As one who has a Smyth A16 Realizer and has captured more than one ultra high end system on it, I can tell you, you are utterly mistaken.Doubt it but then I hate using headphones....unless necessity forces such and that's pretty rare. I'll stick with my audio on youtube analogy.
As one who will never have a Smyth A16 Realizer (or even know on sight wtf it is) I'll just have to take your word for it that headphones can be useful. I just can't believe itAs one who has a Smyth A16 Realizer and has captured more than one ultra high end system on it, I can tell you, you are utterly mistaken.
Your loss.As one who will never have a Smyth A16 Realizer (or even know on sight wtf it is) I'll just have to take your word for it that headphones can be useful. I just can't believe it
Meh, just don't see me spending time with gear i don't need to....and headphones are just not something I'm going to spend time with, let alone use in determining "sound" of speakers in a given room as some sort of useful thing at all. YMMV>Your loss. tel
I hate headphones and never use them (except on airplanes) but the system does work uncannily well.Meh, just don't see me spending time with gear i don't need to....and headphones are just not something I'm going to spend time with, let alone use in determining "sound" of speakers in a given room as some sort of useful thing at all. YMMV>
Can you think of a better way of getting a 15.1.8 Genelec 8351 system in your house?I hate headphones and never use them (except on airplanes) but the system does work uncannily well.
Any way is better than wearing a clamp on my head.Can you think of a better way of getting a 15.1.8 Genelec 8351 system in your house?
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Hi phoenixdogfan. Just wondering : do you know what such listening room files look like ? Are they .wav files for a convolution algorithm ? I wonder if they would be compatible with HeSuVi or similar software. Thanks !Can you think of a better way of getting a 15.1.8 Genelec 8351 system in your house?
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There was a guy named Darin Fong who figured out how to output his A8 Realiser files as .wav and run them on a PC. There are threads in Head Fi on how to do this if you are so inclined. I personally don't know how, and if I did, I'd probably use them as convolution filters on my phone for OTG.Hi phoenixdogfan. Just wondering : do you know what such listening room files look like ? Are they .wav files for a convolution algorithm ? I wonder if they would be compatible with HeSuVi or similar software. Thanks !
If the clamp bothers you, it bothers you. For me, I barely know my HD 800s are there. Everyone's different, but I think most people will tolerate something like the HD 800s quite well.Any way is better than wearing a clamp on my head.
I was only speaking for myself and, of course, one cannot deny the popularity of headphone/earphone listening. Let me add, though, that even if the headphones were weightless and physically undetectable, I find listening to headphones/earphones acoustically unacceptable unless connected to a Smyth Realiser.If the clamp bothers you, it bothers you. For me, I barely know my HD 800s are there. Everyone's different, but I think most people will tolerate something like the HD 800s quite well.
So do I, but I use phones as well.I was only speaking for myself and, of course, one cannot deny the popularity of headphone/earphone listening. Let me add, though, that even if the headphones were weightless and physically undetectable, I find listening to headphones/earphones acoustically unacceptable unless connected to a Smyth Realiser.
Anyway, I have speaker-based multichannel systems, so the issue is not important.
Not just better, it makes them sound like loudspeakers.Just looked up the Smyth Realiser units....$4200 to make headphones sound better....nah.
I'd rather just listen to the loudspeakers...think we're on the same page there. Much rather put the money towards something other than headphones let alone headphone accessories. Do I need special cables too ?Not just better, it makes them sound like loudspeakers.
I'd rather just listen to the loudspeakers...think we're on the same page there. Much rather put the money towards something other than headphones let alone headphone accessories. Do I need special cables too ?
Exactly and not just two loudspeakers, but a high end multi-channel setup in an acoustically optimised room which definitely cannot be normally achieved for $4k grand but rather ten times more.Not just better, it makes them sound like loudspeakers.
I agree that the Realiser is to expensive. But on PC you can use Impulcifer for measurements and EQ-APO for Playback and get a similar results for only a fraction of the cost of the Realiser.Just looked up the Smyth Realiser units....$4200 to make headphones sound better....nah.