bakawen
New Head-Fier
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Glad you guys had fun! Enjoyed the photos! Thanks to crumpler!
Glad you guys had fun! Enjoyed the photos! Thanks to crumpler!
First, I want to say the highlight of this event was simply to be able to hang around with cool people / head-fiers. We had a lot of fun in day and evening time and everybody is pretty burned out by now Will take a couple of days to recover at least...
I don't have pics to share as I knew Mkubota1 got that covered. Looks like crumpler is also running for the first place with the largest number of pics . As a matter of fact, I don't have so many listening impressions either as I did not sample much gear (one issue with being spoiled by an SR009 at home...). But basically, my experience resumes itself as being pleasantly surprised where I expected the least. I will list my impressions chronologically below. I won't be writing everything, esp. some things that sounded weird or meh, which I already forgot the name...
V-Moda M-80:
- This prototype was brought by Val Kolton, the man behind V-Moda (info here: http://shop.v-moda.com/p-195-crossfade-m-80-on-ear.aspx )
- I always thought this brand was just for wannabes looking for cool looking headphones without regard to how good or bad they sound
- I could briefly listen to it a couple of times out of my iPhone 4 (no amp) before and after the meet as we hanged out all together
- The fact that Val gave me 500 bucks to say good things about his new headphone might influence these impressions but basically, I liked what I listened to as I could not immediately detect any major fault and the tonal balance was very pleasing (emphasis on bass but not bloaty).
- Joke aside (Val is actually not very generous and didn't even buy me a beer , the headphone is named after some kind of explosive and I have to admit it fits well as it was simply a foot-tapping experience for me.
- I listened quickly to a direct competitor, the Sennheiser HD-25 "original" ( http://www.sennheiserusa.com/music-dj-headphones-hifi-stereo-adidas-sennheiser_504260 ) with same iPhone player and it was nowhere near as good. In particular, the Sennheiser had some unnatural mid-highs which I noticed right away
- Only drawback I could see is that it gets sweaty rather quickly and the clamping force is significant which may be getting uncomfortable over long time. I suspect this strong clamping force is part of the reason why it sounds good as the seal / distance to the driver apparently has huge influence on the response.
- I'd say, it's probably a good choice for someone who likes a fun sound with punchy / forward bass (but not bloated). It's probably also good in a noisy environment as the isolation is significant and the tonal balance will cover up low frequency background noise leaking through the headphone.
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Glad you guys had fun! Enjoyed the photos! Thanks to crumpler!
V-Moda M-80:
- This prototype was brought by Val Kolton, the man behind V-Moda (info here: http://shop.v-moda.com/p-195-crossfade-m-80-on-ear.aspx )
- I always thought this brand was just for wannabes looking for cool looking headphones without regard to how good or bad they sound
- I could briefly listen to it a couple of times out of my iPhone 4 (no amp) before and after the meet as we hanged out all together
- The fact that Val gave me 500 bucks to say good things about his new headphone might influence these impressions but basically, I liked what I listened to as I could not immediately detect any major fault and the tonal balance was very pleasing (emphasis on bass but not bloaty).
- Joke aside (Val is actually not very generous and didn't even buy me a beer , the headphone is named after some kind of explosive and I have to admit it fits well as it was simply a foot-tapping experience for me.
- I listened quickly to a direct competitor, the Sennheiser HD-25 "original" ( http://www.sennheiserusa.com/music-dj-headphones-hifi-stereo-adidas-sennheiser_504260 ) with same iPhone player and it was nowhere near as good. In particular, the Sennheiser had some unnatural mid-highs which I noticed right away
- Only drawback I could see is that it gets sweaty rather quickly and the clamping force is significant which may be getting uncomfortable over long time. I suspect this strong clamping force is part of the reason why it sounds good as the seal / distance to the driver apparently has huge influence on the response.
- I'd say, it's probably a good choice for someone who likes a fun sound with punchy / forward bass (but not bloated). It's probably also good in a noisy environment as the isolation is significant and the tonal balance will cover up low frequency background noise leaking through the headphone.
Thanks for the pics & impressions by all who attended, looks like it was a great event. Maybe I'll attend at some point in the future, would be a great excuse to visit Japan at the same time as I've never been there.
... provide a rough estimate of what sort expenses one may expect to attend this event ...