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Velour is just the outer material (the soft plush stuff). Both Q701 and K702/65 have foam inside the pads and the outside is wrapped in velour, but the 65 has memory foam on the inside while the Q701 has "regular" foam.
PS. If your getting
crap on your headphone pads, your using it wrong.
Ohh. Sorry. You are the expert here
The outer material indeed does seem the same (because it is). Yeah, let me specify, it felt different when pressure was applied. It feels cooler to me too. Hahaha, oh my, you got me
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Lossless audio isn't compressed in a way that any difference should be beyond human hearing, it's compressed in a way that there's literally no difference (vs the uncompressed original)... Hence the name y'know (no loss of information), and why files are like 10x larger than MP3's of any bitrate. It's like zipping up a file, the result after unzipping it isn't a file that's sorta like the original, it's the original.
MP3 are analogous to a JPEG, lossy compression, information's always lost regardless of what bitrate/etc you use. Ideally it's mostly information beyond our hearing range but y'know, it isn't perfect. That's why lossless is a good format for archiving, you can reconvert to any format w/o taking a loss in quality, once you've got an MP3 any further conversion incurs further loss of info.
Note that I'm not advocating lossles should sound far and wide better than high bitrate MP3's or anything, the value of lossless is more for practical purposes than anything IMO. Just trying to clear up previous comments about lossles...
Thank you. This was my understanding too. Wait, that makes it sound like I could take an original FLAC file and convert it to an 44kbps MP3, while not taking a loss in quality. Further explain this for me please? See, that's why I love MOG. They say they get the files straight from the record companies and what not, while being super high bitrate at 320. I agree with the last statement though.
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... except what is the purpose of a DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Converter: digital is a binary on/off, 1s and 0s state, it needs to be converted to an analogue waveform signal that vibrates a headphone driver, just so, to create pitch and decibel).
Lossless IS compressed, it's just compressed in such a way and light enough that technically it should be beyond human hearing. DDL is compressed, a DDL 5.1 signal through optical is what feeds the Mixamp, Recon3D USB, DSS, DSS2, Tritton's thingie, etc
SoAmusing, frankly,
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Nope, can't do it. Deleted a bunch of stuff again. Kinda wish this was Xbox Live.
Yup, so I was right. That's what I thought a DAC was. Logic and common sense helped me figure that out. I'm just gonna let Impulse's quote resonate here. You and him can go at it. I know how the stuff works. Why? So you could rage at me? Look, If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I'm not meaning to "spread the gospel" or provide misinformation. These are my findings through plenty of research and talking with people, along with my own hearings. Sorry if I upset you, and honestly, I talk a lot. I'm like a sponge too. I'm learning. I know you didn't ask for explanations, and I guess my quote came off the wrong way, but I feel like I needed to give you them because you said I was being black and white and all that. I had reasons. I really don't think my post was that confusing, but maybe so. I tried. If anyone was confused they could PM me or quote me. Well, no, I haven't heard ANY of those hooked up to my headphones I have now. The thing is, the Mixamp, DSS, and Tritton, are all Dolby HP devices. Mad has reviewed them. I was basically referring back to him. My own opinion though? They all provide the same thing! Dolby HP! Some obviously have higher build quality as compared to the others, hence the hissing, not to mention the other things, most of which are covered in his review. The mixamp has that universal quality about it, as well as the mixing of game and chat, with is very useful. People already know this though. Also, if you throw a receiver into the mix, well, my goodness, I'm really explaining this. I do know though, that those devices oftentimes, will not provide enough power for the headphones, let alone throwing chat in. I'm not going to list all the benefits of a receiver here. People pick what's best for them in a given situation, but as far as FOR ME, which all of this was about, that's why I posted that list. It happens to be a good representation of the best as well, as cut and dry as it may be. I know how they work just fine to make an informed decision. It's popular because it's Sony! It's mainstream! It's widely available! It has good marketing! It is somewhat of a blanket assumption, but really, if it were that good, people on Head-Fi and AVS, as well as the rest, would be using it over the other choices. Mad didn't even mention it. My logic isn't flawed. Yeah, I'll let Burrito handle the sound card. I have no clue about the Recon3D though. Some people prefer ThX TruStudio Pro to CMSS-3D and Dolby Headphone, but this is mainly regarding the PC. I honestly cannot say much about that than what I previously said. I do know though, the only available option is the Recond3Dusb for console, which uses optical, hence the compressed DD5.1. I want PCM. I talked all about this when I first came here. DSS2 sounds pretty neat though. Optical once again. It does sound ridiculous... I had read in two places people weren't sure, from Mad, and KBI. I definitely retract what I said about the DSS2 after further reading. I told you that was the one you could get me on, lol. That's about the only one I have done enough research on.
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Not sure where you saw it being advertised and implemented, links? If you still don't believe it I'll make a wager with you where I'll purchase the sound card, send it to you, and when you realize it doesn't work, you pay me for the sound card and $20 for being right. If by some miracle you prove me wrong I'll pay for the sound card, shipping to me and I'll give you $20.
-Erik
P.S. The above was totally meant as a rhetorical statement, although I would like to see proof of it being "advertised and implemented". Read
this.
Thank you.
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They are definitely more comfortable now that I've actually figured out how to put them on my head...
Before I wanted to set them straight on the apex(?) of my head. Looking at the headband shape I was able to extrapolate that they (the designers of the headphone) likely wanted us to use it tilted slightly forward. It puts less pressure on my head that way.
Mine weren't as uncomfortable as you made yours sound, but yeah, we had the same deal. I knew it! Glad to hear it
apex? as in middle? Nice vocab btw. Whatever works. I'm not sure where I wear mine (i forgot what two words that sound the same but spelled differently are called).
