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RockStar2005 reacted to bigshot's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.I've found great sounding bargain priced CDs and lousy sounding SACDs. Some albums sound best on vinyl (like Led Zeppelin 1) and others...
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RockStar2005 replied to the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?!.YW! Generally speaking, if something is labeled Hi-Res, its master should be taken as close to or equal to studio quality as possible...
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RockStar2005 reacted to mobbaddict's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.Yep, I got it, thanks :) But the thing is that it's a bit tricky to find the best exemples of master quality. I know the Apple masters...
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RockStar2005 reacted to bigshot's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.There are quite a few good choices for lossy formats. AAC is among the most universally supported ones, but there are others. The...
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RockStar2005 replied to the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?!.Sure man! Glad I could help. Yeah, exactly. If I thought it made ANY difference at all, I'd prob still be sticking to FLAC to this day...
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RockStar2005 reacted to mobbaddict's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.Thanks for the detailed answer this is great :) So you stick to AAC for practical / quality reasons but try to get the master quality...
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RockStar2005 replied to the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?!.Oh yeah, it will for sure power your Sines........18 ohms means it should be over the 180mW limit (for 22 ohms), though not sure what...
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RockStar2005 reacted to mobbaddict's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.The price asked for the Onyx is a bit steep but at least I know it should deliver around 180mw for my Sine. I assume the Shanling would...
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RockStar2005 replied to the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?!.Ok awesome! Yeah I figured it would be somewhere b/t 125 and like 155mW. If it were me, I'd just get the UA2...........unless someone...
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RockStar2005 reacted to mobbaddict's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.You got the right numbers on the Onyx :wink: And you're right, this should be similar to the UA2 since it was measured 132mw at 32 ohm...
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RockStar2005 replied to the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?!.Ya know, I JUST read about the THX Onyx a couple weeks ago, but was waiting for Amazon to carry it, which it still isn't as of yet. Once...
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RockStar2005 reacted to mobbaddict's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.Check the THX onyx and the Shanling UA2, these are even more powerful and have the same format :) Yes of course, I'd rather have a...
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RockStar2005 reacted to mobbaddict's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.Not necessarily as good versus bad but just different sound characteristics that one can observe, and it's even more noticeable with...
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RockStar2005 reacted to bigshot's post in the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?! with Like.I've heard excellent dynamic headphones and excellent planars. I haven't heard electrostatics, but I hear they can sound excellent too...
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RockStar2005 replied to the thread Closed-Back Planar Magnetic vs. Open-Back Dynamic Headphones: Which One Wins Out?!.Haha sure! Hmm ok. Yeah they looked pretty nice in person too. Oh ok. On my list for USB dongle amp/DACs I only have 2 (so far)...