Today I'll be comparing the Monoprice Retro Classic (about $30 off Monoprice) to the Takstar Pro 82 (about $50 off aliexpress). Was looking to buy a buddy of mine a set of headphones to replace some cheap old treble-heavy Senns with hinges that kept getting caught in his hair. Retro Classic...

Checking in to give an update on my Kannon experience: Lately I've been using them just as a headset with a mic as I play Destiny 2. The tactility of the bass is still my favorite of any headphone I've tried, but the rest of the sound is subpar by contemporary standards. They're basically based...

Checking in to say that Aliexpress is preparing to have an "11.11 Sale" on November 11th, where a bunch of music gear is going on sale, including Takstar Pro82 and GM200 headphones: Pro 82 will be $47.41 with free US shipping: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32843865701.html GM200 will be $60.89...

Assuming the headphones are otherwise the same, I'd like to hear some samples of what that boom mic sounds like! Regardless of the new arrival, I wanted to hop into this thread and drop my mom's first thoughts on the Pro 82, a pair of which I bought for her to listen to murder mysteries and...

I have never experienced clipping from the two Kannons that I've used, even at volumes that I find uncomfortable. I had similar buzzing electrical faults on my first pair, which then needed to be sent back to home base. Dunno if you'll be able to do that since you bought them aftermarket, but...

The idea of the Pro 82 excelling at live content has made me want to test some edge cases, so I've dug up a handful of varying-degrees live recordings, ranging from professionally-mic'd choir at Abbey Road, to direct soundboard feed... Untrust Us, Crystal Castles cover by Capital Choir P82 is...

Mh, the $82 price is for one with the hardcase, shipped directly from Amazon. I think it woulda been like $75 for me to get Pro 82 + hardcase from Aliexpress, with a 2~3 week wait for shipping and a return would be at my expense. ~Or~ spend like seven bucks more, get it in a couple'a days with...

I edited my page 1 review a couple of weeks ago, but I'll copy/paste the G2 part of that here: "They have recently upgraded to "G2", or the second generation of nuraphone firmware and software. The software is prettier and offers more features ("factory reset" was impossible before, for...

Throwing my review into the ring. (Might edit this liberally depending on how the forum tries to format all of the YouTube links... Apologies if it clogs up your computer or phone with embeds.) Goin' in expecting a Cheap Chinese experience in some ways, but also expecting the new wave of Cheap...

Ironically, some people find the ADAC to add a more desirable flavor to the sound! https://www.reddit.com/r/Nuraphone/comments/7rl1l9/general_soundprocessing_discussion/dugruvd/?context=3 Otherwise, yeah. If I remember correctly, the analog-in was a backer requested feature, and nura just gave...

The default hardware sounds very bad. It is expected that users will customize their profiles, so the company doesn't care that it sounds very bad by default. In fact, they prefer playing parlor tricks by doing a BEFORE and AFTER demonstration of how much better it sounds after the profile is...

No need to worry, Vonsid! It won't take months. "First, I wish we had actually sold 11 thousand pairs of Kannons. The numbers in our accounting system don't actually mean that, alas. But the bad news for us is good news for you. Your order is actually in the queue to be shipped in the next...

Are you in much of a hurry to move 'em? I've sent an email through their contact page to find out whether an order can be cancelled while it's in the 'Processing' stage, though I'm reluctant to get hopes up. Will understand if somebody swoops in here before they get back to me, etc. Do you have...

Nope; I was late to the party, and had to order from tactiontechnology.com. Up to then, I'd been waiting for my Kickstarter'd nuraphones to show up (/sadtrombone https://www.head-fi.org/threads/nuraphone.858879/#post-13939894 ). At this point, my receipt from Taction is saying that my order...

Hah. I would, @gikigill, but I presume that I can't back out of my purchase at this point. Irony-or-something.

Early Bird backer checking in. Let me bore you with a story: This Christmas I bought my dad some $350 Enchroma glasses, which help people with red/green color confusion to see those colors more distinctly. The cones in our eyes have evolved to pick up specific wavelengths for each color, and...

Oof. Wild. My receipt today for one Kannon puts me at Order Number 11,577. Did they really get that popular already? We'll see if I can remember to check in when I eventually receive mine, just to give an idea of what the turnaround times are at this point. Either way: Congratulations to Jim and...

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How obvious it is that I'm not from around here.

Quote: Originally Posted by RedSox This had better be good. How could it possibly live up to expectations now? The whole point of sprezzatura is to make the performance look casual, natural. Now we've stepped into a realm of serious business. Sure, I could post these...

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Quote: Originally Posted by RedSox Are you high? Nah. I laud your staunch rebuking of anything that looks like peer pressure, but lament that you don't see the opportunity for furtherance of shenanigans. I'm all dare me and you're supposed to say oh man I dare you and then...

Quote: Originally Posted by RedSox No, dude, you have to do it on your own. Tch. This is performance posting. This is not to keep face, trust me. I would be raising the bar, setting a new watermark, and redefining the state of the art. It would not be for her, nor for the...

Quote: Originally Posted by RedSox Ah, I'm 15...you're 21. There's a difference. (Of 6) :P Age of consent in the Netherlands is 16, so he's clear if she's good with it. Really, though, I think I've got this one. Cry havok, and loose the dogs of love! Dare me to do thissss.