose. People are more or less guaranteed to hear differences even on two identical systems if they believe that there is...

Quote:     Thanks for your very well-written answer. An interesting read indeed and I can totally respect your stance. If the difference between cables are very small changes in the sound signature, wouldn't it be easier and a lot more cost effective to just use an EQ to produce these...

Quote:   Just out of interest, since you were a former non-believer, did you do an actual blind test in which you managed to detect (reliably) the difference or did you just suddenly decide to trust you ears..? Because, as audio science dictates, there is nothing odd with hearing a...

Alright, going back to our beloved headphone.. how do you people clean the pads? So far i've just been using my hands to kind of brush them but I don't think it will suffice forever. Anyone tried actually washing them ?

  Quote:     There are many things not subject to debate. You don't debate theories(in the sense you are implying), they are called theories because they make accurate descriptions about reality and have so far never been wrong. Refuting a theory is not something you do on an internet...

  Quote:     The problem with people preaching about cables and what they are not understanding is that no one is arguing that you are not in fact hearing a difference (on the contrary; not hearing a difference would be strange), what's being argued is why.  Unless you can isolate...

  Quote:   Except it is not. What I stated are facts, they are not debatable. Wether you chose to believe in them or not is another thing.  The existance of expectation bias is not subject to debate. The fact that human hearing only percieves a fraction of the sound and that the...

  Quote:   I'm sorry but A/B means nothing unless it is proper blind testing, with a good understanding of the human perception and expectation bias you will surely agree to this.   No one has been able to get reliable results in a blind test with cables and no one ever will unless...

Quote: I would certainly not use that way to bend them as that could very much damage the headband. You are supposed to bend the tiny metal part that is between the plastic headband and the earpiece, start by extending the earpiece to it's maximum length.

Quote: no, that will make the pads squish together instead of actually loosening the headband. If you bend correctly (as described in some other thread here) there is no possibility of chipping paint or cracking the headband since you are bending the metal on the sides and not the...

Quote: I really doubt there is any DAC upgrade worth considering if he has the xonar st. To get a notably better sounding DAC than what's in the st is probably gonna cost way more than the hd650s themselves..    

Quote: The problem is a lot less pronounced in the non-Yui version, I can barely hear it (and probably wouldn't hear it at all if I hadn't been intensively listening for it).. For comparison, it's impossible to hear it in the non-Yui version using my alessandro MS-1s.   Quote...

Quote:   well if you could try 1:58 in on Crow Song(Yui Version), listen for crackles/distortion/clipping in the background..    I'd love to talk OSTs to my hearts content but I got to log soon since it's already 04 in the night here :-)  

Quote:   I'm in the process of downloading the FLACs right now and it should be very interesting to find out if there is actually a difference :-p   So you are saying you have not noticed any tendancy of low quality mastering and recordings of OSTs ? When I analyze them to check the...

Quote: Doesn't really matter what you have it in if the recording is sub-par. Or are you saying that 320kbps mp3 encodes would produce those kind of artifacts? cause that would be a very interesting statement and I would certainly like to listen to these FLACs of yours if you believe that...

I just have to chime in; if you are listening to alot of anime OST then do not buy too expensive and revealing headphones.   I got my whole anime OST collection in 320 mp3s and with the hd650 (known for being pretty forgiving even!) i can hear a lot of bad recording and compression on many...

SNR is only how much white noise you can hear when the music is off or something like that.. i cant really describe it in english :P bottom line is: yes they will be able to drive any canal phones or earbuds just fine. You will not need to turn it up to full volume either.