would someone be able to explain to me what the mitch filters are and how to get them? i've never seen a link or anything when people speak about them. @Ciggavelli, if you end up trying the loki max i'm interested to hear if it works out for you.
would someone be able to explain to me what the mitch filters are and how to get them? i've never seen a link or anything when people speak about them. @Ciggavelli, if you end up trying the loki max i'm interested to hear if it works out for you.
Drunk ramblings me is thinking the TC is getting old. There needs to be a new development. I want more bass actually. It needs to answer the CA. The CA is giving damn near TC bass off the VM, at a fraction of the cost. Abyss needs a new pair of headphones. The Diana closed I heard isn't the answer.
Fully agree the TC needs a successor that gets rid of the fit issues, the Diana did not deliver imo.
The Raals have always been crazy sound quality with barebones build. Great price performance ratio.
At 9500$ they certainly departed from that. I'm sceptical that the new one will be as well regarded, considering the price, but who knows maybe it surprises me.
For more Bass only EQ is the answer, I doubt that anyone will release a high end headphone with more Bass than the TC.
Headphones smedfone, lol. Everyone hit there home runs hp by 2018. Since then everyone is staring at the flag ship wall. more volume is of primary concern to manufacturers, which isn’t new flagships I feel.
Just what others on this thread stated. 1266 how old, susvara?hd800s?utopia?etc etc etc….not complaining just observation. There’s tons of offerings from mez etc, but same wall since mid teens….
Just what others on this thread stated. 1266 how old, susvara?hd800s?utopia?etc etc etc….not complaining just observation. There’s tons of offerings from mez etc, but same wall since mid teens….
Drunk ramblings me is thinking the TC is getting old. There needs to be a new development. I want more bass actually. It needs to answer the CA. The CA is giving damn near TC bass off the VM, at a fraction of the cost. Abyss needs a new pair of headphones. The Diana closed I heard isn't the answer.
More bass than the TC? Man you've got a problem lol. But I would agree with the above, really EQ is the best bet. Most headphones simply aren't going to naturally do that. I even think manufacturers could, but ultimately I don't think preferred across the board over more balance and resolution.
Interesting takes on the CA-1a with the VM-1a, and I've heard similarly. I think if I got one, I'd likely want to keep my Sr1a and CA-1a, but I just can't justify having a third type of headphone amp. For me the T1-1c and other adapter boxes just don't really get it done.
would someone be able to explain to me what the mitch filters are and how to get them? i've never seen a link or anything when people speak about them. @Ciggavelli, if you end up trying the loki max i'm interested to hear if it works out for you.
They are convolution filters (which work very well with ROON). Mitch creates and sells convolution (effectively EQ presets) individualised for specific headphones towards his preferred tuning. Which have been rather popular. They are about $200US each.
The DCA Stealth and Expanse were late 2022. Tungsten is 2023, Empyrean 2 was 2023. Bravura was 2022. Etc. etc. Utopia has a newer version, Susvara has gone through several updates. 2018 feels pretty random.
Ok, just referred to the hp I mentioned. theres always a blistering amount of new Entrants. Not declaring innovation is dead or anything but there’s a reason flagship wall is real. im probably going to buy into that wall with 1266 tc……
Ok, just referred to the hp I mentioned. theres always a blistering amount of new Entrants. Not declaring innovation is dead or anything but there’s a reason flagship wall is real. im probably going to buy into that wall with 1266 tc……
The last real innovation in headphones was the SR1a (and that was a few years ago). The TC/Sus $6K headphones have been around for a while too, and nothing really beats them. The $4K level ones don’t beat them in my opinion, but you all are right in that there have been several new entries. They just don’t beat the TC/Sus wall. Maybe we can’t get better headphones than those two, and planar and dynamic technologies have simply reached a plateau.
The last real innovation in headphones was the SR1a (and that was a few years ago). The TC/Sus $6K headphones have been around for a while too, and nothing really beats them. The $4K level ones don’t beat them in my opinion, but you all are right in that there have been several new entries. They just don’t beat the TC/Sus wall. Maybe we can’t get better headphones than those two, and planar and dynamic technologies have simply reached a plateau.
There's basically been a plateau since the early 90s. New tech has come in but the top headphones then are still in the mix now.
Sennheiser he90 (I haven't heard the he1 but head-fi reports say most prefer the he90/T2)
Stax sr-omega (imo the best they ever made)
Joseph Grado hp-1000 (this is actually a great dynamic headphone, despite grado's now mid-fi sound)
Sony mdr-r10
The SR1a equivalate would have been the sr-sigma and k1000
The last real innovation in headphones was the SR1a (and that was a few years ago). The TC/Sus $6K headphones have been around for a while too, and nothing really beats them. The $4K level ones don’t beat them in my opinion, but you all are right in that there have been several new entries. They just don’t beat the TC/Sus wall. Maybe we can’t get better headphones than those two, and planar and dynamic technologies have simply reached a plateau.
You may be right. Planar and Dynamic tech may have plateaued. Ribbon and E-stat tech as well, depending who you ask, though the X9000 gets a lot of love. I'm still surprised we don't see multiple different drivers in a single ear cup like we do in IEMs (not counting the Heavy H1H.) That would seem like the next obvious transition. A woofer, and a tweeter added to a typical driver - but maybe that's asking a lot. Either way, new stuff will continue to come out. Maybe the new Warwick stuff counts as better than the Sus and TC, but I haven't heard any of them, so I sure don't know.
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