So I went and listened to that live video and then the music stream of the same song. Which do you prefer? Because to me the live sounds much better. The best way I can describe it is that the video is like you are sitting in a room with the band in front of you. The mp3 is like you have all...

ok here are my findings after testing a couple. I have listened to Aretha Franklin Live At Fillmore West Respect (Live February 5, 1971) and Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live Acoustic) Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York (Live Acoustic) I tried volume match everything as best I could. For...

Great suggestions let me try and report back

I’m not that technical. So does that mean these headphones reduces the gap between live and studio recordings while the AirPods Max (what I’m used to) has a larger gap?

I replaced the AirPods Max (broke) with focal clear mg and Arya organic. Both gave the same effects. YouTube live music sounded the best.

I got audiophile headphones recently (previously I had airpods max). I started listening to random stuff as a way to test the new headphone. Then I stumble upon random youtube videos of people recording themselves in a room, like for example: or really any videos in those channel or...

That’s what I do right now. Did you read the post. The cable is wrapped around my neck. Wife is asking why I have a cable scarf.

Hello I'm new to this hobby so maybe I'm missing something. But I got into this hobby with a wired open back headphone from focal. It sounds great I love it. But I can't help but think every day that I wish it was wireless. That way I can actually use it around the house. I dont need it...

Wow this gives me hope thanks on to the research! Can you give a sense of sound quality measure between those 3 you just listed?

Hi I'm wondering if there is anything out there that is a meaningful upgrade from airpods max? I got into this hobby new, and am using a focal clear mg and now my ears are just completely spoiled. I want a much improved wireless headphone in terms of sound quality (dont care for features).

I came across this website as a newbie https://leaprofessional.com/blog/system-testing-playlist/ the graph looks really interesting https://leaprofessional.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Circle-of-Life-Analysis_Audio-System-Testing-Playlist_LEA-Professional.jpg I want to make these graphs for...

thanks, Im kinda new at this, how do I downsample the track using foobar the right way? (without introducing some obvious tells/artifacts etc)

I'm new to this hobby and a lot of my friends who are 'veterans' in this hobby are obsessed with file quality. Being that I am new, I want to test it for myself. It seems like it's an unsettled debate whether someone can hear the difference between 16/44KHz and 24-bit 192KHz. I've found online...

oh wow ok didnt know this category exists. How much of a sound quality upgrade would these be from TWS? And what are these called? How do I find the top ones?

Im not sure I follow. I dont want wires handing down from my ears

I dont need ANC but unfortunately wire is out of the question as its too clumsy for what I need them for

Long story short, I'm new to the hobby but recently I upgraded headphones to a wired focal headphone and my mind was blown. Now I want to do the same for wireless earbuds. I currently use the apple airpods pro 2. My question is: (1) Can I get meaningful upgrade to sound quality from Airpods pro...

what would you consider to be better amp for the 800s? To have real directional sound.

Im trying to use the last link, for an amp it asks for max output level A, do you know what that is?

Thanks so much! Do you know how to compare these numbers? For example, does that mean the FiiO is double the power of gryphon? 1000 vs 2000? Also, what kind of headphones would require 2000?

I have the focal clear mg. I am trying to decide which amps to keep, after testing a few I can't hear any difference between them. But I'm leaning towards keeping a higher power amp in case I have new headphones down the road. But I can't the numbers given on these devices to be able to compare...

My headphone and amp on my desk uses the 6.3mm jack. But I sometimes want to use these around the house and would like a portable bluetooth amp that accepts 6.3mm jack. I dont want to screw and unscrew the adapter thing every day. Is there a product like this?

Sorry I'm kinda new. I have a new sennheiser headphones and I wanted to listen to these while moving around the house. So I did some research and it looks like iFi Audio GO blu is a good dac/amp with BT connection. The question is I dont think its possible to play lossless music (apple music) to...

Which one makes the vocal the most life like? Most natural

Hi I want to buy a headphone that has the best vocal for pop songs. Think something like an Adele song. I don’t really put too much value on the instruments but I would like as much clarity and details on the vocals. Also I don’t really want to hear the vocal sound like it is coming from inside...