[MacedonianHero]

Lol I thought that was hilarious. Very Canadian lol.

You mean "Very Canadian 'eh"?

 

[340519]

You mean "Very Canadian 'eh"?

Yup ya hoser!

 

[MacedonianHero]

Yup ya hoser!

Take off 'eh.

 

[drew911d]

Take off 'eh.

Brewer Bros unite!

 

[Marco_tam]

Picked up my headphones today (second hand) and running them via a moon 430. Wow. I feel like I am listening to freestanding speakers. Wonderful. I was wondering those with the moon 430, what sort of volume levels you use when listening. Also I feel the headphones would feel more comfortable if they sat a little higher, can you get a stiffer headband, or anyone have any tips?

With high gain, most of the time I stay at 48-52. But sometimes the music is so good you want to keep turning it up just to feel a little more, haha.

 

[phase0]

Got my Wave Stream BNC cables today and my 1266 TC on Monday. I have to take a trip so sometime in a week or two I'll probably list my 1266 Phi for sale.

 

[jamiekerr]

With high gain, most of the time I stay at 48-52. But sometimes the music is so good you want to keep turning it up just to feel a little more, haha.

interesting, at 48 they seem quite quiet. I’m not the type of person to listen to music very loudly but I felt I needed to go to around 55 to really enjoy it fully. I am worried at what level would be “bad” for the phones?

 

[MatW]

interesting, at 48 they seem quite quiet. I’m not the type of person to listen to music very loudly but I felt I needed to go to around 55 to really enjoy it fully. I am worried at what level would be “bad” for the phones?

I would worry more about what's bad for your ears.

 

[jamiekerr]

I would worry more about what's bad for your ears.

I get that if I was playing it loud. But to give a comparison, I’m never over 70% volume on my AirPod headphones when out walking. I don’t have music loud, maybe it is subjective but just feel the abyss are relatively quiet at 48

 

[MatW]

I don't know the amp, but I think your ears give out before the headphone does... Btw, I was wondering at what level I'm listening some time ago. I downloaded a free app, decibel x, and measured the volume by placing the phone in an earcup. Not very precise, but it's an indication. Turns out I'm listening at around 65 db, which is ok. I do turn up the volume occasionally, but not for prolonged periods.

 

[jamiekerr]

I don't know the amp, but I think your ears give out before the headphone does... Btw, I was wondering at what level I'm listening some time ago. I downloaded a free app, decibel x, and measured the volume by placing the phone in an earcup. Not very precise, but it's an indication. Turns out I'm listening at around 65 db, which is ok. I do turn up the volume occasionally, but not for prolonged periods.

60 seems a decent setting on the moon, I not sure if that is measured in decibels though

edit: it is measured in dB

 

[MatW]

I would check the listening volume with the app in any case, for some peace of mind.
I'm always confused by the volume dials. E.g. On the TT2 I listen to the 1266 at a volume of -30 to -20 in high gain. I wonder what kind of scale that is, and what 0 is. Anyone?

 

[Energy]

Sharing this ‘custom’ headphone stand with headphone cable holder that I pieced together for the incoming Abyss AB-1266 Phi TC .










The black color synergize well with the AB-1266, while the dual cable mount allows for end game cable designs that separate left and right audio signals. It is perfect for those wishing to use heftier cables. The ones that use larger wires or require the overall cable to be separate so that additional shielding can be applied.

 

[ken6217]

interesting, at 48 they seem quite quiet. I’m not the type of person to listen to music very loudly but I felt I needed to go to around 55 to really enjoy it fully. I am worried at what level would be “bad” for the phones?

Does your amp have the DAC built in? If not, maybe the output voltage of your DAC is not very high and that’s why your listening at a louder number on your amp.

Don't worry that your listening at a louder level and you will damage the headphones. You won’t.

 

[jamiekerr]

Does your amp have the DAC built in? If not, maybe the output voltage of your DAC is not very high and that’s why your listening at a louder number on your amp.

Don't worry that your listening at a louder level and you will damage the headphones. You won’t.

hi, I do have the dac, but currently all sources are fed into the dac on my moon 340 integrated amp and this is connected to my 430 by RCA’s. However when plugged directly into the 430 I don’t notice any volume differences.

so you would think that 60 to 65 on the430 would be in the acceptable range?