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I ended up getting a cable from Amazon. Silver plated copper because it looks pretty :) It does the trick, still some sound transmitted but a good bit less than the stock cable. Not as durable, if I ever take these traveling (probably not) I'll take the stock cord. I also finally got around to...

So a question for other owners out there: Are there any 3rd party cables out there that aren't too expensive and are less microphonic than the included cable? It isn't awful, but transmits more sound than I'd like when I move around.

I think there's a few potential reasons. One is who knows how close the EQ actually gets the phones to the target? It isn't like I've measured my own phones, so I don't know how much they deviate from the ones Oratory measured, if at all. Thus the difference could be larger than it in theory...

The HD800S was EQ'd (I use an RME ADI-2 as the amp/EQ) to a Harman curve, as I found it sounds very "wrong" without the EQ. The E3 is un-EQ'd at the moment, I find that it sounds "right" out of the box. I might back the highs off for some things to smooth over issues, we'll see. Rolling the...

So I just got a pair of these a few days ago and they are what I'd call a mixed blessing. I got them to add to my Sennheiser HD800S phones because these days I'm not in a super quiet room, and some isolation would be nice. In that regard they do decent. They aren't super isolating, nor do they...

So probably asked and answered here, but I couldn't easily find it: How are these for noise isolation? While I really like open headphones (I have the HD800S right now) and would like the Expanse, sadly after moving I no longer have my quiet studio and my computer is just going to be in a noisy...

While I like the SINAD measurement and find it useful I do think some people, particularly around here, go too hard on it as a "goodness" measure. While lower is better, it does stop audibly mattering after a point and more important is that, as you note, the components are not equal. If your...

No, or at least not without issues. So eARC itself just doesn't work. I don't know why. ARC does, and I can turn on eARC and the devices act like they are doing it, but audio fails. I don't know if it is the receiver (X4400H), TV (S95B), or a combo of them that is the issue but it is stereo...

I'm mulling a new receiver since I have a nice shiny new OLED that does 120Hz VRR and a big gaming PC that can drive it, but there are annoying issues with feeding the TV direct from the computer. My current receiver (X4400H) doesn't do HDMI 2.1 so no 120fps for me. So I'm debating a new...

Hookups wouldn't be an issue, at least for one pair. This isn't a home theater system, it is my computer system. The plan would be to feed them off my RME UCX II which has an AES output. However it also handles the DAC part having 8 of those. I don't know about doing room correction as my...

So I have a pair of Genelec 8030s and I love them. Most clean and transparent speakers I've ever owned, only real complaint is that they don't go super low which of course I knew going in to it. I'm thinking about building out surround sound for my setup. The obvious choice is just to get more...

I find it very different. When I tried it, the effect was not great. It gave a little bit of a surround effect, but didn't at all move it out of your head and make it sound like speakers. Hence why I use different software that does and, while not quite 100% accurate, is pretty close to being...

I'm guessing because it doesn't really take the sound out of your head and still sounds like headphones. If you are someone coming from phones as the "right" way to listen to sound I can see what it would be something you'd like. Kinda the opposite for me, speakers are the "right" way to listen...

Not that I notice. I'm playing with it right now and I don't feel like they are muffled. Now of course I can't really do a fast A/B test with it because you have to stop the audio, shut down Redscape (since it takes exclusive control), switch Windows to output directly to the RME and then fire...

So where do you change the strength? All I see in the app is the ability to turn it on, battle mode or off. I think the pictures are done fairly well, I had my girlfriend take them so no I wasn't doing them myself. Also I feel like the effect should still be at least somewhat convincing in...

I picked up a Soundblaster X4 today and... so far I'm not impressed with the virtualization. I'll have to give it some more time and testing but I'll probably send it back. The three big issues I have as opposed to Redscape: 1) The surround just isn't very convincing. It does a decent job of...

I've never had one built in to a headset, with the exception of the Audeze Mobius, that was worth a crap. In terms of software my current favourite is Redscape. It is pretty convincing with just the software itself, more than most others, but I find that software just can't do a great job...

I'll have a look at both Foobar and JRiver. Do either of them have a way to get a compact interface like Winamp offers? That's not a deal breaker, but I rather like it.

I've been a long time Winamp fan, because I like the tiny interface that sits up in the corner of my monitor, but lets face it: It isn't getting developed anymore. So I really should find something newer. Thus I'm looking for recommendations. Requirements are that it can play MP3, FLAC and WAV...

I really wish that companies were better about supporting their products in this area. It seems like they all just kinda of up in smoke. I don't know if the A16 is on sale anymore, you certainly can't just buy it even on their website. Waves still sells Nx (I actually backed this one on kick...