Recent content by casperry
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Is the general high price of headphones justified?
My guess is that the cost of raw materials has small to medium impact on the total cost of making an audiophile quality headphone. You pay for research and development,other fixed costs and then that cost is divided by relatively small number of people that buy this niche product. And it gets...- casperry
- Post #25
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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HD 600 vs HD 650
Actually, some have observed, including me, that the HD650s that have been sold in recent years sound different from pairs that were sold early in their release because Sennheiser supposedly revised the headphone (though they don't admit it) and it no longer carries that muddy bass and ultra...- casperry
- Post #290
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
Some headphones show very little benefit from burn in. My akg k702s changed immensely but they sounded awful new, the sound of the HD598s is quite balanced and smooth from the very beginning. And I love the looks, I think if this headphone was a car it would be Mercedes Benz e-class saloon.- casperry
- Post #2,620
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
Just got new HD598s. They sound pretty good right out of the box but do they benefit from break-in? Thanks,Cas- casperry
- Post #2,616
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Need USB cable. Does USB cable make a differences
Quote: Exactly. You would hear audible pops, clicks and audio dropouts not a reduced sound stage, clarity and detail like some claim to hear with "inferior" cables. If anything altered that data stream it would sound nothing like music because no audio is transmitted via USB, it's all...- casperry
- Post #61
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Sennheiser HD 600 Impressions Thread
Quote: The HD600 is a modular headphone and all parts are replaceable. I would just factor in the cost of a replacement headband in the total cost of ownership of the headphone spread over lets say 10 years and see if it is still reasonable. They come with a 2 year warranty anyway and...- casperry
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Is Spotify Extreme Quality good enough for you guys? What is the minimum bit-rate you audiophiles can stand?
Extreme is pretty good if you use Fidelify software, which routes the sound directly to your USB dac bypassing the windows mixer, which reduces the sound quality. The catch is that you must be a premium subscriber to use fidelify and it is a 3rd party software and some features that are on... -
Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
Quote: My apologies for that, the reason why I didn't provide any specific songs was that I'm sure that my amp and headphones are working properly and only some records sound bad and it is down to how they simply sound. The initial harshness and spiky treble is gone unless it is too...- casperry
- Post #4,086
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
My understanding was that the k702s were identical to the k701s, except for the navy blue colour and a detachable cable. Perhaps they have used slightly more rigid construction in the 702 version as this is a studio headphone and that may somewhat affect the sound as spec wise everything seem to...- casperry
- Post #4,085
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
Quote: Watch some videos on youtube about loudness wars, most mainstream songs nowadays have more compressed dynamic range than in the past to make them sound better on small speakers and earbuds but the audio quality is very much degraded when played back on good equipment.- casperry
- Post #4,083
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
What I find that on some records the k702s actually sound very good, never mind the required burn-in time. It really varies from record to record and it makes me wonder if that's just a bad mastering job (boost the bass and treble and compress it all) and my headphones are just presenting that...- casperry
- Post #4,080
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
That's why I decided not to return my k702s. Some folks are reporting changes even in 300-500 hour region, enough to turn haters into lovers.- casperry
- Post #4,076
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
Just wanted to report back on the burn-in process and how the sound has changed. I really have started to like what I'm hearing, the tables have turned and now sibilance and harshness can be heard on some records whilst before it was there on most. Dynamics are much better also, so is the bass...- casperry
- Post #4,073
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
Currently I have set the gain to 18db, it gives more slam so to speak. I did a little bit of research and the consensus is that the k701s require a very long burn in so I'll keep my combo for a while. I really hope that the sibilance and harshness in treble region will fade with time.- casperry
- Post #4,072
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Matrix M-Stage amp review: simple, cheap, and excellent.
D20 is probably as decent as m-stage is compared to some of its more expensive counterparts made in west. Great value DAC is what I'm trying to say. :) Do solid state amps like m-stage benefit much from burn in? My LD3 tube amp changed the sound a lot during the first 10-50 hours but tubes...- casperry
- Post #4,069
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)