Mad Lust Envy's Headphone Gaming Guide: (Updated: 5/23/2013. MrSpeakers Mad Dog v.3.2 Reviewed) - Page 702

Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Thats for the original Note.

Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Hahahah. Some people don't quite grasp joke posts like others. You have no idea how many times people take me seriously when I'm 100% not. I have that problem especially with texts. People take them to heart, and it doesn't help that I have a dry sense of humor, so it sounds serious.
I eventually learned to place emotis all over my joke posts...

Originally Posted by NamelessPFG 

 

For electrostatic drivers, pretty much, unless you don't mind buying the other discontinued setups or the Koss ESP/950.

 

While this seems like rocket science, it's really not that different from choosing dynamic/moving-coil/cone or orthodynamic/planar-magnetic designs, just another driver technology to throw into the mix. (And I didn't even bring up Heil AMT, piezoelectric, or plasma drivers yet!)

 

The important thing that I have to drive home is that if you're going electrostatic, you have to get different amplification systems, and without the prerequisite amps, you won't be able to plug them into anything.

 

 

Nice score. I'm still kicking myself for not buying that $350 ESP-950 I saw on eBay a year or two ago, even though I didn't have the money at the time. (On the flip side, I discovered the $250 SR-Lambda + SRD-7/SB setup I'm using now not long after that...)

 

I feel fine, thanks. Believe me, if these things were unsafe to wear, Stax would've been sued out of business a long time ago, and nobody else would bother to continue with electrostatic driver designs over the decades.

 

On top of that, if radiation was that much of a concern, I'd be dead already between the Wi-Fi router, the cell phones, and all the CRTs in my house.

 

 

The thing is that, being a used, discontinued set of equipment, you need to hold out for deals that fall within your budget. The places to check are Head-Fi's own Buy/Sell/Trade section (where I got all of my Stax equipment thus far), eBay (though expect stiff competition from other bidders), and AudiogoN. I've seen several Lambda + SRD-7 setups sell for under $400, though getting one for $250 was probably a big fluke on my part.

 

Also budget for both headphones and amp. Transformer boxes are cheap, and integrated receivers that can power them are numerous and thus affordable. Direct-drive amps cut down on the clutter and may sound better, but will often cost as much as a given Lambda model or more by themselves (that being around $350-600).

 

 

Used equipment is the only way I can afford most higher-end tech products. (Or to be able to get them in the first place, like SU-DH1s, Normal bias SR-Lambdas and fully PS2-compatible CECHA PS3s, among numerous other discontinued products.)

 

No physical keyboard? Are you typing all that from a smartphone? Reminds me of how I got a Galaxy S III as an early Christmas gift (took advantage of a Sprint BOGO deal with my mother; too bad they didn't bother extending said deal to the Galaxy Note II, the end-all be-all of smartphones for me) and I can browse Head-Fi pretty much everywhere now, but trying to type up lengthy posts like this without a physical keyboard seriously sucks.

 

I've got a Bluetooth keyboard case on the way, though, so that should lessen the pain.

Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Yeah. I forgot to mention that I have the Galaxy Note II. Someone asked. This is my first no physical qwerty phone in like ages. I desperately want someone to make a pysical qwerty cover for it.

Originally Posted by Evshrug 

Nameless & Mad,
Would you be impressed to know that 99% of all my posts since you've met me have been from my iPad, using the on-screen keyboard? It's not the worlds fastest typing solution, but... I'm not the world's fastest writer, so it works out. My fingers are like halfway familiar with just how far to stretch and I almost have a touch typing method, though I usually sit funny and switch up my posture so I can't actually do the traditional ten-digit typist thing most of the time. Just sayin'
SoAmusing,
I feel I ought to point out that I've never heard the Jecklin Floats, and I was compelled to write a complete BS review in the style of some of the more flamboyant reviews I've seen (and going even further). Literally BS too, if you read it again you'll notice there are several potty jokes, I tried to say something absurd to describe each common sound aspect. There were butts, peeing, my girlfriend breaking up with me... It was all for the laffs amigo. The guy in the chair was just some guy from google images... those are actually original K701s next to him, and the review the pic was from actually described the k701s pretty favorably next to the Jecklin. The reviewers may be a bit in the deep end of the pool though, though not deep enough to believe in "Brilliant Pebbles." Yet.
I have a wee bit more hair and am only 26

Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Hahahah. Some people don't quite grasp joke posts like others. You have no idea how many times people take me seriously when I'm 100% not. I have that problem especially with texts. People take them to heart, and it doesn't help that I have a dry sense of humor, so it sounds serious.
I eventually learned to place emotis all over my joke posts...

Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Hahaha.
I really dig the Qs. My problem was that I have a lot of bass heavy music which wasnt one of the Q's strengths. Everything else though, absolutely glorious.
I will be interested in seeing just how much bass presence the Annie has over the Qs, as well as howow different they sound from one another. I'm only going off memory, but the Annie and Q really do have some difference. I'd still say the Q is more airy, as the Annie sounds like everything has been bolded fwih. As I always mentioned, thickness of sound leads to less air between the placement of sounds.
That's why even though the Q and old K have the same soundstage, the old K felt bigger due to a thinner, colder sound. The same can be said of the Annie vs Q.

Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 


No worries, it's only a matter of time. The Note II was a huge success for Samsung, and all main Carriers have it. People are gonna be craving for that physical qwerty.

Originally Posted by Mad Lust Envy 

Hahaha.
I really dig the Qs. My problem was that I have a lot of bass heavy music which wasnt one of the Q's strengths. Everything else though, absolutely glorious.
I will be interested in seeing just how much bass presence the Annie has over the Qs, as well as howow different they sound from one another. I'm only going off memory, but the Annie and Q really do have some difference. I'd still say the Q is more airy, as the Annie sounds like everything has been bolded fwih. As I always mentioned, thickness of sound leads to less air between the placement of sounds.
That's why even though the Q and old K have the same soundstage, the old K felt bigger due to a thinner, colder sound. The same can be said of the Annie vs Q.