Its already evening morning. What the hell are you waiting for minty?!mcminty wrote:
On the headphone front, I think I'll try mod the 555->595 mod this afternoon
Freezer7Pro wrote:
Fixed that for you.mcminty wrote:
This.Zimmer wrote:
The best for music is still 2.
well, i guess it depends on the music you are listening to.
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something wrong with a sub?Freezer7Pro wrote:
Fixed that for you.mcminty wrote:
This.Zimmer wrote:
The best for music is still 2.
Did the mod. It doesn't leap out at me, but I can definitely hear more clarity in the music.
edit: that's using my dac/amp. Think I'll go run it off the stereo...
And I think I'll still try get the Tubemagic A1 amp
edit 2: ok, this is really growing on me. More authority in the bass, definitely more clarity in the mids and highs. The sound doesn't seem so veiled now - to an extent they sound like new headphones..
edit: that's using my dac/amp. Think I'll go run it off the stereo...
And I think I'll still try get the Tubemagic A1 amp
edit 2: ok, this is really growing on me. More authority in the bass, definitely more clarity in the mids and highs. The sound doesn't seem so veiled now - to an extent they sound like new headphones..
Not really, no.Morpheus wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
Fixed that for you.mcminty wrote:
This.Zimmer wrote:
The best for music is still 2.
well, i guess it depends on the music you are listening to.
I find that there's something wrong with a sub-woofer, yes. Bass too is stereophonic, even though it's not always very easy to sense the directionality of it. I much prefer having two (or more, in a multi-channel system) good speakers that also do the job that a sub-woofer would, or at least having two sub-woofers in the system.Reciprocity wrote:
something wrong with a sub?Freezer7Pro wrote:
Fixed that for you.mcminty wrote:
This.
For instance, it's very clear if an explosion is coming from the right or the left in my entertainment system, just by feeling which side of you is rumbling more.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
I got my CR48 netbook today!!!! Posting from it right now. I'll go ahead and post a picture later on once I finish cutting my video reviews together.
Just bought a Samsung Blu Ray Player. Was 50% off so I couldn't say no. (I forget the exact model)
that's why the sub is placed front and center. the mid frequencies from the front left and right will give the sound direction. only the very low, house shaking frequencies will be diffuse. and most sub-heavy explosions are happening on screen, using the front soundstage.Freezer7Pro wrote:
For instance, it's very clear if an explosion is coming from the right or the left in my entertainment system, just by feeling which side of you is rumbling more.
That only works if you've got your sub-woofer crossed very low - around 40Hz at most, I'd say. Additionally, to be able to do that, you need to have rather low-riding front speakers already, so the point of a sub-woofer often becomes arguably moot in such a situation. It also doesn't address the issue of phase cancellation when mixing together X amount of channels into mono; some music I've heard depends heavily on phase-shifting low frequencies between channels for effect, and such an effect would be completely destroyed by doing them in mono.Reciprocity wrote:
that's why the sub is placed front and center. the mid frequencies from the front left and right will give the sound direction. only the very low, house shaking frequencies will be diffuse. and most sub-heavy explosions are happening on screen, using the front soundstage.Freezer7Pro wrote:
For instance, it's very clear if an explosion is coming from the right or the left in my entertainment system, just by feeling which side of you is rumbling more.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Nice
Why 595s?
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
Similar price point to a gifted/returned pair of bose on-ear phones that I received
Shoulda got 555s and stagesound modded them.
But idk, maybe not. Just what I've heard.
But idk, maybe not. Just what I've heard.
Bevo.. Bevo, Bevo, Bevo..
This,
Anyway, awesome headphones
I've been set back a little on my quest for that Tubemagic A1 headphone amp. The store who I was going to ask to import it will be closed for 2 1/2 more weeks while they attend a trade conference in LA.
This,
As I did just up the page. But still, I understand the 595's a little better than soundstage modded 555's.Finray wrote:
Shoulda got 555s and stagesound modded them.
But idk, maybe not. Just what I've heard.
Anyway, awesome headphones
I've been set back a little on my quest for that Tubemagic A1 headphone amp. The store who I was going to ask to import it will be closed for 2 1/2 more weeks while they attend a trade conference in LA.
Tbh if he's got the cash and willing to spend it I don't see a problem.
hd555 fanboys annoy me when they go on about how 'awesome' their headphones are
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They're not 'awesome', obviously there's better, they're just very good price:performance
Good price?
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oh noFreezer7Pro wrote:
and such an effect would be completely destroyed by doing them in mono.
Freezer7Pro wrote:
some music I've heard depends heavily on phase-shifting low frequencies between channels for effect, and such an effect would be completely destroyed by doing them in mono.
and you proved my earlier point where I wrote:
well, i guess it depends on the music you are listening to.
and in response you wrote:
no.
EE (hats