The Basshead Club - Page 315

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Originally Posted by Carlos4996 

I'm so mad, sonic electronics won't refund me my zo2 because I lost the clear plastic box it came in! If it was Amazon they would return it..

I would contact digiZoid to see what they have to say, probably you're offered an RMA at the very least. The people at digiZoid are nice and reasonable so you're better off contacting them.

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Originally Posted by Trae 

I just found out something awesome. I accidentally halfway plugged in my headphones into my receiver (so that only the left channel gets audio), and I got twice as much power going to the driver. It's like it took the power that would go to the right channel and combined it with the left one. Now, the SPL is so much it just doesn't tickle my eardrum, it feels like there's an earthquake going on in there. Plus, I can pump the volume up even louder because the extra power pushes up the clipping roof. I'll tell you what, AT's 53mm drivers are something else. This little experience has convinced me to get a better amp instead of buying another pair of headphones. I'm definitely saving up for a Schiit Lyr now. That should be enough...

Poor ears... 

Yeah, that's what I was thinking after I took the headphones off. My ear felt kinda funny. It kinda felt like someone punched my ear and it felt a bit numb. Plus, when I took the headphones off, the diaphragm membrane was moving so much that it sounded like it was about to blow. So really, the driver was using my ear as back pressure to keep it from blowing.  I'm gonna have to show some restraint if I get a powerful amp because I could easily loose my hearing with these headphones, but the drivers would probably blow before that happens, but I shouldn't take my chances. Spending extra money because of blown speakers is a pain, in regards to my wallet and my ears. Why can't I be like those people who always rave about listening to the music it's meant to be heard? It's like for me, music is meant to be heard with 2 15in subwoofers in a mini cooper...

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Originally Posted by Carlos4996 

What's an rma?

Huh? You don't know what RMA is? Are you living under a stone?  Basicly you would send it to digiZoid and get it repaired or get new sample, of course after getting their approval.

http://www.digizoid.com/contact/index.html

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Originally Posted by Trae 

Yeah, that's what I was thinking after I took the headphones off. My ear felt kinda funny. It kinda felt like someone punched my ear and it felt a bit numb. Plus, when I took the headphones off, the diaphragm membrane was moving so much that it sounded like it was about to blow. So really, the driver was using my ear as back pressure to keep it from blowing.  I'm gonna have to show some restraint if I get a powerful amp because I could easily loose my hearing with these headphones, but the drivers would probably blow before that happens, but I shouldn't take my chances. Spending extra money because of blown speakers is a pain, in regards to my wallet and my ears. Why can't I be like those people who always rave about listening to the music it's meant to be heard? It's like for me, music is meant to be heard with 2 15in subwoofers in a mini cooper...

Seriously you're going to do a lot of damage to your ears if you keep doing such a habit, why any1 would even do it in first place is beyond my understanding. But hey at least I warned you, don't cry then if your ears will develop some heavy tinnitus (constant noise in your ears) or you will need hearing aids by the time you're 30. It will happen much easier with your headphones due to loud treble frequencies and so close to your ear channel compared to the trunk of the car that you mostly hear the bass with such setups.

At first it's hard to give up your habits like loud listening as you're used to it and lower lvl listening might not give you as much satisfaction instantly but if you really force you to listen at lower volume levels for a little while your prefences will change and you might even start to appriciate listening to your music like that, it's all about getting used to something and adapting to the changes, a lot works like that in this hobby, there's a lot of "brain burn-in" going on without we're even aware of it. :P Works often like that with for example new headphones, the new headphone might not instantly sound that good to you because you've formed an opinion on how it should sound like with the old headphone and the new one at first may sound "off" but later on after having listened to the new headphone (assuming it really is better) you will hear it with another perspective.

To avoid excessive hearing damage I personally forced myself into a limited volume level listening at the lowest possible level that gives me full satisfaction, I basicly never cross that volume level, NEVER. With my Q40 headphones and ZO2.1 amp it means ZO2.1 maxed and windows set to 14% volume. Now I couldn't even imagine turning up the volume, I'm used to volume level now so it gives me full satisfaction. I'm still a basshead though and therefore I need that sufficient rather big bass boost to be happy regarding bass levels at such volume levels though. Since I master a lot of hardstyle music these days and can listen to music many hours a day I figured it's best if I want to keep hearing. I've never had signs ear ache.

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Originally Posted by Carlos4996 


I'm kind of a noob at all this but if by dap you mean source, I'm using an HTC phone with power amp, but when I use the zo2 I don't use any eq, I'm using headphone out, on high gain

Yeah, that's my setup too. I run Poweramp off an Android device to the ZO2 set at high gain. Control the volume from the player, and the bass contour levels from the ZO2.3.

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Originally Posted by Carlos4996 


What's an rma?

 

Like RPG said, RMA is a process to get your product repaired or replaced by the manufacturer. Check out Wiki for RMA.

Yeah, I have tinnitus in my right ear (had it since I was little), so if I hear something like dishes rattling long enough, my ear starts doing its thing. It's not as bad as you think it is either (my music listening). The majority of the time my music is at a low-medium volume level because, number 1, I can't take high volume levels for a prolonged period of time because of my tinnitus, number 2, it's stupid (it gets the best of me sometimes, as you can see), number 3, my headphones are at risk of being blown, number 4, I don't want to make my hearing worse, and number 5, it sounds better. I'm probably not going to be buying the Lyr just so that the aforementioned reasons don't happen. Knowing me, I'll probably blast it out once, and that'll be all it takes to finish my ears. I'm satisfied with the way they sound now anyways. Like you, I have to limit my volume so I don't screw up my ears and equipment. 

So, thanks for the warning. You gotta love Head-Fi's community  Other Head-Fi'ers, take note. Hearing loss isn't something you want at all.

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Originally Posted by myap2328 

Hello, I am sort of a noob and thinking about purchasing a somewhat high grade headphone so I don't want to be splashing my money on the wrong thing. I was actually going to buy the beats pro because of its GOBS OF BASS, but I realised it wasn't comfy enough. From the 400 price point of the beats pro I decided to raise my budget to 500 and is lookin at the Denon d5000. I know it's discontinued but I have the ability to purchase it. I also heard that it requires an amp to push to its limits is that true? How much improvement from beats pro to the Denon and how much improvement for the Denon without amp to with amp. Plus if u guys have any other headphones (budget 500usd but I can stretch it) pls tell me thx alot

M-Audio Q40.  $130ish and puts Beats to shame.  Amp them, or better yet double amp them, EQ the input and smile.......

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Originally Posted by myap2328 

Hello, I am sort of a noob and thinking about purchasing a somewhat high grade headphone so I don't want to be splashing my money on the wrong thing. I was actually going to buy the beats pro because of its GOBS OF BASS, but I realised it wasn't comfy enough. From the 400 price point of the beats pro I decided to raise my budget to 500 and is lookin at the Denon d5000. I know it's discontinued but I have the ability to purchase it. I also heard that it requires an amp to push to its limits is that true? How much improvement from beats pro to the Denon and how much improvement for the Denon without amp to with amp. Plus if u guys have any other headphones (budget 500usd but I can stretch it) pls tell me thx alot

Depends on what type of music you like listening to.  For EDM, I'm REALLY happy with my Ultrasone DJ1.

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Originally Posted by gopanthersgo1 

Mine makes bass from good to blow you pants off eargasm...

Well thats quite unfortunate in public