[AlwaysForward]

Can you try a movie on your PC in 5.1 or 7.1? Maybe Netflix? You will be really impressed with it's surround sound capabilities.

Already did. It's pretty neat. Audeze PM'd me and said that I'd get the app to improve my HRTF & imaging probably tonight so I'm withholding comments until I hear the full experience but initial impressions are really nice.

 

[RamSpencer]

Any improvement by turning the source up to 100 percent and only using the volume on the Mobius? You would have done that though..... Curious if it makes a difference to the volume of the nose floor.

 

[MICHAELSD]

All.

One of the downsides of getting early units... I can think of a few active headphones that have a constant hiss only audible with no or low audio. Newer chips definitely shouldn’t have this issue.

 

[AlwaysForward]

Yeah assuming this is fixable and/or I might have an isolated issue, these are absolutely wonderful with the only non-noise criticism being the odd-looking size. Functionally, they are ultra comfortable and sound absolutely fantastic.

 

[Kazekeil]

Will also be holding out for a firmware update or something. Unfortunately completed selling my Nighthawks + Creative X7 last night. Already missing them.

Edit: so I'm not all negative. They sound excellent, and the virtual surround is truly next level compared to my dated x7 although I look forward to turning down the reverb a bit as I find it too high default. These are very promising sounding and that's what makes the hissing issue so disappointing

 

[AlwaysForward]

Any improvement by turning the source up to 100 percent and only using the volume on the Mobius? You would have done that though..... Curious if it makes a difference to the volume of the nose floor.

These don't work like that. The volume control is synced.

 

[AlwaysForward]

Ok I gotta get a lot of work done now. See you guys later!

 

[RamSpencer]

These don't work like that. The volume control is synced.

That seems unfortunate, could save power for one thing. Not efficient with power or noise.

 

[Saljon]

If there is a silver lining it's that the hiss is constant.
If it would change depending on source, feature or volume I would have little hope in it being fixable since in my experience those issues indicate a hard wired non fixable characteristic of the product.

Constant hiss is something I only experience with noise cancellation, and maybe some low quality output stage or preamps and even there I'm able to manipulate it to some degree via volume.

Let's hope....

That seems unfortunate, could save power for one thing. Not efficient with power or noise.

I don't think I get that. If it's fed the raw signal and completely deals with it itself like an active dac-amp combo should I don't see it being inefficient? In fact that's how it should be in my mind.

 

[RamSpencer]

If there is a silver lining it's that the hiss is constant.
If it would change depending on source, feature or volume I would have little hope in it being fixable since in my experience those issues indicate a hard wired non fixable characteristic of the product.

Constant hiss is something I only experience with noise cancellation, and maybe some low quality output stage or preamps and even there I'm able to manipulate it to some degree via volume.

Let's hope....



I don't think I get that. If it's fed the raw signal and completely deals with it itself like an active dac-amp combo should I don't see it being inefficient? In fact that's how it should be in my mind.

Yeah. I must be thinking of it wrong. I'm thinking of it in terms of signal, when in fact it's really 1's and 0's. It probably handles it just fine and the volume input on the device is just a slave for the actual volume (power) to the amp in the Mobius. Sorry. My bad! Lol!

 

[Kazekeil]

Yea these are incredible. As someone who's been chasing "speakers in a can" for years these are the best, hands down. I've used nearly every virtual surround software, HeaDSPeaker with STAX, an hd800 with a phonitor amp. Nothing has come close to this. I havent grooved this much since my Magnepan Mini Maggies + sub setup(which I unfortunately had to get rid of). The ability to put on some 2 channel music and spin around in my chair, tracking the virtual speakers perfectly around my head is amazing. I've been testing gaming with Witcher 3 and Borderlands 2, both sound good but the reverb is a bit high for my taste for games, great for music though.

Comfort isn't up to HD800 or Nighthawk standards(but what is). Still quite comfy if a bit warm. Mic sounds good so far.

 

[RamSpencer]

Yea these are incredible. As someone who's been chasing "speakers in a can" for years these are the best, hands down. I've used nearly every virtual surround software, HeaDSPeaker with STAX, an hd800 with a phonitor amp. Nothing has come close to this. I havent grooved this much since my Magnepan Mini Maggies + sub setup(which I unfortunately had to get rid of). The ability to put on some 2 channel music and spin around in my chair, tracking the virtual speakers perfectly around my head is amazing. I've been testing gaming with Witcher 3 and Borderlands 2, both sound good but the reverb is a bit high for my taste for games, great for music though.

Comfort isn't up to HD800 or Nighthawk standards(but what is). Still quite comfy if a bit warm. Mic sounds good so far.

Use the windows so to change the room reflections to lessen the reverb effect to your taste.

 

[bungles]

Yea these are incredible. As someone who's been chasing "speakers in a can" for years these are the best, hands down. I've used nearly every virtual surround software, HeaDSPeaker with STAX, an hd800 with a phonitor amp. Nothing has come close to this. I havent grooved this much since my Magnepan Mini Maggies + sub setup(which I unfortunately had to get rid of). The ability to put on some 2 channel music and spin around in my chair, tracking the virtual speakers perfectly around my head is amazing. I've been testing gaming with Witcher 3 and Borderlands 2, both sound good but the reverb is a bit high for my taste for games, great for music though.

Comfort isn't up to HD800 or Nighthawk standards(but what is). Still quite comfy if a bit warm. Mic sounds good so far.

Great impressions! Thank you for sharing!!!! Do they seem to have some of that LCD sound?

 

[Kazekeil]

Used the windows so to change the room reflections to lessen the reverb effect to your taste.

The link to the application leads to a 403, access denied page. I can't find a working download link

 

[Kazekeil]

Great impressions! Thank you for sharing!!!! Do they seem to have some of that LCD sound?

Yes, the bass reminded me instantly of my LCD 2 but the treble definitely feels different, brighter. I like the default EQ the most, the Music preset was a bit too warm for me.