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customds OP t1_iu56rib wrote
Reply to comment by PutPineappleOnPizza in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
Listening to anything with a guitar is enjoyable with distortion, same with certain voices. I enjoy an overall warm profile so this sweetens up some of the colder cans. But I listen to a lot of hip hop which has intentionally distorted bass to start with. Certain tracks become so muddy through the preamp that it sounds like +30 gain on everything lol.
I’ll try burning in the tubes a bit more perhaps. Only been running it maybe 10 hours.
customds OP t1_iu4rtqv wrote
Reply to comment by PutPineappleOnPizza in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
I think the distortion is due to how cheap the actual tubes themselves are. I’m going to try some upgraded ones and see if it makes a difference.
Yeah the knobs are a nice added touch. They’re not so much traditional bass/Treble adjustment. More how much you want that part overdriven. It’s not as clean as you’d expect when you go 1/4 increments up
customds OP t1_iu4puqv wrote
Reply to comment by PutPineappleOnPizza in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
It’s a bit of a gimmick due to how distorted some music sounds, but once in a while on a complementary song, it adds delightful warmth.
I like it for dampening sharp sound at night when my hearings fatigued as well.
Overall for the $50cad I paid for it, it’s a 7/10 device. Plus it looks cool imo
customds OP t1_itrpyhd wrote
Reply to comment by thePiercedHorn in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
Suca would be the English representation of what the word “bitch” in Slavic sounds like phonetically.
customds OP t1_itqd2ai wrote
Reply to comment by verifitting in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
Just picked up the new topping stack the other day so its recently replaced. It will get gifted to my nephew once I do some comparisons testing. If I keep the HD-650 I’ll give him the 560s as well.
customds OP t1_itq12r9 wrote
Reply to comment by jajdoo in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
As a Polish immigrant, I had to own some “bitch audio”
customds OP t1_itoz6wn wrote
Reply to comment by RB181 in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
Ohhhh, I just have it in a separate window scrunched down to fit the frame so you can see a couple tracks on the playlist. Didn’t even notice it overlapped elements til you mentioned it.
customds OP t1_itoyflc wrote
Reply to comment by RB181 in My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame. by customds
They just don’t get listened to anymore. Once in a while I’ll put them on and remember why they’re just for looking at now. 560s is the only on that gets pulled out to compare to the 650. I figure they will be cool to pull out one day 30 years from now when I get my robot ears.
Tidal is what’s playing on the computer feeding the dac. I have a flac collection too but tidal is convenient.
customds OP t1_itoi37v wrote
Pc feeding a Topping E50 over usb. 1/4” TRS feeding balanced to Topping L50. Also single ended out of the E50 to the Suca Audio Tube-T1 preamp then single ended into the L50.
L50 isn’t true balanced out but I wanted something better than my stock 4XX cable so I picked up a XLR balanced cable that allows me to use both jacks simultaneously.
Topping DX3pro+ sitting there hooked up to nothing.
Headphones from left to right:
HD-560S, HD-555, ATH-M50Xbt, HE-4XX, HD-650, Beats Solo(Gen1), Astro A50(Gen2)
HE-4XX are by far my favourite. Sundaras on the way to compare.
Beats are what guest listen to first before they get to touch the better headphones. Gives them a baseline of what the average consumer considers “good”.
Future plans: probably returning the HD-650. Despite what the internet says, they’re not great headphones for hip hop. While great at everything else, they’re just a more intimate 560s with better bass at 2x the price. Oh and I hate the clamping force of the 650.
Might look at meze 99 or something closed under $500.
My setup including retired cans on the monitor of shame.Submitted by customds t3_ycujs0 in headphones
customds t1_itcislb wrote
Reply to comment by floatingsphere in Overwhelming tinnitus when using IEMs by floatingsphere
Unfortunately the only iPhone EQ apps I know of require you to play music in the app. So if you’re using tidal or Spotify it gets a little tougher.
If you store your music locally then it’s easier.
customds t1_ita5vdr wrote
Reply to Overwhelming tinnitus when using IEMs by floatingsphere
If you’re at your desk I assume you’re using a pc. Download an equalizer and lower 1-3.5k by 2+ db. This should help a ton.
customds t1_it18dwd wrote
Reply to comment by johnydazzles27s in If i'm blind, what's the easiest way that I can equalize my heapdhones? by ChipsAhoiMcCoy
Came here to say this. Pretty easy to figure it out left to right by feel.
customds t1_iszy9n1 wrote
Reply to comment by Mr-Zero-Fucks in When times are tough, my listening corner always brings a smile to my face. by wiggan1989
Yeah big fan of that album. The bass(classical string) sounds fantastic on Buggin out. Textured almost.
I’m looking for obscure picks, already have a rotation of the usual suspects.
customds t1_isz0de5 wrote
Reply to comment by wiggan1989 in When times are tough, my listening corner always brings a smile to my face. by wiggan1989
Ah my bad, looked like it at first.
How are those stock for hip hop? I’m considering a pair. Currently have he4xx and 560s.
What’s your opinion the best mastered “audiophile” hip hop track? Besides clean bass and some fun ambience, I struggle to find songs that really show off the same way rock song does.
customds t1_isyyk48 wrote
What’s the tube amp on top?
Do you eq at all?
What kind of music most frequented?
customds t1_iug6wmk wrote
Reply to comment by daddyyeslegs in hd206🤮🤮(My 3rd post for today) by cum-oishi
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