EHW Headphone / Earphone Club

[ENTERPRISE]

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

Beyerdynamic DT990s are currently £96 on Amazon, 770s (the same thing but closed back) are £109. Sony MDR-7506/1 are excellent value for money as well, those are currently £81. In that price range as far as Sennheisers go, there's only really the HD280 Pros at about £110 or so.

Nice thanks, I will take a look at that list and see what I fancy !

[ENTERPRISE]

Looks like the beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Studio Headphones - 80 Ohm may be the ones for me. 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/beyerdynamic-770-PRO-Studio-Headphones/dp/B0016MNAAI 

[OTHG_Chef]

I've had that set for a few years now and really like them. I think you will be happy with them.  Very comfortable with the velour ear pads, fit around the whole ear.  Very well rounded sound, enough low end without being to Bassy to drown out the mids or highs and not too bright for me. Cord is a little long and not detachable, but I only use them at my PC and have the cord cable routed to my desk. 

 

Powering them with a Schiit stack Modi/Magni 3

[ENTERPRISE]

25 minutes ago, OTHG_Chef said:

I've had that set for a few years now and really like them. I think you will be happy with them.  Very comfortable with the velour ear pads, fit around the whole ear.  Very well rounded sound, enough low end without being to Bassy to drown out the mids or highs and not too bright for me. Cord is a little long and not detachable, but I only use them at my PC and have the cord cable routed to my desk. 

 

Powering them with a Schiit stack Modi/Magni 3

 

Nice ! Always good to see a positive review In fact I like your stand as well, I need to get a stand for both headsets.

[OTHG_Chef]

3 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 

Nice ! Always good to see a positive review In fact I like your stand as well, I need to get a stand for both headsets.

Lol, It's a simple banana hanger. Cost me maybe $10. Thanks!

Edited January 3, 2021 by OTHG_Chef

[ENTERPRISE]

5 minutes ago, OTHG_Chef said:

Lol, It's a simple banana hanger. Cost me maybe $10. Thanks!

LMAO, I love that. I am so getting that.

[OTHG_Chef]

Glad I could help!

[Dasparx]

I'm somewhat of a budget headphone enthusiast, i've been using Superlux HD681-B's paired with a Fiio E7 since they came out. My other setup is another 681B + nobsound Q3

They've been great so far, only had one die on me due to an angry cat, and I also have a HD668-B i occasionally use with a Fiio uBTR. I use them with the velour pads since the faux leather gets really sweaty.

 

I've been looking around for a new budget headphone option, but i haven't really found anything that would be a proper "upgrade", without spending close to 100 euro or more.. at which point i'd rather buy another set of Superlux's for <30 eur.

 

If i had to make a list:

 

• 2x Superlux HD681-B
• Superlux HD668
• Fiio E7
• Nobsound Q3
• Fiio uBTR
• Apple earpods i got from my old job 

 

Edited January 4, 2021 by Dasparx

[Diffident]

I've always wanted some GRADO SR325e.

 

[xlen]

I've added KZ ZS10 PRO and CCA CST to my collection

[Simmons]

Finally got a slow day teleworking, so I have everything updated now.  Welcome to the club @Dasparx!

[ENTERPRISE]

Should have this puppy coming soon for review SXFI Theatre 

 

Could become my daily driver if it measured up !

[xlen]

On 2/12/2021 at 1:14 AM, ENTERPRISE said:

Should have this puppy coming soon for review SXFI Theatre 

 

Could become my daily driver if it measured up !

I know that I'm probably 2 weeks late, but the only somewhat decent wireless headset is HyperX Cloud II Wireless, the rest that I've tried are sounding like generic crap at 20eur price tag...

[xlen]

On 8/30/2019 at 6:07 PM, Simmons said:

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@ENTERPRISEcan you do something about the embedding? Otherwise we should just use a link to spreadsheet

[Simmons]

On 2/26/2021 at 1:46 PM, xlen said:

@ENTERPRISEcan you do something about the embedding? Otherwise we should just use a link to spreadsheet

This is something that will be corrected soon. For now, I will just provide the direct link.

[sweffymo]

I have 2 setups that I commonly use, one for the PC and one for my turntable.  Sometimes I swap around a bit though.

 

PC: Schiit Fulla 2 -> Sennheiser HD6XX

 

Turntable: Realistic LAB-440 -> Schiit Vali -> Sennheiser HD6XX

 

I also have the Sennheiser PC37X headset (I used to have HD598s so that seemed like a good move since they're the same) but the mic broke so I just got in a set of Sennheiser PC38X and honestly it's not worth the extra money.  It does have more bass though!

 

I have a Schiit Modi 2 for when I feel like using the Vali with my PC as well.

[EHW Ai]

Bottlehead Mainline amp coupled to FOCAL CLEAR PRO & Dan Clark (Mr. Speaker) ETHER C Flow headsets.

 

 

I use an RME ADI-2 Pro FS as a dac for both my headset amp and powered speakers (Acoustic Energy AE1s).

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by iamjanco

[BWG]

This is what I use.

 

 

[GhosX]

mine is Razer Megalodon

 

purchased in 2010 and still work like charm

( for Win10 , only work with any USB hub , not extension USB cable )

 

[Simmons]

A bit late to the party, but got you added @GhosX

 

EDIT: Just finally got the spreadsheet embed corrected!

Edited February 1, 2023 by Simmons

[Kaz]

Using ODAC/O2 Amplifier.  I built the O2 Amplifier, I like DIY projects...

Currently using Senheiser 650's.  My ear pads are starting to wear out, any suggestions on good replacements?  I heard leather can change the sound profile....  I'd love some gel ear pads, but I do wonder if it'll mess up the sound. 

Retired Senheiser 598's.

 

I also use a Mod-Mic 5.  I don't understand why any headphone designers make microphones that can't pop off when they bump stuff.  I could have broken that thing so many times...

[EHW Ai]

34 minutes ago, Kaz said:

Using ODAC/O2 Amplifier.  I built the O2 Amplifier, I like DIY projects...

Currently using Senheiser 650's.  My ear pads are starting to wear out, any suggestions on good replacements?  I heard leather can change the sound profile....  I'd love some gel ear pads, but I do wonder if it'll mess up the sound. 

Retired Senheiser 598's.

 

I also use a Mod-Mic 5.  I don't understand why any headphone designers make microphones that can't pop off when they bump stuff.  I could have broken that thing so many times...

 

Color me very, very impressed! 

 

Threw together a Mainline myself a while back, but I certainly didn't have much to do with its design. 

 

 

[Kaz]

1 minute ago, iamjanco said:

 

Color me very, very impressed! 

 

Threw together a Mainline myself a while back, but I certainly didn't have much to do with its design.

I didn't design it, that would be NwAvGuy who mysteriously disappeared some time after release.

 

That Mainline is really cool!

[EHW Ai]

Ah, apologies, I thought you were NwAvGuy. My bad.

 

Anyway, did you build the O2 Amplifier using a preassembled kit, or did you purchase everything based on a BOM?

[Kaz]

On 22/02/2023 at 01:32, iamjanco said:

Anyway, did you build the O2 Amplifier using a preassembled kit, or did you purchase everything based on a BOM?

I got about 20% though the BOM and decided screw it, and just bought a kit.  A smarter man would have written a program to find all the parts.  Overall I'm not sure I saved much/anything from buying a pre-built, but it was fun to build. 

Edited February 25, 2023 by Kaz