The song is a wonderful test of the balance and extension of cans when pushed to their frequency limits.
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You feel you are at the mixing board, going “that’s it!” at the moment the engineer gets it perfectly dialed in.
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When you have full bass extension, the balance in the mix is remarkable. Royals, from “Pure Heroine” by Lorde (16/44.1 lossless)I auditioned this track on a lark when I was shopping for my 802d3’s.
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When the reproduction is effortless, it is magical (to say the least…my jaw drops every time when it’s “right”) If the sound chain is able to maintain that glorious soundstage, it is off the charts. When the full group joins in, it is profoundly challenging to reproduce the mids and highs without sounding shrill and congested. With the right equipment, you are transported to a place you’ve never been to but always want to get back to. Remarkable recording in what sounds to be a majestic and spiritual centuries old cathedral in Spain. Murakkaz Ah Ya Muddasin, from “The Splendour of Al Andalus” by Calamus (MA Recordings, SACD) My Go To Demo tracks and what I look for in each: I’ll pepper their experiences/impressions in below, but only where I think they were right ) I was joined in this quest by several 40-60 something friends that were excited to spend a week of 5-6 hour evenings auditioning and (endlessly) arguing about headphones, music formats, DACs, and equalization. I really gravitate to tight, effortless, fast dynamics, with either balance across the range (I love that “standing behind the recording engineer at the sound board” feeling), or a “so real you can see the musicians” sound stage. I’m looking for that headphone experience that can get me the “wow!” I get from my 2 channel setup, and my 0ld Skool Sennheiser 580s from 15 years ago just aren’t cutting it any more. I’m usually a 2 channel guy, but I’m so in love with the magic of the 802d3’s with high res content that I want the same at work and when traveling.
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Here are my notes from my 2 channel process a year ago (for reference on what I key in on musically and sonically).Īlmost 50 something, avid audiophile since high school (yeah I built my own subwoofer when I couldn’t afford anything more than bookshelf speakers), goes through major upgrade waves every 10-15 years or so. Oppo HA-1 (primary DAC for 2 channel reference) Single ended (mostly), native cables (nothing fancy) Schiit Jotunheim DAC/Amp (primary for cans)
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Mac Book Pro and Mac Mini, running latest OS X Sierra, content on local SSD Thanks to everyone that contributes so much to these forums. I hope it is helpful or at least interesting to others. Here is a way too long documentation of our learnings/experiences/impressions (all from high end music lovers that have been 90% focus on 2 channel audio, and definite non-experts on headphones). Since anything doing is worth overdoing, that list quickly turned into 10+, which turned into my dining room table being covered in cans and DAC/amps, with geek buddies hanging out 5-6 hours a night for over a week.įantastic learning experience and a hell of a lot of fun. I’m absolutely loving the new set up, and it has made me hungry for having this type of listening experience while I’m at work and (if possible) while traveling/mobile.Īfter reading way too much about how awesome modern headphones are, me and a bunch of friends decided to jump in and get together a small set of audition targets that we all could check out. Having just bought a new house with a great listening space, I have just finished a major upgrade cycle on my home system (B&W 802d3's, Classe amp, Oppo HA-1, etc) and I have been spending way too much money (and not enough time) on awesome high def content. Back then I got my Etymotics and Sennheiser 580's and Meier Corda amp (as one did back in the day) and was then happy to be an occasional lurker on these forums, while I mainly listened to 2 channel audio on my home setup. I last time I was serious about headphones was~15 years ago. I tend to go through major audio upgrade waves every 10-15 years. Replicating it here so I have an easy place to link to it to, but follow the link below if you want to see the discussion or (better still) participate in it.įolks, as I’ve mentioned in a couple other posts, for the past couple weeks, me and a couple friends have been consumed with an extensive shoot out for ~12 mid to higher end headphones. I posted the experience on Head-Fi, which is one of the best communities for headphone people on the Internet. I recently started the process to compound my audio craziness with headphones.
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(aka, Adventures of 2 Channel Guy, Diving Head First Into the Head-Fi Deep End)