Recent content by DrSpiv
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Post a picture of your Headphone Rig.
I've been reading this gorgeous thread for a while, it's about time I contribute:- DrSpiv
- Post #1,263
- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)
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Cheapish IEM with poor isolation?
Thank you, I ended up getting the Sennheiser MX-580s. I was surprised to see such a low price item under "the good" in that review. I'll concur; they are pretty decent, especially for $24. I also picked up some RE2s, which I'm completely disappointed with. They are nearly impossible to get...- DrSpiv
- Post #6
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Diddy Beats vs Skullcandy Ink'd
Sweet jebus, I just found out what those actually cost. I mean I've heard them before, but never looked them up. I assumed they were gouging their customers at half the price best buy has them for.- DrSpiv
- Post #7
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Does Sennheiser need to fire their marketing department?
Profit margin. Those dealers have great wholesale prices relative to their MSRP. Senn (and most of what people on this forum are buying) have prices a little closer to their value, so the big chains don't want to pick them up. For reference: most retail outlets won't look at something that...- DrSpiv
- Post #3
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Cheapish IEM with poor isolation?
Ear-buds are fine, what would work in that category?- DrSpiv
- Post #4
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Cheapish IEM with poor isolation?
Maybe sounds like an odd question, but basically looking for a set for the office. They will be driven by a FiiO E7 dac/amp. The problem is that I don't face the door, so people often sneak up on me; sometimes accidentally. It would be great if I could still hear background conversations when I...- DrSpiv
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- teradak-teralink-x2 in-ear
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- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Favorite and most hated instruments?
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Favorite and most hated instruments?
Fav': Violin, Uke, acoustic guitar. Cello is way up there too. Least: Sax, synth violin, slide guitar Counterexamples: ZOX does a great synth violin (or at least electric), and zep uses slide guitar in a beautiful way. I can't think of counters to how terrible saxaphones sound to me... -
Bass IMPACT!!!!!! Thats all I ever asked for in life :(
Well, alright. So after poking around at them for a couple of days and then a couple of days reflection, I think it would be valuable for me to say a few things about the XB500s, even if not in the positive light others have shown it. I don't intend to be negative, but perhaps my different...- DrSpiv
- Post #131
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Bass IMPACT!!!!!! Thats all I ever asked for in life :(
Quote: hmm...I did not try EQing them, but I will tonight. EQing from software isn't really an option, simply because I have a lot of gear from a single source that works great as is. Ultimately I would have to buy a separate EQ to drive one amp just for the one set of cans. If they...- DrSpiv
- Post #116
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Bass IMPACT!!!!!! Thats all I ever asked for in life :(
Been following this thread for a little while because I've been looking for a good set of cans for rap/hip-hop/etc. I found a friend who had a set of the Sony XB500s, and I'm glad I got to try them out before investing. Two things struck me: the first that the bass seemed artificially...- DrSpiv
- Post #112
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Song library
Damn zumpp99, amazing collection there. How much is the storage requirement? For myself it's 28,551 songs, 2170 albums, at a bit over 350gb. Mix of lossy and lossless. I've been a lover of music for a long time, but only recently got in to high end audio. I'm in the process of... -
Best record of the year: Microcastle / Weird Era
Quote: Quote: Seconded on both counts. Exceptional Albums from 08. For 2010 I'll submit: Black Keys - Brothers Ratatat - LP4 -
Music with high quality recording
Robert Plant | Alison Krauss - Raising Sand -
Best setup you can recommend for < $500?
DIY DAC for ~$50, Millet Max for ~$200 and AKG K701 for ~250. That was my initial thought anyway. If you're going portable maybe a quality player (won't weigh in to that), AMB mini cubed, and a pair of ATH-M50s- DrSpiv
- Post #8
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)