I don’t have a ton of experience with the DT880s on portable devices admittedly. I found I needed max volume on my Android phones, and still wanted a little more oomph, but that is also down to preference. I agree with your sentiments on amplifier output impedance, it can certainly warm things...

Tyll's comparison of the 3 DT880 versions (including measurements) is still valid today and worth a read. https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/comparison-beyerdynamic-dt-880-32-ohm-dt-880-250-ohm-and-dt-880-600-ohm-headphones Personally, I feel the DT880-600 is a headphone from yesteryear...

I have taken apart my beloved HD600s in order to remove hairs. It's a very organic hobby, this headphone thing. My speakers don't smell like me or have hairs caught in them. Anyway, the process of unsnapping the plastics apart caused me much stress and consternation, and in the process I have...

Yes, it's called the "I value money and don't want to throw it at random things" bias.

That's what everyone is trying to do. Ironically enough, I think there's a pretty good concentration of old school outlooks here, but an amp or source don't make someone old school. In my experience, alcohol makes the forums so much better. I'll join you! :beerchug: Numbers, schnumbers! Who...

The tools are in the hands of the user, what he does with it (or fails to do) is in his hands. A very typical perfectionist debate has ensued and both sides are demanding perfection (either from a subjective creative process or an analytical tool) and such perfection will never be found. These...

Loudness and dynamics are not really the same thing. Lullaby music has low dynamics because it is meant to be calming, but it is also not typically thought of as "loud". There are many things that go into making a good album, and many things that go into screwing one up. Lack of dynamics, or...

Just as an aside: It occurred to me a while ago that these measuring tools were only good at coming up with numbers, not interpretations, or much less decisions. If you like the dynamics and sound of a song, you really don't need any waveforms or numbers to prove it to you. That makes these...

I meant in terms of style. Particularly in the remasters, since those are the only examples where one can make a direct comparison of old vs new mastering on the same song. Though its impossible to get in the head of every musical engineer, the style of the older masters seems to save peaks for...

It's not so much that the peaks are sacred as the quietness is. Everything is relative, a -30db lull followed by a -5db peak is the same thing as -25db/0db. Hitting peak is not the problem, but if you raise floor enormously, and spend much of the time hitting peak level, than peak starts to lose...

5.1 mixes tend to be better. I think they assume the equipment will be decent and they usually let the mastering artist have a little more room to play. The problem with identifying remaster versions is that it is often unclear which remaster one has heard. I am particularly not fond of the...

Yes, too much swagger, dancing ability, and crotch insinuation for the public to handle at the time. And if the real King of Rock'n'Roll showed up as a black man well... they'd have gone running for the hills...

I can't speak directly to your 5.1 DVD, but I was extremely disappointed with a modern remaster of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors on Spotify. Not sure I heard clipping, but it was definitely harsh to my ears and brought out the worse in the micing of the singers. After finding only modern remasters on...

I had forgotten about this thread, and was glad today to see somebody take an interest in it again! The goal of it initially was to take the mystery and obfuscation out of mastering arguments or purchasing decisions, and give people the tools to pinpoint differences in masters they heard. (It...

Big fan of stuff like The Highwaymen, Charlie Daniels Band, and Don Edwards. That new stuff that's all about pickup trucks and hats I do not consider real country, but a wannabe commercial imitation formulated to sell out stadiums. This is real country...