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solderdude
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Yep, them FT3 are certainly under appreciated.
Have not heard/measured the FT5 and JT1.
Have not heard/measured the FT5 and JT1.
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johny_2000
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I also really enjoyed listening to the FT5. With the right EQ and heaphone amp, the sound was very rich to my ears.
Excellent bass, smooth mids, widely adjustable highs to suit every taste. Unfortunately, I had to return them
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Sebby
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I was thinking of getting a closed headphone and had seen Sundara Closed.
I would like Aeon RT but here in Italy I would pay too much for shipping and taxes.
Have you had a chance to try it?
Amazon sells it to me for €169
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solderdude
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Have not heard Sundara closed nor Aeon RT.
herr.jemine
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new toys from China has arrived
And it changed again
Sennheiser HD800 (SDR)
Grell OAE1 (soon)
7HZ Zero2
Truthear Nova
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 pro
Moondrop Quarks DSP
Moondrop CHU II
7HZ Sonus
Sennheiser HD800 (SDR)
Grell OAE1 (soon)
7HZ Zero2
Truthear Nova
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 pro
Moondrop Quarks DSP
Moondrop CHU II
7HZ Sonus
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herr.jemine
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+ KZ AS24 Tunable Version 12 BA Drivers per Side
+ Moondrop Chu II
+ Philips Fidelio X2HR/00
+ Moondrop Chu II
+ Philips Fidelio X2HR/00
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maybe this helps
measurement of Sundara Closed Back
if you want closed headphone, AKG K371 could be good choice
Closed;
Audio Technica ATH-PRO700MK2, old DJ bass cannons, not used now.
Yamaha HPH-MT220, similar to above, lost in a junk box somewhere.
Shure SRH840, loved these, my first "decent" cans (IMHO). Broke more than once. Replaced by 1540 now.
Shure SRH1540, nice, my reference closed back.
Denon AH-GC25W, Small, light, comfy, wireless, for work and travel. Good sound for what they are.
HIfiman Sundara closed, cheap and cheerful closed planars. New so jury still out. Subjectively, very detailed, like them so far.
Open;
Fischer Audio FA-011, first open cans, still love them. Punch well above their price. Worn out and falling apart now.
Hifiman HE400se, my first planars, great value, highly recommended.
Hifiman Arya Stealth, just superb, probably close to end game for me.
Audeze LCD2c, fun cans, not even sure what I like so much about these but keep going back to them.
Audio Technica ATH-PRO700MK2, old DJ bass cannons, not used now.
Yamaha HPH-MT220, similar to above, lost in a junk box somewhere.
Shure SRH840, loved these, my first "decent" cans (IMHO). Broke more than once. Replaced by 1540 now.
Shure SRH1540, nice, my reference closed back.
Denon AH-GC25W, Small, light, comfy, wireless, for work and travel. Good sound for what they are.
HIfiman Sundara closed, cheap and cheerful closed planars. New so jury still out. Subjectively, very detailed, like them so far.
Open;
Fischer Audio FA-011, first open cans, still love them. Punch well above their price. Worn out and falling apart now.
Hifiman HE400se, my first planars, great value, highly recommended.
Hifiman Arya Stealth, just superb, probably close to end game for me.
Audeze LCD2c, fun cans, not even sure what I like so much about these but keep going back to them.
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Adding to the above - Apple AirPods Max. I like 'em.
Sennheiser HD 600, Hifiman Sundara and Audeze LCD-X.
The Senns have seen better days and have for the most part been relegated to computer listening (youtube, games etc.). I'm thinking about selling the Sundaras; as far as I've been able to tell, the Audeze do everything the Sundaras do, but better.
I'm at the point now where I kind of feel like I'm going to have to spend a boatload of money to get appreciably better phones. I'm tempted by the ZMF Atriums, but I'm having a really hard time convincing myself to spend $2500 for another pair of headphones.
The Senns have seen better days and have for the most part been relegated to computer listening (youtube, games etc.). I'm thinking about selling the Sundaras; as far as I've been able to tell, the Audeze do everything the Sundaras do, but better.
I'm at the point now where I kind of feel like I'm going to have to spend a boatload of money to get appreciably better phones. I'm tempted by the ZMF Atriums, but I'm having a really hard time convincing myself to spend $2500 for another pair of headphones.
LoL... I am in the same boat. Do I buy nice DCA phones, a AC unit and a UPS or nice phones? ...LoL. Probably the UPS because the summer weather is ripe for lightning and the power grid is too loaded down at times and fluctuates with spikes and brown outs. When all the electric cars and trucks come the grid is going to need a major overhaul.
herr.jemine
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new toys. Samsung Buds3 Pro:
herr.jemine
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oh yes, they looking greatGrell OAE-1 just arrived today, and Sennheiser HD490 pro arriving tomorrow so I’ll live with both for till I decide if…keep both/keep one.
JM audio XTC
Kennerton Magni
Sony mdr-z7mk2
HD650
DT770 (250ohm)
AH-D2000
Kennerton Magni
Sony mdr-z7mk2
HD650
DT770 (250ohm)
AH-D2000
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Electrostatic mid-1970's Superex Electronics Corporation out of Yonkers, New York model PEP-74 headphones with it's original energizer console have come into my possession. The owner paid U$68 before tax in 1976 for these including the self-biasing energizer, which is equivalent to U$375 in 2024 dollars. I cleared away exterior and interior deteriorating foam, modified their interiors for diffusion of the 0backwave and put on some recycled flat ear pads. Only then did I plug them into the energizer giving them soft music continuously for several days as the left and right sides came back to life at different stages.
They sound so good for my melodic jazz that I'd been repeatedly listening way past midnight. Satisfied with my modification I fortuitously picked up an old Superex stable alternating current ("AC") bias type of design energizer which makes them sound even better keeping me immersed for hours. (The original box show a rock band and I've read these are also excellent for Rock music.)
[As I've read elsewhere: self biasing designed energizers' transformers have more windings than "AC" transformers which puts comparatively more voltage on the transformers' output coil when the input voltage is otherwise the same for both types of energizers and downstream that comparatively lessens transient response and the linearity of frequency responses. Due to relatively inferior impulse response the musical impact is less and so comparatively we perceive the sound as thinner and more indistinct; the sound stage droops, the bass from self biasing transformers sounds weaker and turning the volume up too much introduces bass distortion. I've read self biasing energizer design introduce a higher input impedance into their output transformers and in contrast "AC" bias energizers get by with lower input impedance into their transformers. This detail of "AC" bias energizes contributes to the better bass, tone and flowing richness of sound obtained from "A.C." energizers in contrast to the different self biasing units' higher input impedance which downstream shows up in restricted frequency bandwidth. Thus the self biasing energizers relatively lose both bass extension and high treble; turning up the volume to compensate for thin sound can cause THD to increase during musical peaks in the upper midrange frequencies at the same time those sound brighter. And the difference between functional design means the self biasing energizer can provoke unpredictability among the assorted harmonic orders while the "AC" bias energizer avoids harmonic randomness.]
They sound so good for my melodic jazz that I'd been repeatedly listening way past midnight. Satisfied with my modification I fortuitously picked up an old Superex stable alternating current ("AC") bias type of design energizer which makes them sound even better keeping me immersed for hours. (The original box show a rock band and I've read these are also excellent for Rock music.)
[As I've read elsewhere: self biasing designed energizers' transformers have more windings than "AC" transformers which puts comparatively more voltage on the transformers' output coil when the input voltage is otherwise the same for both types of energizers and downstream that comparatively lessens transient response and the linearity of frequency responses. Due to relatively inferior impulse response the musical impact is less and so comparatively we perceive the sound as thinner and more indistinct; the sound stage droops, the bass from self biasing transformers sounds weaker and turning the volume up too much introduces bass distortion. I've read self biasing energizer design introduce a higher input impedance into their output transformers and in contrast "AC" bias energizers get by with lower input impedance into their transformers. This detail of "AC" bias energizes contributes to the better bass, tone and flowing richness of sound obtained from "A.C." energizers in contrast to the different self biasing units' higher input impedance which downstream shows up in restricted frequency bandwidth. Thus the self biasing energizers relatively lose both bass extension and high treble; turning up the volume to compensate for thin sound can cause THD to increase during musical peaks in the upper midrange frequencies at the same time those sound brighter. And the difference between functional design means the self biasing energizer can provoke unpredictability among the assorted harmonic orders while the "AC" bias energizer avoids harmonic randomness.]
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