[LaynE]

Just got them in today, awesome so far! I was wondering how I can maximize this headphone's potential. I need to know what settings I should use and etc... I've already set my equalizers to something I like, but what else is there I can do? BTW, I have no external DAC or amplifier. It's just my X-Fi ExtremeMusic and A500s. I've done some searching around here and I see that people use ACM in their settings instead of EM. So I just went ahead and switched to ACM and I'm currently using 44.1kHz with Bit-matched (I heard you need an external DAC for this to work or something?). What else is there I should do? Also, should I still use ACM for watching movies or should I use EM? Lastly, should I actually look into an external DAC or amp for this headphone? Thanks so much for your input, much appreciated.

 

[LaynE]

Anybody?

 

[Sir Nobax]

An amp (and DAC) will definitely increase the joy + quality you'll get with the ATH's.

Just remember it's something personal (you might like one amp, but not another), and not necessarily to enjoy your music itself, so if you are happy now there is no hurry for getting amp or good dac.

Putting your signal through a dital EQ, won't do your trueness-to-the-source any good though, but i am a pure non-EQ'er tbh.
You should look at Foobar, might improve the players SQ, looks better than most players (after 9hr's of tweaking) too.

 

[mADmAN]

did u choose headphones or 2/2.1 speakers....

im not too sure about the X-Fis but with the A2ZS the bass is friggin bloated with headhones..and i kinda lose sound stage/ positioning with headphones.

music and gaming is a MUCH better experience with 2/2.1 speakers...

 

[Sir Nobax]

That bloated bass is probably Impendance mismatch (early low-pass cutoff). Which will be solved when using a headphone amp.

[EDIT]

Never mind, i thought you guys where talking about the X-Fi's hardware instead of Creative's software.

 

[LaynE]

I'm already using Foobar2k and I have set to 2/2.1 Speakers.

I just need to know if I should still use ACM for watching movies though. Also how can I setup to hear 5.1 through headsets?

 

[Sir Nobax]

There was a Foobar plugin for that, don't remeber its name though.

 

[LaynE]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Nobax /img/forum/go_quote.gif There was a Foobar plugin for that, don't remeber its name though.

Not for music, I mean for watching movies. I use MPC with AC3Filter and I leave the output "as is" (so DTS/DD 5.1) but voices are so drowned out and I can't hear them so thats why I'm asking. I think I'm doing some settings wrong or something, I just need to know what.

 

[Sir Nobax]

Does VLC give the same problem, as i am/was in the impression that VLC is the player with the most built in options.

 

[LaynE]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Nobax /img/forum/go_quote.gif Does VLC give the same problem, as i am/was in the impression that VLC is the player with the most built in options.

Hmm, VLC does about the same. Thing is, voices coming from other channels not from the center (I'm guessing this is where the quieter voices are coming from anyway) are MUCH louder and even everything else coming from those channels are much louder as well.

 

[Scrith]

You probably already know this if you've searched a bit here about info on these (or any) headphones, but here's a tip in case you haven't: These headphones will sound a LOT better after 50-100 hours of "burn in" time. My Audio Technica headphones (which I am currently using at work) were the best example of the benefits of burn-in that I've ever encountered; to me, they sounded like absolute crap when I first got them, but about 100 hours later (I left then on under my desk while I was out for a four day weekend), they sounded pretty good.

 

[LaynE]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scrith /img/forum/go_quote.gif You probably already know this if you've searched a bit here about info on these (or any) headphones, but here's a tip in case you haven't: These headphones will sound a LOT better after 50-100 hours of "burn in" time. My Audio Technica headphones (which I am currently using at work) were the best example of the benefits of burn-in that I've ever encountered; to me, they sounded like absolute crap when I first got them, but about 100 hours later (I left then on under my desk while I was out for a four day weekend), they sounded pretty good.

I've got that covered, I just need to know which mode I should use for watching movies.