Random Thoughts (Audio Related)

[IEMusic]

Or just own too many headphones that you actually forget you owned some of them after a while....

Oh yeah, forgot about that. That’s why it’s a new toy....the benefit of poor memory?

 

[GREQ]

Oh yeah, forgot about that. That’s why it’s a new toy....the benefit of poor memory?

It's like finding money in an old jacket pocket, or under the sofa

 

[Bingturong]

Or just own too many headphones that you actually forget you owned some of them after a while....

Yikes, I had this way too much. I keep looking at headphones thinking "I wish I could get them" only to realise that I already do.

 

[ADUHF]

The opposite of impedance is admittance...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admittance



Makes perfect sense to me!

 

[Whazzzup]

Admittance is worth the price of admission

 

[JEHL]

I sometimes wonder if it's the Loudness War the one to blame for fatigue and not necessarily our gear...

 

[Whazzzup]

What fatigue?

 

[IEMusic]

What fatigue?

I’m too tired to explain.

 

[JEHL]

I’m too tired to explain.

But not enough to post?

 

[1TrickPony]

I sometimes wonder if it's the Loudness War the one to blame for fatigue and not necessarily our gear...

It's a bit of both, when one frequency band or peak pushes it way too far...crap album will still sound crappy in the most accurate way possible???

 

[JEHL]

It's a bit of both, when one frequency band or peak pushes it way too far...crap album will still sound crappy in the most accurate way possible???

I wonder what will be the difference between listening to Death Magnetic (or any super compressed album you can think of) in the ATH-M40x, then listen to same album on the SR-009S.

 

[GREQ]

It's a bit of both, when one frequency band or peak pushes it way too far...crap album will still sound crappy in the most accurate way possible???

 

[1TrickPony]

I wonder what will be the difference between listening to Death Magnetic (or any super compressed album you can think of) in the ATH-M40x, then listen to same album on the SR-009S.

Oh man, back to that album...

I loved it so much... until I've landed into this hobby. They totally screwed that one up, did they???

 

[IEMusic]

What constitutes “Chi-Fi”?

It can’t merely be any IEM made in China, b/c that would encompass a whole lot of IEMs from established Western brands whose IEMs are made in China. It is any Chinese IEM brand? Is there a certain price cut-off for Chi-Fi? Brands such as Unique Melody and qdc are Chinese companies, but they are also well-established brands in the Summit-Fi world. Would they be considered Chi-Fi brands? If not, then how about Dunu? While I think most people would consider Dunu to be Chi-Fi, the Luna is a Summit-Fi contender.

 

[baskingshark]

What constitutes “Chi-Fi”?

It can’t merely be any IEM made in China, b/c that would encompass a whole lot of IEMs from established Western brands whose IEMs are made in China. It is any Chinese IEM brand? Is there a certain price cut-off for Chi-Fi? Brands such as Unique Melody and qdc are Chinese companies, but they are also well-established brands in the Summit-Fi world. Would they be considered Chi-Fi brands? If not, then how about Dunu? While I think most people would consider Dunu to be Chi-Fi, the Luna is a Summit-Fi contender.

Notable but not exhaustable list of CHIFI in my book are:
- Astrotec
- Audiosense
- Auglamour
- BGVP
- BLON
- BQEYZ
- Brainwavz
- CVJ
- Dunu
- Einsear
- FAAEAL
- Fearless Audio
- FIIO
- FLC
- Hiby
- Hifi boy
- Hifiman
- Hisenior
- iBasso
- IKKO
- Jade Audio
- Hidizs
- HZSound
- Kinera
- Kbear
- KZ/CCA
- LZ
- Macaw
- Magaosi
- Moondrop
- NiceHCK
- NS audio
- OKCSC
- Ostry
- Ourart
- Pai audio
- QDC
- Queen of Audio
- RY4S
- Semkarch
- Shanling
- Shouer
- Shozy
- Simgot
- SMABAT
- Soundmagic
- Superlux
- Takstar
- Tanchjim
- Tempotec
- Tenmark
- TFZ
- Tin HIFI/Tin Audio
- Toneking (previously musicmaker)
- TRI
- Tripowin
- TRN
- UiiSii
- Unique Melody
- Urbanfun
- Venture electronics
- Vsonic
- Whizzer
- xDuoo
- 1More


There's some banned brands not here, and I think the list is not exhaustive, probably forgot about some others. I guess as long as their HQ and development and team etc is in China that can constitute a CHIFI company? A lot of western brands assemble their stuff in China, so I don't think they can be counted as CHIFI. And I guess some of the bigger players like iBasso, DUNU and QDC will not like to be lumped with the budget CHIFI companies, but they have their roots as a CHIFI company still I guess.