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post #1 of 19
11/1/09 at 12:58pm
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Hi Y'all.

Website writing is winding down finally, and we're into refining and polishing mode. So, over the past week I've started to blog in earnest, and I'd like to invite you all over to peruse and comment.

Right Between Your Ears

I think you'll get a kick out of my latest post on a very cool little audio acoustics tester and building a cheap headphone measurement capability.

There are only two types of articles that I'm certain will be appearing regularly for the first year or so:
  • In depth comparative headphone reviews. This will be a review of the best cans of a certain type and price point. The current post is about $100 sealed headphones.
  • In depth reviews of HeadRoom products; possibly called "The Anatomy of an AirHead" or Micro Amp, or Ultra Desktop. Basically, this is a series of in-depth reviews of our products.
This thread is an opportunity for you to suggest or criticize posts in the semi-privacy of this forum area. But I'd love for you to comment in the blog as you feel moved to do so.

So, here's your chance to speak up and help me refine the posting that will show up Right Between Your Ears.

I'm listening.




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post #2 of 19
11/1/09 at 10:00pm
I think you're on the right track with the headphone comparison reviews. A lot of people on the forums have lots of questions about how does headphone X compare to headphone Y, etc. I linked to your blog when someone had a question recently about how the HD448 compares to the D1001, as you expressed my thoughts exactly (in a better way too) on how the two compare to each other in your first comparison post. Also the technical oriented customers (like myself) will greatly appreciate the "Anatomy of..." articles, since I for one, never buy any component without having an idea of what's inside it. Anyway, good luck with the blog, and your honesty is greatly appreciated, as is that of all of the people at HeadRoom. Have fun!!!

-Eric
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post #3 of 19
11/2/09 at 12:00am
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Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens View Post
Getting Bloggish
There are medicines that you can get to help you with that.
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post #4 of 19
11/20/09 at 10:24am
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Originally Posted by Born2bwire View Post
There are medicines that you can get to help you with that.
I think it's terminal, dood.




I wanted to mention I just posted on Noise cancelling cans. We did a lot of stuff internally to make this review happen including some upgrades in the formality of our internal review process, it was a very interesting undertaking.

I think the thing everyone walked away with was the feeling that they had a significantly stronger grasp on the relative merits of the various products performance after comprehensive and comparative formal subjecive evaluation.

In other words: it helps a LOT to directly compare headphones. Listening to one headphone by itself and then attempting to describe how it compares with another headphone you've heard in the past is almost impossible ... or maybe I should say very unreliable.

Anyway, the new post is here. Enjoy!
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post #5 of 19
11/21/09 at 8:23pm
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Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens View Post
I wanted to mention I just posted on Noise cancelling cans. We did a lot of stuff internally to make this review happen including some upgrades in the formality of our internal review process, it was a very interesting undertaking.

I think the thing everyone walked away with was the feeling that they had a significantly stronger grasp on the relative merits of the various products performance after comprehensive and comparative formal subjecive evaluation.

In other words: it helps a LOT to directly compare headphones. Listening to one headphone by itself and then attempting to describe how it compares with another headphone you've heard in the past is almost impossible ... or maybe I should say very unreliable.

Anyway, the new post is here. Enjoy!
That comparison review is of the active noise cancelling headphones which retail for well over $200. Of those, I was somewhat surprised that you ranked a model from Bose (the Quiet Comfort 15) to be among the top overall performers in their class. (Granted, not even the best active noise cancellation headphones deliver any better sound quality than conventional closed headphones selling for half the price as these noise cancellers when they're run through a dedicated headphone amp. But they can be useful for specific purposes. In this class of headphones, usability is more important. After all, what good is an ANC headphone which offers only marginal noise-cancelling performance and sounds nearly as bad as a mediocre-sounding pair of cheap on-ear headphones?)

In other words, all things are relative here.
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post #6 of 19
12/3/09 at 4:09am
tyll is a fountain of useful knowledge....

ron white lives....
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post #7 of 19
12/3/09 at 1:06pm
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ron white lives....




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post #8 of 19
12/9/09 at 10:10am
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OKie dokie, new blog post including the new PX100-II here.
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post #9 of 19
12/9/09 at 11:42pm
looking really good so far tyll...curious at the PX100-II myself.
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post #10 of 19
12/10/09 at 12:47am
Wow Ty,
I just got a Touch and wanted a mic for the instrument tuner app, and here's your post & a link to SwitchEasy and to an RTA app...something I've always wanted
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post #11 of 19
12/10/09 at 2:28pm
Looking forward to the reviews. I have sent a few emails to you guys in the past to see if you would compare the Edition 8 to the HD800.

In a non blog related question, what's a good way to determine the decibel level that you are listening at? Or is there a good way?

Thanks, keep up the great work.
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post #12 of 19
12/10/09 at 8:41pm
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Originally Posted by nonsupremous View Post
Looking forward to the reviews. I have sent a few emails to you guys in the past to see if you would compare the Edition 8 to the HD800.

In a non blog related question, what's a good way to determine the decibel level that you are listening at? Or is there a good way?

Thanks, keep up the great work.
The Edition 8s are punchy, smooth, and fun; the 800s dead-nuts neutral.

(Shortest comparative review evar! I'll do one in a month or so ... gotta get through all the cans that people want to buy others for Christmas first.)

Sensing the level is tough. If I had to do it on my own I think I'd go buy a Radio Shack SPL meter; cut a hole the right size in a piece of cardboard; and then put the meter through the hole with the cardboard up against the cans. That would get you pretty close.

If you're worried about playing your music too loud, I think Todd's suggestion of turning down the sound til it sounds too low, and then raising it up a bit, and then DON'T turn it up again works pretty well.

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post #13 of 19
12/11/09 at 1:40am
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Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens View Post
The Edition 8s are punchy, smooth, and fun; the 800s dead-nuts neutral.

(Shortest comparative review evar! I'll do one in a month or so ... gotta get through all the cans that people want to buy others for Christmas first.)

Sensing the level is tough. If I had to do it on my own I think I'd go buy a Radio Shack SPL meter; cut a hole the right size in a piece of cardboard; and then put the meter through the hole with the cardboard up against the cans. That would get you pretty close.

If you're worried about playing your music too loud, I think Todd's suggestion of turning down the sound til it sounds too low, and then raising it up a bit, and then DON'T turn it up again works pretty well.
Nice one! lol. I really don't listen to music too loud at all. My main source of listening is a sony walkman. The max level goes to 30 and I never have a need to go above 10. Sometimes on my home system with full size headphones I might crank it a bit. I just want to make sure that I never get to a point where I am pushing the limits.
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post #14 of 19
12/12/09 at 9:43pm
Just a shout out....

Love reading those blogs. These are some of the best comparative reviews available anywhere. Keep up the great work
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post #15 of 19
12/14/09 at 10:33am
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Originally Posted by warpdriver View Post
Just a shout out....
You have no idea how much that means to me; thanks!

I promise not only many more, but better reviews over time.

And feel free to make comments in there; I think it will take time to develop a "readership" that makes more editorial content and reader comments worth while (right now it's strongly search engine traffic from people looking for headphones rather than enthusiasts), but I do want to continue my work of brining new people into the enthusiastic headphone listening community, and comments from readers in which I provide some personal "back and forth" is part of that personalizing the activity, I think.
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