Quote: Originally Posted by Fortgammon I can't really hear the difference from my 192kbps recording of Linkin park's Papercut from my 320kbps one yet I can a slight increase in quality from my Flac compare to the 320kbps, this placebo effect you so sure we all have should made me think...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fortgammon But yeah I disagree, "tricky Genres?" "rare killer samples"? huh? every single Flac I ever download were superior, it's not 128kbps - 320kbps or maybe not a blind test difference but there a difference, it's take a little work as some of these song...

Of course this was a blind test? And importantly with a recent LAME encoder? If yes to both, then I would recommend you getting in contact with the developers of LAME so they can have you on-board as a tester for future iterations of the LAME codec.

As said a million times in a million threads. Equipment, once it is just competent is not the limiting factor. The limiting factor is not a persons propensity for "golden ears" syndrome. People who can tell the difference can only ever do so for particular samples or particularly tricky genres...

No. EDIT: Horrible poll options.

Quote: Originally Posted by nealric I will give that maybe there is someone out there who can do it on really hi fidelity equipment. But I would bet it's an exceedingly rare person. I would say, far more important than equipment is how much the person has trained themselves in...

Quote: Originally Posted by regal You obviously haven't done a foobar ABX test on a good miles davis piece. Do that and then tell me who is talking out their rear. When I did the test back when we had a mega thread about a few years ago I picked the flac 10 out of 10 times, others in...

Quite frankly, I don't believe regal at all. 320kbps MP3 with any recent LAME encoder vs CD is transparent to all but a few people who have trained themselves in telling the difference, and only then on very specific and challenging tracks and musical pieces, and even then never with 100%...

Quote: Originally Posted by Happy Camper Frequency response is the technical last word in sonic perception? Don't put words in my mouth. Quote: How do you measure differences in soundstage? How do you measure differences in soundstage in cables? How do you measure...

Quote: Originally Posted by WonderSlug Isn't there a simple way to "prove" either way if changing a cable definitely changes the audio? I recall HeadRoom doing a frequency graph of headphones using a mannequin head with microphones set in the ear spots. It plays a set audio passage...

Quote: Originally Posted by CrackBerry9000 Should or does not? Both. It shouldn't be audible and as far as we have observed it hasn't been audible. Quote: One golden eared person represents everyone? I really don't see what you are trying to say at all.

Quote: Originally Posted by SilverCans How can anyone say "all cables sound the same" when measurable parameters such as capacitance, inductance, and resistance can differ greatly? I am NOT an advocate for expensive cables or will ever say that two cables with the same RLC specs (or...

Some terrible advice in this thread. Don't get a gaming headset. You wan't soundstage you will need to go for something open, or a very open sounding closed. If you go open you won't get isolation. Without a decent soundcard alot of this is in vain, alot of the directional audio from games...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pyriel0 Get a good amp and good source for a good headphone instead of talking down to people responding to your thread. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that you don't know what your talking about calling them "slow, muddy, and thick". This...

He said no amp, and should be usable on his portable rig.

Quote: Originally Posted by Headphile808 The HD25-1 II are studio eng/mon HPs, they've just been adopted by DJs mainly due to their great isolation & durability & ability to produce some of the highest SPL & db levels. Bass is punchy & impactful and are very neutral & flat in terms of...

Quote: Originally Posted by leeperry well, what's an MMM? A DIY amp. Quote: the K701 is known to be very hard to drive I think, I really don't think that my DT770/600Ω is hard to drive...at all Have you tried amping it with something decent?

Quote: Originally Posted by leeperry well what's a good SS budget amp you would recommend to hook up to my ST then? I would recommend not getting an amp dedendant headphone at all. The only reason I suggested an MMM is to check just how good the headphone amp of the STX is for...

Quote: Originally Posted by leeperry MMM? well yeah, that's the problem....buying a better phone w/ an average amp might give better results than an average phone on a killer amp. an unamped HD800 will sound better than a properly amped DT880...of course it's far stretched, yet...

Quote: Originally Posted by Drake22 so do i buy 880 250ohm or 600ohm to use with STX? both same money hd650 also an option Alot of the people claiming that hard to drive phones are good on the STX/ST haven't actually tried them with a good amp. That should tell you something...

Quote: Originally Posted by leeperry well, this thread was just an example, I can find you zillions of google links where everyone will tell you that high impedance headphones are easy to drive(which they are). I still rest my case that a 600Ω/86dB DT770 is *far* easier to drive...

Well depends on what sound you want really. When you said you listen to downtempo and chillout stuff and not trance and techno I assumed bass impact wasn't important. If you do want bass, then some people think the AD headphones lack in that department. It is there, it is tight and fast but...

Quote: Originally Posted by iggy-starnuts I don't know a lot of headphone lingo so I don't really know how to describe why I didn't like the sennheisers. Is "bright" the word? I guess they didn't sound bright enough, if that's the word. I'm not sure what kind of amp he had because I...

Quote: Originally Posted by AmanGeorge You'll probably want something with good, solid bass impact (which probably means closed). Off the top of my head, the lower-end Ultrasone models, the Denon D1001 and D2000, and the Shure SRH840 should all be things you're looking at that are...

Electronic spans alot of different sounds. Early 90's acid would do well with a Grado. IDM would do well with a K701. etc etc