[billinkansas]

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Originally Posted by b0dhi /img/forum/go_quote.gif That head-fi is something other than a pissing contest.

Piss-Fi. ouch

 

[wolfen68]

Head-fi Myth : "Sorry about your wallet"

Oft repeated here on Head-fi, but technically incorrect as this place will cost you far more than any normal person keeps in their wallet.

 

[Bwanasonic]

What I find most frustrating is that the *myth* status for many of these claims is easily testable. Headphone burn-in: Physical or Psychological? easy test. Six identical brand-new sets of a given headphone model, and either burn one set in for X amount of hours, or burn all but one set in. A test group is then asked to determine which are the burned-in vs. *virgin* phones. If anyone can reliably sort the phones with a better than chance average, headphone burn-in is a physical phenomenon. If they can't, it ain't. The fact that discussing the scientific method with regard to certain audio claims <cough>recabling</cough> is expressly forbidden here, says a lot about how certain myths are perpetuated.

Kerry M

 

[Exit Pupil]

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Originally Posted by Bwanasonic /img/forum/go_quote.gif What I find most frustrating is that the *myth* status for many of these claims is easily testable. Headphone burn-in: Physical or Psychological? easy test. Six identical brand-new sets of a given headphone model, and either burn one set in for X amount of hours, or burn all but one set in. A test group is then asked to determine which are the burned-in vs. *virgin* phones. If anyone can reliably sort the phones with a better than chance average, headphone burn-in is a physical phenomenon. If they can't, it ain't. The fact that discussing the scientific method with regard to certain audio claims <cough>recabling</cough> is expressly forbidden here, says a lot about how certain myths are perpetuated. Kerry M

good post. makes more sense than anything i've read in a long while.

 

[uraflit]

Myth: iBuds suck

yea that's right, i said it!

 

[upstateguy]

Myth: - 650's aren't bright enough to hear the veil

- amplified concerts sound like live music

 

[cosmopragma]

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Originally Posted by Bwanasonic /img/forum/go_quote.gif The fact that discussing the scientific method with regard to certain audio claims <cough>recabling</cough> is expressly forbidden here, says a lot about how certain myths are perpetuated.

It's only forbidden to discuss it in the "Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers, Accessories (DBT-Free Forum) " subforum.There are good reasons for it.
Everywhere else you are free to question whatever you want.

 

[Hi-Finthen]

Without a doubt...The HD-650s aren't veiled, they alone possess that rare quality of a "Warm Soundstage' which all to many audiophiles misunderapperciate,,, well,,,,much,,,,,, alot, REALLY

(Winks at the Queen)

 

[Mastergill]

- Of course the Sennheiser veil. (Look what happens when newbies are allowed to talk! I love the internet)

- You need one headphone for every different kind of music. (The lame "Grado for rock, Sennheiser for classical")

- Balanced is the only way to go baby! (Maybe low power single ended OTL amps with zero feedback sucks for hard to drive phone like HD650?)

- You need to pay $1,500 for your headphone otherwise they're not high-end man! (And use that stock crappy cable 'cause we all know cable don't make a difference)

- You can't judge a piece of gear before 500 hours burn-in. (The funny thing is if you look at the old posts it was 50 hours in 2002, then it increases with every years, LOL. More seriously do you think new high-end mics are burned-in before a recording session? ha ha ha. Burn-in is real but it's not a night and day difference, get real!)

- Another nasty insidious myth want the HD600 to be better than HD650. I think we should go back to the HD414, they nail it so good 40 years ago! Who need better sound?

 

[GreenLeo]

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Originally Posted by Superpredator /img/forum/go_quote.gif And then of course there's also the myth #2: That it's okay to give advice on how something sounds based on something you read on Head-Fi.

Would this be myth #3?
It's okay to give impression on how something sounds but one has never tried the thing.

 

[jjhatfield]

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Originally Posted by Mastergill /img/forum/go_quote.gif (The lame "Grado for rock, Sennheiser for classical")

Ha! I admit this strict pigeonholing is off, but for me it really is "Sennheiser for classical + Scott Walker's "The Drift", Grado for everything else"

 

[morphsci]

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Originally Posted by Bwanasonic /img/forum/go_quote.gif .... The fact that discussing the scientific method with regard to certain audio claims <cough>recabling</cough> is expressly forbidden here, says a lot about how certain myths are perpetuated. Kerry M

The scientific method is not banned here but the use of the term DBT as a synonym for scientific method is, because it isn't (a synonym that is)

 

[MaZa]

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Originally Posted by jjhatfield /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ha! I admit this strict pigeonholing is off, but for me it really is "Sennheiser for classical + Scott Walker's "The Drift", Grado for everything else"

Actually, its more like Grado for rock, Sennheiser for everything else. And thats close to truth FOR MY EARS.

 

[F107plus5]

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Originally Posted by Sovkiller /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have a few myths that i recall off, but I preffer to keep them for myself, the most remarkable one is while people say that the heapdhones offer more value for the sound than speakers, I have literally spent almost three times more in heapdhones, so go an figure...and my speakers, nothing fancy a pair of axioms, still hold the candle pretty tight in front of them...

Axiom M3s? Remarkable little speakers! No myth there!!

 

[jjhatfield]

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Originally Posted by MaZa /img/forum/go_quote.gif And thats close to truth FOR MY EARS.

werd!