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It is in order at Forza.
That's a good move, Matt's solid and his product's ain't crazy expensive.
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It is in order at Forza.
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Nothing to add.That's a good move, Matt's solid and his product's ain't crazy expensive.
Nothing to add.
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Nothing special plug needed. That is works with a mono 3.5mm plug as well.
I will use the phones mainly for music making, mixing and reference listening. Even though the sonic signature of the ERA's is far from perfect for me, I strongly feel that I cannot live without a pair of cans of this calibre Would I be better off with for example the Brainwavz Alara? Are those still available? Says "sold out" on their website. Are there any other options that won't cost me a kidney? Focal Clears are out of my range price atm.
Currently i power the ERA's with an old Penguin CMOY amp. Looking to buy a JDS Atom or Schiit Magni 3, don't know if better amplification would alter the frequency responce substantially?
Massdrop Hifiman he4xx is the best for the price at the moment - not only in my opinion.
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Currently i power the ERA's with an old Penguin CMOY amp. Looking to buy a JDS Atom or Schiit Magni 3, don't know if better amplification would alter the frequency responce substantially?
Just picked these up for roughly 400 euro from hifi-freaks.dk, seemed like a great price. My initial impression is kinda mixed. Good: Amazing detail and clarity! I hear nuances and textures that I never noticed before. Incredibly revealing regarding for example reverbs and room ambiences. The not so good: For my ears and a great portion of the music I reference they feel overcooked around 6-8k, resulting in sibilance and fizziness. At the same time they feel scooped further down in the mids, 1K? 3K? Resulting in for example snaredrums sounding a bit weak and quiet.
Contrary to what I would have guessed, right now I prefer the velour pads. Somehow I find that they make the cans better at what they are really good at. Sound seems somewhat more refined and intimate. Leather pads sound a bit more hi-fi but also make the ERA's sound more like my other headphones.
I will use the phones mainly for music making, mixing and reference listening. Even though the sonic signature of the ERA's is far from perfect for me, I strongly feel that I cannot live without a pair of cans of this calibre Would I be better off with for example the Brainwavz Alara? Are those still available? Says "sold out" on their website. Are there any other options that won't cost me a kidney? Focal Clears are out of my range price atm.
Currently i power the ERA's with an old Penguin CMOY amp. Looking to buy a JDS Atom or Schiit Magni 3, don't know if better amplification would alter the frequency responce substantially?
Out of curiosity what would be your benchmark headphone for critical listening?
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For reference listening my concern would be more about the timbre itself and i would extend this concern to most planar headphones (I noticed that it's something that keeps coming back in discussions about planar headphones -often with the Sennheiser HD6** being thrown as reference in the middle of the discussion). But like you i also need to hear the Quad out of something like the JDS Atom. Out of curiosity what would be your benchmark headphone for critical listening? If you have one of course.
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I've been burning in the Quads for a couple of nights and I can already hear big changes in the sound! Approximately 25h play time so far. Also changed the cable between my RME babyface and the CMOY amp. Most of the ear piercing high-mids are gone, and the bass sounds bigger and fuller.
I liked the P7 as well, it's a fun headphone, a bit like the Momentum. The Quad should be quite a bit more revealing in the top end but still has an engaging sound which is really a great compromise between fidelity and fun. I heard very few headphones that reach this kind of compromise.I have used to have a pair of Sennheiser HD650's, but I sold them several years ago. I actually liked the HD600's better apart from the lack of bottom end, but I chose the 650's for the bass. Ultimately I found them too veiled though. My go-to phones for checking mixes are Audio Technica ATH-M50. They are far from flat, but I find that they have some kind of honest revealing quality.
The headphones I've really been living with over the last 12 months are my commuting companions B&W P7W. They just have that "tons of fun, more of everything type" of sound. Flattering enough to make most music sound good, but still detailed enough to let me hear what the recordings sound like. They sound big and punchy and really give me that emotional connection that made me fall in love with music again. But reference? Nah...
I've been burning in the Quads for a couple of nights and I can already hear big changes in the sound! Approximately 25h play time so far. Also changed the cable between my RME babyface and the CMOY amp. Most of the ear piercing high-mids are gone, and the bass sounds bigger and fuller.