Just wondering, what's with the super polarized views on this headphone. Some say it's super overpriced at 200$ others say it it's on par or better than the HD600. Is this one of those things where some audiophiles find any elevated bass 'distracting' or 'overwhelming' and find a headphone...

I don't know many on-ear models, but a personal favorite of mine is the M-Audio Q40 which is 80$ on Amazon right now.

I've heard the Gemini's, they're not as good as the HAS500.

I've had the HAS500, they're quite good. Can't imagine it gets much better under 100$

I haven't heard the CAL, honestly. The S680 sucks at subbass, but open-air it's got amazing clarity and I bet it'd probably surpass the CAL with a better baffle design (at the cost of bass quantity) I'm guessing. Guessing frequency graphs is difficult, it's probably all over the place likes most...

I decided to use my HAS-680 for its drivers. I'm gonna put them in a 3D printed earcup once I finish designing it. The drivers have lots of ability, it's just the earcups + baffle they're in limit them a lot.

This is a bandwagon I can hop on.

The 'amps' I'm using are two receivers with tone control, I haven't been able to test much since I'm not done building my speakers, but a lot of hassle could probably be saved if either one of those receivers rolls off the bass enough for the fullrange driver.

That's awful, when you spend that much on drivers and the techs screw it up for you.. I didn't have much money for my build, so I spent 40$ on a pair of Tang Band fullrange drivers and re-used a bad sounding pair of JVC 12" drivers from one of their vintage speakers I had lying around. The bass...

I'm using 3/4" birch ply, rather than cabinets I'm going boxless (open baffle). I'm gonna add a bit of bracing to the back of the panels and don't intend for the bass drivers to go very low so resonance shouldn't be problematic. I'm using a fullrange driver specifically so I can cross lower...

I'd have to look into such a thing, but that sounds like a good idea.

I'm using a 12" subwoofer and a 3" fullrange driver, so unless I do something exceptionally stupid I probably won't blow the 3" drivers.

I'd have to look at it, but it doesn't seem like what I'm looking for. I found this http://www.t-linespeakers.org/tech/filters/passiveHLxo.html which seems pretty close to what I want, I'd have to figure out how to figure out what caps and resistors I need but I think I can discern this from...

The Mini DSP is quite nice looking but I'm trying not to spend money. I'm trying to find information on in-line filters that I could put between RCA connections with a little luck, not a ton of info though. Those links look they'll come in handy when I'm building a bigger build and have more...

Does such a design exist? I apologize, I'm not very familiar with crossovers and the like.

I'm using 2 drivers per side, the low frequency drivers share an amp and the high frequency drivers share an amp so crossovers don't quite work. EQ isn't useable because I'm using a single source going to both amps. I want to use a filter in line so as to not waste amp power, it's a bit...

Is there anyone on here who could help me figure out high-pass and low-pass filters? I was considering asking the Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers, Accessories (DBT-Free Forum) but I figured this was the proper place to ask, or rather the better place to ask. To simplify things, I'm building...

If we're still around by then I have absolutely no doubts we'd have already colonized space in a variety of ways.

Going bass deaf, perhaps? It's probably the E10k if both seem less bassy, only way to confirm is using another amp though.

I'm interested. I have no experience with high-end gear, but I'd be able to compare with mid-fi gear and tell people how it runs on a modest Magni 2 Uber + Modi and a Fiio X3. Every perspective matters ;) 

I've been reading this thread and the best bass headphones thread and I'm not sure about the SZ1000/2000. People say they've got less clarity than the M50 (which suck) but I've also seen someone say they're far better than the M-Audio Q40 in every aspect which contradicts the M50 statement...

What a coincidence, I usually think of games/movies (with headphones) in terms of either being bassy or having a soundstage, both kinds of headphones do games/movies fairly well. The SZ1000/2000 seem to be the kind of headphone for that, but can anyone comment on their long-term wearing comfort...

Needed a magnifying glass to read that lol. The ability to reproduce those extremes is a really under appreciated attribute in the headphone/speaker world. It takes a well engineered headphone to handle both low and high amplitudes well, especially at the extremes. The SZ2000 sounds like the...

Lol, this would be a topic we don't exactly want to derail the thread with. But if my understanding is correct the entirety of the big bang occurred in an insanely small fraction of a second and also, sound can be in space if there's a medium for pressure waves to travel through (considering the...

The maximum possible sound with air as a medium is 194-ish decibels, anything past that doesn't behave like sound anymore, just intense explosions/shock-waves. 194 is the limit for air pressure, different mediums have different limits but that is kind of irrelevant to human hearing. I remember...