And it obviously comes from a certain time and place. There's no justification for continuing to use this terminology. It's been replaced in the film industry where I'm from after being used for decades. Changing harmful language is something everyone can get behind. There's no reason to keep it.

oh man...wish they could split the battery and take out the counterweights

It's quite astounding. I never would have thought of something making stereo sound kind of flat...but it's really quite something. A couple times while using it I had a moment of panic thinking I had audio blasting at full volume out loud in the room.

No you don't...I was being sarcastic too :)

Dude, it's not that he's not educated enough, don't be so ignorant. It's that he's not a true audiophile. If he was a true audiophile he would prefer anything more expensive and anything wired into an even more more expensive preamp. If that's not your preference then you might as well just buy...

You're asking a really great question here. I remember when I first started looking into "hi-fi headphones" and "audiophile" gear, there was a lot to learn. I had no idea what soundstage was, what separation was. But I quickly learned things like "big soundstage good, small soundstage bad" and...

Okay so can you describe for me why you like the HD6XX so much better than the AirPods max and can you let know which tracks you used to test?

Sorry but couldn't disagree more on this. Not being tethered is a completely different experience than having a cable and is better in so many ways. For exercise, dancing, folding laundry, not having to take your headphones off when you get up, watching a movie in bed. Pretty much any kind of...

. Hey says the HD6XX "absolutely spank this headphone as far as overall sound quality is concerned". Well, all I can say is his ears are very different than mine. My APM definitely have more clarity than my HD6XX even if it's slight, and while I find them both enjoyable in my quick test I was...

I didn't realize that the 650's had a "notorious veil", but I wrote about this last night...that I found the Airpods Max to have more clarity and that the 650's (6XX) sound slightly muddled in comparison. I was also wondering about my amp but this sounds exactly like how I'm hearing it.

Anyone else do a comparison between the AirPods Max and the HD6XX? I am by no means an expert...but I daresay I am experiencing a slight bit more clarity with the AirPods Max. It's almost like there's a slight cloudy layer over everything when I switch to my HD6XX...very subtle and I don't have...

As a Bigtime audiophile I was really curious to see if the AirPods Max were better than my other cans. So I did a test which I think proves pretty conclusive and hard to argue with. I have my Sennheiser HD 820’s coming out of my Linear Tube Audio microZOTL MZ3 then I placed a TLM 103...

Yeah, like if you're storing an open set of steak knives in your backpack and throw the headphones in upside down I am sure it will be a real problem.

So, I think I now understand why Apple went with the case they went with. Since the telescoping arms have so much resistance, I think they had the case only wrap around the cups so that you can keep the arms extended exactly where you want them. You don't have to shrink them down like a lot of...