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post #16 of 37
12/18/12 at 10:58pm

Wish I could have come down for this meet. Met a few of you at the Vancouver meet. Good times. Perhaps next time if I catch it before it happens. o2smile.gif

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post #17 of 37
12/19/12 at 8:56am
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Woah this thread made it to the front page of Head-Fi. :D

 

I know I was surprised too.  Probably due in part to your great pics!

post #18 of 37
12/20/12 at 8:33am
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I'm starting a by-appointment audiophile headphone shop in central Austin in January, 2013. www.nice-cans.com. No internet sales, price-competitive. Sennheiser, Audeze, Denon, Beyerdynamic, Centrance, Musical Fidelity.
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Wow we are getting noticed....... Looks like the thread is getting spammed.
post #19 of 37
12/20/12 at 8:51pm
Ack he stole my business name!
post #20 of 37
12/21/12 at 10:42pm
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I will just say this right here, right now: the Ultrasone PRO900 is the worst headphone I've ever heard and I would rather listen to a Beats Solo over it...yeah it's that bad in my honest opinion. I literally could NOT listen to the PRO900 for more than 1 minute because it was so harsh and sibilant (I couldn't even enjoy Lindsey Stirling or Tiësto with them frown.gif ). The PRO900's earpads were really large for my head...similar to the earpads on the HD800 or K/Q 702/701 (my face is being swallowed by the velour earpads!). I really wish I could enjoy the PRO900's, but the super sharp midrange and sibliance, combined with tons and tons of treble energy just couldn't cut it for me.

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This sounds like how I feel with my pro 900, BUT only when the cups are sitting too far back on my ears.  I always have to tell people who try mine out to adjust the position of the cups because it makes a surprisingly large changes in the sound.

 

Did you try adjusting the headphones so the back of your ears are touching or almost touching the back of the cushions?

post #21 of 37
12/22/12 at 12:30am
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I will just say this right here, right now: the Ultrasone PRO900 is the worst headphone I've ever heard and I would rather listen to a Beats Solo over it...yeah it's that bad in my honest opinion. I literally could NOT listen to the PRO900 for more than 1 minute because it was so harsh and sibilant (I couldn't even enjoy Lindsey Stirling or Tiësto with them frown.gif ). The PRO900's earpads were really large for my head...similar to the earpads on the HD800 or K/Q 702/701 (my face is being swallowed by the velour earpads!). I really wish I could enjoy the PRO900's, but the super sharp midrange and sibliance, combined with tons and tons of treble energy just couldn't cut it for me.

700

 

This sounds like how I feel with my pro 900, BUT only when the cups are sitting too far back on my ears.  I always have to tell people who try mine out to adjust the position of the cups because it makes a surprisingly large changes in the sound.

 

Did you try adjusting the headphones so the back of your ears are touching or almost touching the back of the cushions?

I had the earcups about centered with my ears as I remember Ultrasones are picky about their positioning and this "hidden user manual" attempts to explain it. Nonetheless, I'll have to give the "forward" position a try if I get another chance.

Looking at Tyll's measurements from Innerfidelity, the placement of the headphone on the test dummy head seemed to only affect the bass region. Also regarding measurements, there is definitely a treble peak at around the 6-8 kHz region, which is a prime spot for sibilance problems.

post #22 of 37
12/23/12 at 12:01am

Is there an email list to let interested headfiers know about upcoming Seattle meets? I almost made the one in August, but didn't hear about this one in December till it was over!

post #23 of 37
12/23/12 at 1:09pm
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Is there an email list to let interested headfiers know about upcoming Seattle meets? I almost made the one in August, but didn't hear about this one in December till it was over!

That or perhaps leave a post/notice on the previous meet's thread. I didn't find out about this meet until about a month before the meet, and was surprised I didn't find it earlier since it was originally planned back in October.

post #24 of 37
12/23/12 at 5:32pm

Big Poppa: are you still thinking about making a Facebook group we could join to get event invites?

post #25 of 37
12/23/12 at 8:33pm
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post #26 of 37
12/25/12 at 12:26pm

I was unable to find the seattle can meets facebook group.  Anyone else able to locate it?
 

post #27 of 37
12/25/12 at 2:39pm

I hope that the next Seattle meetup is actually in Seattle next time. 

post #28 of 37
12/25/12 at 2:58pm

Having issues with the facebook link as well.,

 

I'd be interested in joining the page

post #29 of 37
12/25/12 at 3:05pm

Ahh I wish I could've gone! I'd love to do nothing but geek out on head gear for a few hours, a place where we all get each other and dont think a $500 cable is too insane :p Btw, that facebook "link" takes me into some bizarre email thing..

post #30 of 37
12/25/12 at 3:34pm
I don't. The drive would be twice as long and through downtown traffic.
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