Report post #26 Posted 05/02/19 11:57 PM I might move this stuff to it's own thread when I wake up tomorrow - not really PC thread stuff, but doesn't really belong hereWe had "sound bar magic"Now it's time for "Headphone magic" 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #27 Posted 06/02/19 12:10 AM Will do Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Report post #29 Posted 06/02/19 01:18 AM #magicforsure Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #30 Posted 06/02/19 02:02 AM Note: I made a huge edit/addition to the 1st post to give a little background to my illness Putting it into text scares me I only touched on the extent of my various items Pic below of some of it a few years ago while I was moving the setup - has increased in size since then greatly The beige set are the HD598's that led me down the path in the first place. 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #31 Posted 06/02/19 03:07 AM I can see my Audio Technica MX 50x's in there , 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #32 Posted 06/02/19 03:10 AM There's 2 pairs - the white and the black. Took Aidan to a headphone shop for his 13th?? birthday because he wanted a pair of his own. He listened to heaps over a couple of hours and chose the M50's - the black ones Dog chewed the cord (was before they were removable) - he replaced them with the white M50X's (now with removable cable) 7 years later he still has them on every day 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #33 Posted 06/02/19 03:13 AM Do these get me in the club? 2 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #34 Posted 06/02/19 03:16 AM Stick with them and be happy (or better yet don't even take them out of their packaging) Believe me - it'll be a lot cheaper this way 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #35 Posted 06/02/19 03:27 AM Wise words on all fronts. Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #36 Posted 08/02/19 07:58 AM Omg I thought I was cool coz j@ got me these babies last year for all my flying.... have to say they’re the bomb!!!! 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #37 Posted 08/02/19 08:04 AM On 30/01/2019 at 2:56 PM, Rab said: Either way - I'm more than happy - am getting fantastic sounds for a fraction of the price I would have had to spend getting a full room setup to sound nearly as good for me - and don't need the dedicated space or room. Curiously though, how much do you reckon you've spent on headphones and associated gear to date? Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #38 Posted 08/02/19 08:41 AM I just got a WH-1000MX3 and thought they were the gear.....until now. I love to to sit and listen to music but I had my right ear destroyed (now a constant ringing) by a machine gun being fired close to it. So don’t think I could appreciate anything better anyway. 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #39 Posted 08/02/19 10:39 AM 2 hours ago, .Stripes. said: Curiously though, how much do you reckon you've spent on headphones and associated gear to date All up over $20k Most will be recouped when I thin out the herd. Probably about $8k worth will be kept. Could settle quite happily for a single setup if I had to with a $1k budget Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #40 Posted 08/02/19 10:51 AM 2 hours ago, D4N said: I just got a WH-1000MX3 and thought they were the gear.....until now. I've got the 2's (the older model of yours) Bloody fantastic with the noise cancelling. Have used them on planes, overnight in the hospital, while using a woodchpper etc. Well worth the money. 2 hours ago, D4N said: I love to to sit and listen to music but I had my right ear destroyed (now a constant ringing) by a machine gun being fired close to it. Might be worth looking into bone conducting headphones? Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #41 Posted 08/02/19 11:25 AM 33 minutes ago, Rab said: while using a woodchpper etc Drowns out the screams ay rab? Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #42 Posted 08/02/19 11:31 AM omfg just watched that barber video with my eyes closed, fkn got tingles down my spine hahah but I never used to care that much about audio, ive got some old logitech 2.1 with sub speakers for when I pc gamem/music/you tube, but now I use headphones when gaming so I dont pee off the mrs and baby. definitely appreciate sound quality more than ever, even my corolla got a speaker upgrade, I prefer crystal clear sound over sheer volume now. although high end headphones are not for me cause poor, im more intrigued with this ear thing now haha. 2 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #43 Posted 08/02/19 11:38 AM Was cranking beats in the terry today and noticed both the zorst and stereo sound kind of anemic. Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #44 Posted 13/02/19 08:23 AM Lol @Puffwagon - LTT has had a couple of vids pop up in the last 2 days. He must be on the forum 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #45 Posted 13/02/19 08:28 AM On 08/02/2019 at 6:39 PM, Rab said: All up over $20k Most will be recouped when I thin out the herd. Probably about $8k worth will be kept. Could settle quite happily for a single setup if I had to with a $1k budget Just realised I meant to reply to this. Fair enough. Was just curious to see how it compared with what I've spent on audio gear. Turns out I've spent just shy of $12k for my current setup (speakers, amp and sub)...but the system as a whole retailed for $35k. So I reckon I've done alright haha. Still be a sickening amount of money for most people to have spent on HiFi gear though, I can appreciate. 2 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #46 Posted 13/02/19 08:44 AM 1 minute ago, .Stripes. said: but the system as a whole retailed for $35k Yeah - am the same - have NFI how much I've actually spent, but did an "online shop" at https://addictedtoaudio.com.au/ and put all the ingredients into the cart for a ballpark figure. Rounded down heavily to get to the $20k to reflect close to my actual costs. 4 minutes ago, .Stripes. said: Still be a sickening amount of money That's what gave me a huge shock when I did the figures and got me talking about the gear. Mine was over over about 15 years though, so while there were some $K spends there, they were spread out 13 minutes ago, .Stripes. said: Still be a sickening amount of money for most people to have spent on HiFi gear though And chicken sh#t amount compared to what "serious" rich karnts will spend Hell - they'll actually buy a power cable that costs many multiples of your systems RRP One thing I have noticed though - it costs exponentially more each time you want to go up a level :S Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #47 Posted 13/02/19 09:22 AM I thought I had fancy gaming headphones. the Steelseries Artic 7 wireless headphones... I shall go to my corner. 1 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #48 Posted 13/02/19 10:34 AM How do you find them? - use the surround? As soon as you turn on the surround stuff, you're pretty much on a level playing field with my gear as far as it goes. The barber shop clip, game surround audio, virtual surround etc it's the tech and how it works with your head/ears/brain that makes the most difference, not the actual headphones on your head. Unless you have RGB on your headphones of course - that's a definite game changer Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #49 Posted 13/02/19 10:37 AM im just gaming with some logitec stuff. nothing fancy. my 2 year ruins everything anyways so I dont see the point getting anything good yet. not crystal clear but does the job. not really for music. Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Report post #50 Posted 13/02/19 10:43 AM That was where I started. 2yo in the house, only chance I got to do anything was once he'd gone to bed. Meant zero volume - so I got a set of headphones. Before too long I was preferring wearing and listening through them compared to using the computer speakers. I thought I was strange. Til I looked at forums etc and found... 3 Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites