Still loving the 712 after 2 years. I noticed a long-term effect: Aside from overall comfort, the only reason I'll take them off is that I have something else I have to do. Otherwise, when I have the luxury of time, I can wear them up to 8 hours or so and not feel bored by them. There is no...

OMG - you poor child! You MUST get a turntable. The whole ritual of it all before you even drop the needle! You asked, but I'll try to keep it short with my kid experience in regards to lp's... Like Mike, I had to mow lawns for my hi-fi lp's. When people say "ah, the smell of freshly cut...

Loki's inline! I put more detailed info in the headphone amp subforum. Suitably tweaked, I spent 5 hours behind some um, lower end cans, and that groovy mix-master of all things classical, Jim Svejda, hit me with Gustav Holst' - the planets - in the 5th hour, and I got AMPED. Right up this...

For you sharp-eyed lurkers: You'll notice my location is very near Schiit - but I'm so busy that I'll be like those who live in NYC, and have never visited the Empire State Bldg. I've never been the the bat-cave, or whatever it is, although I have passed by a few times. I get my stuff with my...

Just got it. There's that moment when you first fire things up and wonder "did I waste my money?" Heck NO! At first, I couldn't get any of the 4 presets to work. No matter how hard I pushed, I couldn't get the "smoky jazz club" to function. :) (That's a joke lurkers!) Seriously, I was...

Oh man, LOKI's coming in today! tin-ear: I know what you mean and I don't dig a synth that just sounds like the original instrument. How about this mellotron (or nearly any) that produces a different sound anytime it is played - It's so raw it makes me smile: That M400 was ubiquitous. I...

Understand - I've always been hooked on gadgets, starting with Hammond Organs with Leslie speakers, advancing into Mellotrons, later synths. Unfortunately everyone that had a synth wasn't the ideal artist - at least for me. Although I've heard them a million times, when Mike Pinder of the...

You might find something of interest here online to help narrow things down. https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php Much more than just frequency sweeps.

While awaiting the arrival of the LOKI eq, I thought of a way to distract Jason and co... I want joysticks, and light-bright patch panels! :) Build your own EMS VCS-3 synth clone! Other than Moog's that I grew up with, every band had to have a VCS-3 too.. Make Schiit modular enough to look...

Nice article. I selectively listen to a few FM analog broadcast stations that haven't gone totally nuts with their Orban and/or source material. Long familiar with the loudness wars and lack of dynamic range. Thing is, money-talks, and you know what walks. What makes me sad is that over the...

Yeah, it was a breathy kind of pfffffftt. Burnt-hair? Maybe! I was really concerned because I really didn't want it to be a loose wire and have to go inside, or return it. So I chilled for a week just listening. Whew. My earlier set of cans was the AKG K240, but I never ran any tests. I...

I know my AKG K712 did burn in, but unlike Tyll's lab measurements a few years ago, I used another source and my ears: For kicks, when I first got my 712's, I ran this Quality / "Bass Shaker" test to see if the drivers were ok or loose. https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php Uh...

And so begins my first stack with Loki on the way ... You guys made me pull the trigger and stop wishing. Here we go.

Am I detecting a sense of musical fun here? Like the audiophile police aren't going to bust me and take my Magni Heresy away for listening to this and wondering "maybe I should get a Loki to emphasize the electric-jug just a little more". 13th Floor Elevators - You're gonna to miss me" So...

I probably should have placed this there initially. I'm just so obsessed over figuring out what the opposing GD impetus peaks are in certain models of headphones are, I got carried away. Still trying to figure out what those are for when I see them as they seem more functional for a specific...