I just spent 30 minutes comparing various lossless 16/44.1 tracks I own in JRiver to the ones Tidal streams through their app in shared mode WASAPI. No blind testing, just switching between JRiver in AISO, JRiver in WASAPI exclusive mode, and Tidal in WASAPI shared mode.      Even with...

This makes absolutely no sense. How exactly are studio monitors not loudspeakers? And no, not everyone uses near fields- many mastering engineers use mid-fields, and a lot of high end studios even have huge hifi-style listening rooms for a final check of the track. Near-fields are primarily used...

bass freqs! those things were awesome. dirt cheap, stupidly huge, DEEP, clean bass, and great comfort. I wonder if they still make them... i could really use a pair for the gym.   NOPE they're gone forever. RIP bass freq...

I haven't heard them personally. but from an objective measurement standpoint the he-400 are the best open headphones for bass at their price point afaik.   I'd also look into sealed headphones such as the NAD Viso hp50 and focal spirit classics if you're prone to listening fatigue/tinnitus...

1.) denon ah-d2000 (20hz bass extension + acceptable SQ) 2.) sennheiser hd650 (better comfort, better SQ than the denons, but bass below ~45hz falls out of the mix) 3.) phillips fidelio x1 (sold) 4.) V-MODA "god of dirt cheap bass IEMs" BASS FREQ (20hz for $20 sonnnnnnnnn) (broke pair, lost a...

Poor sub bass was half the reason i sent back my fidelio x1s for a pair of 650s. Personally I can't stand the steep roll off coming from a pair of denon d2000s which are pretty much ruler  flat down to 28hz. Roll off makes the bass extension sound worse than it is on paper. If the x2s sound...