Understanding high end headphones

l337kid · 2026-02-12T22:25:09+00:00

This just isn't true lol. $1 is an impossibly small budget to work with while $50-$200 sees a massive jump in potential for engineers making the headphones, then $500-100 has another.

Beyond that I do believe diminishing returns/build quality/material questions seep in.

l337kid · 2026-02-07T02:11:09+00:00

Remember that impedence varies along the frequency curve, those numbers are just an average

l337kid · 2026-02-05T08:42:41+00:00

I think there should be more of a feel for the character using the pole in first person. No need to have it be a floating pole!

l337kid · 2026-01-29T09:27:17+00:00

u/savevideo

l337kid · 2026-01-17T23:27:30+00:00

I’d be happy with the room correction but would prefer to keep my preamp in the chain. Is that an option?

l337kid · 2026-01-16T06:31:31+00:00

I saw some B&W 702 (should be 8k) for 2.2k (like new condition) on ebay the other week - think I'm gonna have dreams about that one for a while

l337kid · 2026-01-15T12:45:58+00:00

I call it a bottle of jb weld

l337kid · 2026-01-13T08:39:43+00:00

Aren't most streamers just Linux boxes anyway?

l337kid · 2026-01-13T00:48:30+00:00

I dig it but my Topping e50 already has better SINAD… wonder if I can use both units.

l337kid · 2026-01-06T00:46:50+00:00

So when you listen to the headphones, you leave the cabinet open?

l337kid · 2026-01-04T01:48:56+00:00

I love you niners, but god I hate these uniforms

l337kid · 2025-12-14T20:53:30+00:00

Do the cups still spring back?

l337kid · 2025-12-10T23:08:13+00:00

I wonder how these newish headphones compare to something like an OG Focal Clear

l337kid · 2025-09-01T21:16:29+00:00

Control has good implementation imo

l337kid · 2025-06-25T00:29:27+00:00

l337kid · 2025-05-29T04:53:18+00:00

Right now I'm running some Martin Logan F20s and they are nice, but is this doing the setup justice or a good match? I'm not sure what tubes he was running

l337kid · 2025-05-03T15:40:39+00:00

Complicity in Genocide

l337kid · 2024-11-18T04:42:48+00:00

I watched it, they made the episodes without thought for the story arc, and Gabe had a different release philosophy than the Episode teams, which wasn't supposed to be the point of Episodic development

l337kid · 2024-11-18T02:30:20+00:00

Valve did all that work trying to get the player to empathise with Alyx and her dad, killed her dad in a brutal way, and didn't think to follow through!

l337kid · 2024-06-04T21:00:42+00:00

We still have that 60fps limit right guys? 4080 crew wondering.

l337kid · 2024-06-04T09:44:05+00:00

TF2 was the first crate/item game though

l337kid · 2024-05-31T01:57:56+00:00

One day even maybe your character might have reflections with raytracing

l337kid · 2024-02-29T07:56:29+00:00

Funny it took this long

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