Recent content by IzzyAxel
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Rank the Headphones that You Own.
This'll be based off enjoyment: 1: Stax SR-Lambda Signature 2: Stax SR-Gamma 3: Rotel RH-930 4: Stax SR-Lambda Professional 5: Stax SR-207 (507 pads) 6: Stax SR-5NB 7: Beyerdynamic Tesla T1 v2 8: Sennheiser HD540 Reference Gold (600 ohm drivers) 9: AKG K1000 BH 10: Stax SR-Sigma Professional...- IzzyAxel
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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The new Sansui SS-100 Thread
Got mine a few days ago. They're modded, and I just finished replacing the cable with my own, with mini XLR fueled adapter dongles. Running them with the Schiit Valhalla 2 and Assemblage DAC-1. I plan on getting a new, solid state amp with a better power output (probably Asgard 3) soon, so...- IzzyAxel
- Post #241
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If you still love Etymotic ER4, this is the thread for you...
Except that the Pt is cheaper? Also good news, it's not the cable that's messed up, turns out it's my Clip+'s headphone jack, it faked me out because it cuts in and out randomly even when not moving at all. Still replacing the stock cable though, the triboelectrics drive me nuts.- IzzyAxel
- Post #5,430
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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If you still love Etymotic ER4, this is the thread for you...
For the ER-4Pt at least, yes. The plugs are quite tight though, they take a lot of force to pull out the first time. Gentle rocking up and down will help ease the prongs out. They connect at the point where the earpiece becomes a cylinder. I don't have any of the other models, but I would...- IzzyAxel
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If you still love Etymotic ER4, this is the thread for you...
That sucks, I assume you're talking about the Westone adapter that's too loose? I guess I'll have to send the original cable to a cable maker and have them scrap it for the plugs. They are in warranty, I am in the US, and there's no way I'm replacing it with another stock cable.- IzzyAxel
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If you still love Etymotic ER4, this is the thread for you...
Unfortunate this had to be my first post here, I love these IEM's sound, but...the stock cable on these is utter garbage, it didn't even last a single winter before shorting right below both earpiece's plugs, so now I need a new one. Does anyone have experience with Vesper Audio's cables? How...- IzzyAxel
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What "house sound" annoys you the most?
The ATH-M50s were anything but flat or neutral to me, their FR was a rollercoaster of awful, really.- IzzyAxel
- Post #122
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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XLPE vs XLPVC
Can anyone comment on which insulation has better dielectric properties, and which is most flexible? (XLPVC will be 28awg 7/36 stranded, XLPE will be 26awg 7/34 stranded, both are tinned copper) I only know that XLPE has okay flexibilty, (in comparison to, say AKG's cables) very good dielectric...- IzzyAxel
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- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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Buyer's Remorse: Headphones and earphones you bought on impulse and regretted.
Sennheiser HD600, Grado RS2i, Beyerdynamic DT235, Audatron whatever whatever, and Sony MDR-F1, Fostex T50RP for me. (ATH M50 too, but the remorse came like, 3 years after the purchase when I realized they were horrid in every way) HD600, how anyone can say these sound true to life is so far...- IzzyAxel
- Post #264
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Rank the Headphones that You Own.
New headphones, time to update my list: 1. AKG Q701- IzzyAxel
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KEF new headphones!
I think so too. :P I'll be keeping the V6 as a compliment though...god damn do they put slam behind hardstyle's kicks, I just wish the upper registers snapped more so both parts of the kicks would be tactile. I might try to write up a comparison when I get them, but the problem with that is...- IzzyAxel
- Post #656
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KEF new headphones!
As I seem to recall people discussing in other threads, Golden Ears measurements aren't exactly...good, and smoothing by 1/3 octave? No thanks, that's such heavy smoothing that the result isn't worth looking at. I'm definitely getting one of these soon though. It was between the Q701 and the...- IzzyAxel
- Post #654
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Oppo PM-1: A New Planar Magnetic Headphone!
I'm pretty sure electrostatic diaphragms produce sound through excitation, they excite the molecules in the air by vibrating, to transfer sound. How would a stat diaphragm push a gas that's heavier than itself around without shredding to bits?- IzzyAxel
- Post #239
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Sony MDR-V6 (and family) Impressions Thread
I guess I should mention it here too, but I found the Beyerdynamic EDT 231 V pads to improve the sound quite a lot. I used double sided tape to affix them to the baffle plate, as centered as I could.- IzzyAxel
- Post #227
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Sony MDR-V6/7506 Beyer pad mod with pics! (lots)
If anyone wants to try this for themselves, I discovered that the Beyerdynamic EDT-231V pads improve the V6 quite a lot. I originally hated the V6, but due to circumstances I had to find a closed can to use for a trip my family was taking to Canada. I thought I might try putting different pads...