Non the less, sadly my xb 700s are doing pretty well on the Ebay. I'm pretty confident they'll sell for what I wanted... it's a shame I couldn't get them to sell here <.< non the less I should b back into purchasing cans soon! Hoping to start doing some reviews for companies to!
would be a neat way to exapand mah knowledge!
No offense Mshenay, I love ya but if you want companies to pay you for reviews, your writing will have to change from 4chan to professional and become more clear and correct in grammar and spelling.
@evshrug thank you for the info. I'll probably check out the iems you spoke of as well. I mean I don't really mind the idea of open just was wondering how much noise really leaks out or in in comparison.
Any recommendations for sound cards though to pair with one of these headphones? Would the Asus Xonar STX be fine?
The Q701, to the bystander, sounds like a small speaker at low volume. Little bit louder than a whisper, at what I consider normal listening volume. The person wearing the Q701 will have about as much noise muffled as pulling an autumn-time shirt over your head, like cornholio.
The Etymotic canalphones I mentioned were the first HiFi headphones I personally owned, they don't make my particular model anymore but Etymotic is a great brand, the first to make IEMs as an extension from hearing aids to become monitors for musicians, and then sold for public consumption. They really do go in your ears like earplugs, which can take some getting used to, but they are detail monsters and can have VERY flat & neutral frequency response since it doesn't interact with your outer ear, but the highest treble tends to roll off sharply, at least my (older) model. Soundstage, as can be expected, is very small and "inside your head," but the imaging – the sense of a sound coming from right
here in relation to you – is very good because they are so detailed and balanced, so they still work well with surround, binaural, and holographic recordings. Canalphones aren't very casual headphones like earbuds are (but earbuds hurt my ears), canal
buds are kind of like hybrids that insert a little bit and make a compromise — comfort is VERY subjective among these three types of headphone. Head-Fi member ClieOS has a review round-up of a TON of IEMs if you want more info and choices, but personally I compared price equivalent models from Shure and Etymotic side-by-side, and the SQ and isolation (and comfort, the Shure's olive eartips never worked well or stayed in for me) had a clear winner: the ER•6i for me, and I recommend whatever is their ~$100 descendant.
The Asus ST or STX model indeed ought to be fine, the best choice for a soundcard with Dolby Headphone, though I heard drivers and support can be a pain in the rear. Another option growing in popularity is Creative's Z-series gaming cards, instead of DH they use their own new version of surround processing called SBX, and from the reviews it seems like people are happier about the drivers and game support. Whether DH or SBX or another surround DSP sounds better is up to your ears and tastes.
Bah, you guys have weak skulls, i cant even feel it
There is a word from the 90's, I think it is an applicable retort here: you numbskull
