[DisCHORDDubstep]

I know there is that tiny difference between 320 kbps MP3 and FLAC, but I don't really care about that difference enough to drastically change my setup. Most of the time when I listen to music it is to pass the time - when I'm commuting, doing assignments etc. As long as the sound quality is OK for my standards, whatever I'm doing at the time often takes precedence in how much I care about it.

I want the highest quality sound I possibly can get on the go... My only limiter being amplification and it being under 10-15 pounds. I personally don't use flac. I use 320kbps files. There isn't a big enough difference to justify the size of the file being 15 times bigger.

 

[cb3723]

OK... like the Beats Fanboy that I am, I just hustled myself to my nearby Apple store to buy the cb3723-endorsed Beats Solo2.  The journey was most pleasant, as my 2013 FIAT 500 Abarth is outfitted with the Beats Audio premium sound system, my first exposure to Beats.

When I got there, I asked...

They did not have the Beats Solo2 yet.

They Did Not Have Them Yet.

THEY.  DID. NOT. HAVE. THEM!




So I listened to the original Beats Solo HD in consolation, deciding that they did not have enough bass.

Next to them were the Beats MIXR... much better bass -- I'd buy them in consolation, but I really did want to wait for the new Beats Solo2.

But... THEY DID NOT HAVE THEM!

So here I am back under my HE-500s that arrived today, listening to Tori Amos "I Don't Like Mondays" and now understanding why... Today is MONDAY!

Oh no! :eek:

But hey - HE-500 is some conciliation prize though?

I'm sorry your store didn't have the solo2's for you to audition though :mad:

Beats in car stereo is pretty darn cool though

I've gotta stop ending sentences with "though", though...

D'OH!

 

[cb3723]

cb3723... more accurately, I TRIED to buy the Beats Solo 2.  The Apple store had not gotten them yet.  All based on your comments plus my love of Beats!  And for me, ANC is a minus not a plus... I don't need it, it adds cost, and it messes up the headphone frequency response.

It's still worth trying them out - not to buy - just to experience the world as you know it go into mute - it's pretty cool - can't believe your store didn't have stock of new solo2's - they need to get their act together already - I mean - what would Dre say of he found out?

After all, the big guys on Apples pay roll now

 

[cb3723]

not exactly... I find that there is a minute difference between 320kbps files and flac. It doesn't make as big of a difference as most people on this site make it out to be imo... PLUS I LOVE HEDPWNS. I just carry around cumbersome equipment 'ERRYWHERE. 10 foot headphone cable, 2 foot amp cable, amp, phone, and headphones...

lol - you're gonna be the guy using HIFIMAN HE-6 cans as a portable rig with the 10kg HIFIMAN EF-6 amp towed behind you on a trolley sitting on top of a diesel powered generator to power it all - aren't ya?

 

[cb3723]

Right you are, my friend!

I'm never satisfied with "stock" consumer hardware/software. I have to add a bit of my own flair to everything I own :rolleyes:  

I've done a lot of modding with Beats ANC chips, too!

Wow, looking at your photos terrifies me - where do all the pieces go to go back together and still work? Lol

Are you some mad cap crazy tech fiend or whut?

 

[cb3723]

I want the highest quality sound I possibly can get on the go... My only limiter being amplification and it being under 10-15 pounds. I personally don't use flac. I use 320kbps files. There isn't a big enough difference to justify the size of the file being 15 times bigger.

Is the rumour about you been a AKG super fanboy true?

 

[DisCHORDDubstep]

Is the rumour about you been a AKG super fanboy true?

I wouldn't say fanboy. I would just say I like the sound of the k240's and leave it at that. Its not the only type of headphones I like... And, there's a portable amp that can drive the he-6's??? O.O I WANT.

 

[DisCHORDDubstep]

I think I've had enough of head-fi for one day... One person can only take so much fanboys, arguments, and headphones per day.

 

[cb3723]

I, too love to be different.  I do it by professing my admiration for Beats on a site that has so many members that think otherwise.

And yep... I DO have a headphone addiction.  But I do not have the time to sit in one place and listen, tethered by a cord, a preamp, an amplifier, vacuum tubes, a DAC, special cables, and a plug into the wall... I rely on portable audio setups.  In my case, smaller is better.  I have headphones that sound wonderful in my collection of two dozen, but that fall off my head if I am moving about, particularly bending over while cleaning or gardening.  None of my Beats, not even the relatively heavy Beats Pro, fall off while I am working while listening.

Beats excel when out on the streets for sure - no amp required, though if you listened to the prior model of solo's - the solo HD monochromatic (drenched in colour) cans and didn't have enough bass for your preference - then the solo2's might not be to your liking, but definitely give them an audition when your Apple store eventually gets stock - I'd be interested in your opinion on them, though I love the mini styled Studios that they are!

 

[cb3723]

I wouldn't say fanboy. I would just say I like the sound of the k240's and leave it at that. Its not the only type of headphones I like... And, there's a portable amp that can drive the he-6's??? O.O I WANT.

Portable amp for the HE-6?

Unless it's nuclear powered - no

 

[vantt1]

Wow, looking at your photos terrifies me - where do all the pieces go to go back together and still work? Lol

Are you some mad cap crazy tech fiend or whut?

They go where they originally were 

 

[kilspeed111]

lol. I use akg k240's as my portable with an e11...

So, when you have these K812's, will you also use them as portable?
I'd be ****ting my pants if someone came uncomfortably close to me while wearing these.

 

[vantt1]

  So, when you have these K812's, will you also use them as portable?
I'd be ****ting my pants if someone came uncomfortably close to me while wearing these.

 

[thatBeatsguy]

I hope you know what that image is supposed to say....unless "bugok" is also in another language (in my native language it means dumb ).
Still makes sense tho.

 

[kilspeed111]

 

Exactly, I already have that feeling with my detox!