Carlos4996
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what's So special about the cable$275 for a cable!!!!!!!! Oh my.
what's So special about the cable$275 for a cable!!!!!!!! Oh my.
what's So special about the cable
Quote:what's So special about the cable
A few things actually. The first one is that it is silver. Silver can be preferred over copper for 2 reasons:
- It conducts electricity with less resistance.
- It doesn't corrode as quickly. This is the main reason to upgrade. Copper begins to corrode quite quickly (if you've ever noticed the greening of clear cables, this is corrosion). Copper can corrode quite quickly (within a few months). Corrosion increases the cables resistance. More likely than not, corrosion won't kill a cable though.
Those would be the main 2 reasons. Some also say different cables result in different sound. This would also be another reason to upgrade cables.
Though this can go in sound science, I think it's all snake oil. I have yet to hear any evident difference between cables with [insert sound science only term here] testing, but evidently some die-hard people go out of their way to pay big bucks for them. >.>
aaand this is like the FLAC vs 256 kbps AAC or 320 kbps MP3 argument so really it should not go on as it can easily get out of hand.
A few things actually. The first one is that it is silver. Silver can be preferred over copper for 2 reasons:
- It conducts electricity with less resistance.
- It doesn't corrode as quickly. This is the main reason to upgrade. Copper begins to corrode quite quickly (if you've ever noticed the greening of clear cables, this is corrosion). Copper can corrode quite quickly (within a few months). Corrosion increases the cables resistance. More likely than not, corrosion won't kill a cable though.
Those would be the main 2 reasons. Some also say different cables result in different sound. This would also be another reason to upgrade cables.
Soooo, I resurrected my iPod touch 4G from the dead (i.e. it was sitting in a box in my room for 1.5 years). Then I upgraded to iOS 6, there is definitely some things I've been missing out on here, haha. But anyways, I wanted to test this orange cable that came with my new matte black headphones, and it's pretty nice... The middle button I can press play, pause, and skip music with. I have not tested the mic yet, but that's definitely something I want to try in the future.
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Anyone completely dissapointed by these headphones? I feel there is a very big mid bass thump that bleeds through the clarity of the instruments and vocals. These do not seem like very good headphones at all. Could mine possible be defective?
I have been listening to Lana Del Rey and it just doenst sound great at all. Any Rock music I play has horrible separation.
Holy cow, I can't believe that's something I haven't tested yet!
When using the SpeakEasy cable with my 2nd generation iPod Touch (iOS 4.2.1), pressing the button to play/pause the music takes a bit of time (there is a lag time).
Im no audio expert, but a few things i noticed (and these might be obvious) turn your EQ to OFF on your phone, my music sounded much, much better when i went from "Electronic / Bass Boost / act" setting to none. Also check your music quality, not sure if your playing a youtube video or what quality were talking about but that makes a huge difference. I found separation to be very good
My friend said that $300 were not worth it / didn't sound any better than regular headphones, so i brought them over and he compared them to his old Sonys. He put on a FLAC file of the first song on how to train your dragon soundtrack...after a few seconds he went "yup these are definitely worth $300 and yes they are alot better"
Quote:Holy cow, I can't believe that's something I haven't tested yet!
When using the SpeakEasy cable with my 2nd generation iPod Touch (iOS 4.2.1), pressing the button to play/pause the music takes a bit of time (there is a lag time).
Yeah I noticed there is a bit of a lag time; however, it is not nearly as much as there is with the lag time it takes me to dig into my pocket, unlock the ipod screen, and flip the song manually lol xD!
Side note: Also, the dual output isn't a total loss, you just need to pair it with the right devices, test some things and make sure its working fully & properly before you start pairing them together religiously.
Otherwise, if you pair devices together and you just got the headphones you may think its the headphones fault when its actually yours/the dual outputs -- and end up accidentally sending them back when they're great xD.
My friend said that $300 were not worth it / didn't sound any better than regular headphones, so i brought them over and he compared them to his old Sonys. He put on a FLAC file of the first song on how to train your dragon soundtrack...after a few seconds he went "yup these are definitely worth $300 and yes they are alot better"
Yeah, YouTube videos don't have the best of sound quality.
Like this video for example: