Still loving the 712 after 2 years. I noticed a long-term effect: Aside from overall comfort, the only reason I'll take them off is that I have something else I have to do. Otherwise, when I have the luxury of time, I can wear them up to 8 hours or so and not feel bored by them. There is no...

OMG - you poor child! You MUST get a turntable. The whole ritual of it all before you even drop the needle! You asked, but I'll try to keep it short with my kid experience in regards to lp's... Like Mike, I had to mow lawns for my hi-fi lp's. When people say "ah, the smell of freshly cut...

Loki's inline! I put more detailed info in the headphone amp subforum. Suitably tweaked, I spent 5 hours behind some um, lower end cans, and that groovy mix-master of all things classical, Jim Svejda, hit me with Gustav Holst' - the planets - in the 5th hour, and I got AMPED. Right up this...

For you sharp-eyed lurkers: You'll notice my location is very near Schiit - but I'm so busy that I'll be like those who live in NYC, and have never visited the Empire State Bldg. I've never been the the bat-cave, or whatever it is, although I have passed by a few times. I get my stuff with my...

Just got it. There's that moment when you first fire things up and wonder "did I waste my money?" Heck NO! At first, I couldn't get any of the 4 presets to work. No matter how hard I pushed, I couldn't get the "smoky jazz club" to function. :) (That's a joke lurkers!) Seriously, I was...

Oh man, LOKI's coming in today! tin-ear: I know what you mean and I don't dig a synth that just sounds like the original instrument. How about this mellotron (or nearly any) that produces a different sound anytime it is played - It's so raw it makes me smile: That M400 was ubiquitous. I...

Understand - I've always been hooked on gadgets, starting with Hammond Organs with Leslie speakers, advancing into Mellotrons, later synths. Unfortunately everyone that had a synth wasn't the ideal artist - at least for me. Although I've heard them a million times, when Mike Pinder of the...

You might find something of interest here online to help narrow things down. https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php Much more than just frequency sweeps.

While awaiting the arrival of the LOKI eq, I thought of a way to distract Jason and co... I want joysticks, and light-bright patch panels! :) Build your own EMS VCS-3 synth clone! Other than Moog's that I grew up with, every band had to have a VCS-3 too.. Make Schiit modular enough to look...

Nice article. I selectively listen to a few FM analog broadcast stations that haven't gone totally nuts with their Orban and/or source material. Long familiar with the loudness wars and lack of dynamic range. Thing is, money-talks, and you know what walks. What makes me sad is that over the...

Yeah, it was a breathy kind of pfffffftt. Burnt-hair? Maybe! I was really concerned because I really didn't want it to be a loose wire and have to go inside, or return it. So I chilled for a week just listening. Whew. My earlier set of cans was the AKG K240, but I never ran any tests. I...

I know my AKG K712 did burn in, but unlike Tyll's lab measurements a few years ago, I used another source and my ears: For kicks, when I first got my 712's, I ran this Quality / "Bass Shaker" test to see if the drivers were ok or loose. https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php Uh...

And so begins my first stack with Loki on the way ... You guys made me pull the trigger and stop wishing. Here we go.

Am I detecting a sense of musical fun here? Like the audiophile police aren't going to bust me and take my Magni Heresy away for listening to this and wondering "maybe I should get a Loki to emphasize the electric-jug just a little more". 13th Floor Elevators - You're gonna to miss me" So...

I probably should have placed this there initially. I'm just so obsessed over figuring out what the opposing GD impetus peaks are in certain models of headphones are, I got carried away. Still trying to figure out what those are for when I see them as they seem more functional for a specific...

Heh, the plastic is nice enough. Once on your head, you'll never notice. Most kids laugh at us when the see us with ANY headphones on... I've really gotten used to the weight and fit. Almost as comfortable as my favorite pair of knock-around jeans. Weird - like putting my leg into a pair...

Heh, you'd have to ask someone who really knows, not me. I'm just bumbling my way through, and something tells me I'm 90% wrong in my understanding. I can feel it. What I dig about Roger's explanations are that he describes stuff very succinctly, seems patient with first conclusions that are...

K712 BURN-IN comfirmed! I didn't want to admit it, but when I first got my 712's, the *first* thing I did was run it through a test as kind of a casual thing: https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php So I ran the Quality check - the "Bass Shaker" to see what's up. The first few...

On a more serious level .. User-adjustable group-delay? Right - not just some joke sound-effect phase box, but perhaps a "time equalizer" at a few different time settings for those who may not agree with the GD of their cans from the factory. Hmm... so critical / analytical users who are...

Yup - basically until I get them on my head, and despite my newfound weak-knowledge about GD, I'd be doing nothing but bench-racing if I went further... I guess stay tuned..

Might be of interest - I listen to analog FM (very selectively, like KUSC classical, or KKJZ 88.1), but these days do it with a dsp-based receiver, instead of analog componentry. No "hd" or "dab" here, just pure analog with a dinky little chip. Mind blown. My tuners consist mostly of radios...

Sorry - indulge me as the Group Delay party continues .. For a pretty dry subject, and a whole lotta' hatred read elswhere, it's time to lighten up people! Watch as Ted figures out that this song is not about LSD, but is actually about headphone soundstage! Everything had a double meaning...

I think I get it: You: headphone manufacturer Get all the important stuff down, such as desired frequency response, THD, impulse yadda yadda ... THEN, twirl your Group Delay knob for some extra refinement. Now you are tweaking your out-of-band response (>20k) where additional time-related...

GROUP DELAY in K240 Not talked about much, but I'll be the one to go out on a limb about it. The "groove" of the 240 can be explained by the purposeful introduction of opposing group delay in each ear. Use "Select Another Product" in the dropdowns to compare against other cans...

Just caught this from Rogers High Fidelity explaining group-delay: It's really coming together for me now. I'm more convinced than ever that the very visible group delay signatures in the AKG240, Shure SRH440, and Sennheiser HD660s are there for some very specific purpose, as opposed to most...