Audioholics: pimp out all your audio shit

ikiT

Dolby C was better, and Dolby S killed, but by that time it was WAY too late.
I always, even now, switch it on. The "muting" of the music can easily be counteracted by copious amounts of volume.

hrd2imgn

grado 325i's

pjradio

Senn HD-598's

2-feign-reluctance

pjradio said:

Senn HD-598's

These look like they belong to Johnny Guitar Watson.

dogmatt

RedMosquito02 said:

Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones

Another vote for these. Awesome headphones!

2-feign-reluctance

pjradio said:

Senn HD-598's

These look like they belong to Johnny Guitar Watson.

dogmatt said:

RedMosquito02 said:

Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones

Another vote for these. Awesome headphones!

Been pimping these for years on here. Great cans!

derbydave

Anyone tried to use the volume / track selection controller
on the cable of the Sennheiser Momentum headphones with a PONO player??



Just wondering if this feature has functionality with the PONO too!!

PJfanwillneverleave1

Big Bank Hank said:

Jeff's bass and Matt's bass drum are so much more impactful, I am stunned how much better it sounds.

Big Bank Hank

I am changing the name to something more appropriate

Big Bank Hank

everyone should benefit from this thread, I have already learned a lot of shit I did not know, and cannot wait to get some even better headphones

dmaradona10

Yeah this is a great thread! If anyone can give recommendations for a pair of headphones for around $100-$125 or less that are worth the money to listen to vinyl and cds??

Big Bank Hank

dmaradona10 said:

Yeah this is a great thread! If anyone can give recommendations for a pair of headphones for around $100-$125 or less that are worth the money to listen to vinyl and cds??

these ones the mentioned earlier in the thread Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones are as low as 124.90 up to the 175 range on Ebay and Amazon, they got a couple endorsements, maybe someone knows something better for the price you are looking for

pjradio

those Senn HD-280's are awesome to start with...sub $100

ikiT

I know they are looked down upon...but if were going to be talking about ALL our audio shizzy (per Hanks approval of course...)...I wanted to bring up my home stereo's CD player.

I use a this a Pioneer Elite DV-37. It dates back to the year 2000, and it's an completely over engineered beast of a machine, it probably weighs 15 pounds. It retailed for $1000 15 years ago (I spent all of 35 dollars on mine at a Salvation Army...the remote cost me more than that when I eventually found it on the auction site...) The transport on this machine is virtually silent, it hooks up to my home theater amp using both analog RCAs or an optical digital connection. At this point I use it only to play CDs, although I could create and play DVD's from hi bitrate files with true 24 bit 96 kHz PCM Output, as well. I never thought it was possible either, but the difference between a high end CD player and that noisy $14.99 Aiwa discman or computer CD-ROM that made everyone of us hate CDs in the first place is like night and day.

This Pioneer machine sounds ridiculous, and has made those 2 dollar used CD's that I used to turn my nose up at record stores and thrift stores completely impossible to pass up. It actually involves me in listening in a way that only vinyl used to.

BinFrog

These are my studio headphones I use for all of my recording work as well as the occasional chill out listening session:

http://m.shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/RP-HTX7-K1?sc_mc=sem_google_cov_headphones-brand_model_04242014_headphones

Big Bank Hank

the tiki bomb said:

I know they are looked down upon...but if were going to be talking about ALL our audio shizzy (per Hanks approval of course...)...I wanted to bring up my home stereo's CD player.

I use a this a Pioneer Elite DV-37. It dates back to the year 2000, and it's an completely over engineered beast of a machine, it probably weighs 15 pounds. It retailed for $1000 15 years ago (I spent all of 35 dollars on mine at a Salvation Army...the remote cost me more than that when I eventually found it on the auction site...) The transport on this machine is virtually silent, it hooks up to my home theater amp using both analog RCAs or an optical digital connection. At this point I use it only to play CDs, although I could create and play DVD's from hi bitrate files with true 24 bit 96 kHz PCM Output, as well. I never thought it was possible either, but the difference between a high end CD player and that noisy $14.99 Aiwa discman or computer CD-ROM that made everyone of us hate CDs in the first place is like night and day.

This Pioneer machine sounds ridiculous, and has made those 2 dollar used CD's that I used to turn my nose up at record stores and thrift stores completely impossible to pass up. It actually involves me in listening in a way that only vinyl used to.

not frowned upon, anything that will let us have a better audio experience listening to pearl jam is welcomed

A satellite forever orbiting

the tiki bomb said:

Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Closed-Back...could possibly be the best 100 dollars you'll ever spend on headphones, especially if you're listening to smaller sized mp3s on your phone or ipod or files streamed over the internet.
Don't get me wrong, vinyl or tape ( I like tape....) or a properly amplified high end CD player or....wait for it...wait for it...hi-bit rate FLAC are gonna sound pretty amazing too, The problem is, the more you listen, the more you'll end up spending.

I have those, they're good, but really flat, I use them with a headphone amp for better tones. With the amp flac HDs sound phenomenal!

Foriginal Sin

Anyone got audio from the Who's 50th anni show last week?

javis el errante

I hace a couple of 32w speakers, Thonnet & Vander, those made of wood and kevlar... How am I doing?

lolobugg

the tiki bomb said:

Empty Glass said:

tiki / Lolo...I've read some reviews that the music leaks out on some Sennheiser's (others around you can hear your music) do you guys have any issues?

I had a pair of 200 dollar open back Senns 7 or eight years ago and they were pretty fine. with the open backs you get a different type of sound, it's more open and spread out, some would say its better quality, including everyone around you. If you're listening loud (and who isn't?) your head becomes a giant trebely speaker. closed backs work much better on an airplane, or the subway. Open backs are great for your living room, plugged into your real amplifier, partaking with Hank perhaps.

Just my opinion but I'm not a huge fan of the noise cancelling headphones,

Lolo we gotta hang. I've got some big assed ears myself.

Def, man.
Seems like we have a lot of the same opinions/experiences/tastes too.
maybe you/I am your doppelganger )

next tour def... we are building our own version of the preparty around here