Thread 723856485

Broke: buying a gaming headset
Woke: buying a pair of "audiophile" headphones
Bespoke: buying a pair of IEM's for $30 that outperforms most $150 headphones

Cope: believing that stupid shit you just said

>>723856485 (OP)
if it was up your ass you’d know

i don't think its that heathly to create an air pocket in your ear like that

>>723856485 (OP)
now turn up the volume to 500% like every other retard and then you can make your sob story weekly thread about having self-inflicted tinnitus

>>723856485 (OP)
headset makes my ears sweaty and get blackheads on my earlobes, earbuds are cleaner and dont trap moisture

>>723856485 (OP)
-Poor audio quality
-unhygenic
-wireless means you're a faggot and even worse audio quality
-bluetooth radiation directly into your skull through the ear canal


For me its a $20 pair of headphones from a midrange brand because it's not like I'm using them to fucking mix music or work on professional sound editing (which is done with actual speakers anyway)

I just use speakers

>>723856803
>Bluetooth radiation
My sides

>>723856485 (OP)
Based: TV at max volume

>>723856620
They have a hole to prevent that
The real problem is they dilate your earpussy and every few years you have to go up a size
But its still healthier than the gamer dent

IEMs are legit. /v/ is still stuck in the stone age with gaymer headsets. The bare minimum is using a chinknisium 20 dollar IEM if you need isolation and bass, otherwise you get an open-back.

>>723856803
this nigga is scared of light lmao

>>723856485 (OP)
what about using speakers

>>723856485 (OP)
I don't get earphones, do you people have hearing problems or something? is it more of a personal question, like not wanting others to hear what you are playing?
I like to hear the city noises when i'm outside on the streets and the sounds of nature when i'm residing in my house near the woods.
people who wear headphones in public seem to be so deattached from reality and life alltogether, literally NPC's

Baroque: Sony MDR-V6’s so weathered, the pleather has practically melted off

>>723857065
I have the best sony wireless buds. How much would a superior IEM cost? I’ll admit I was scared off by the low prices, but also needed wireless

>>723856803
>bluetooth radiation

>>723856935
Radio waves are considered radiation. There's a reason why every phone has a warning to not keep next to ears or head for prolonged exposure, but you're Jewish so there's no point in arguing.

i use openback headphones because i want to hear the world around me. Are there open back iems?

I'm literally going fucking crazy trying to figure out which headphones to buy. I want a closed back with good isolation because I'm an apartmentcuck. Are any of these good?

>>723856803
>bluetooth radiation

>>723857307
>I was scared of by the low prices
are you an apple iphone NIGGER
How is that a thing?

>>723856803
>Bluetooth radiation
Read a book, nigger.

>>723857345
radio waves don't penetrate your body you fuckin retard, oh my god
you actually have no idea, do you? you really think radio and micro and infrared waves are simply "harmful" in "some way" because you don't know what wavelength and frequency is

>>723856803
due you are being pelted by genuinely all kinds of radiation as we speak, how dumb are you
>Bluetooth radiation
oh, that dumb

>>723857550
>They don't penetrate your body, that's why 5g is able to perfectly map out your entire room with one pulse

>>723857660
again, you don't know what wavelength and frequency is
learned that back in high school

>>723857660
Do you think being a Luddite is funny or something? You must since the first thing you resort to is "lol u r le jew!"
Kill yourself you retarded nigger

>>723857660
and microwaves can't escape your microwave because... you don't know, right?
dumbass

>>723857660
oh wow, he's going for the 5g theories now

>>723857760
Luddites were correct in every conceivable way. You're delusional if you think otherwise. It's not an insult at all.

>>723857307
Don't worry, even seasoned audioniggers are fooled by price. They think $$$ = the best. You aren't paying for graphics cards. Good will sound good no matter the price. You'd be surprised to know that some chinkfi wireless IEM either match or outright surpass the expensive mainstays in the airpods and samsung shit. The chink IEMspace is hyped up because it's essentially the wild west for innovation. Get yourself something like the Salnotes Zero 2 and get an apple dongle or some other cheapo fuck for a clean source if your mobo is old as shit. It'll blow your mind how good things can sound for how cheap it is.

speakers

>>723857882
>t. anon posting on the one of the most advanced technologies of the modern age, using the most advanced modes of information transport
sure, retard

>>723857769
>he's dumb enough to own a microwave

did you guys know $30 headphones outperform $4600 stax chinese electrostatics in every test it is possible to do. chinks are so funny

the only expensive headphones that are really good are the old-design sennheisers like HD600, HD800S

>>723857385
Fiio FT1 (Good bass, high highs.)
HD620s (neutral - may sound boring at first if you're coming from niggerbass shit)
MDR-M1 (The middle ground. Hipster cred because they have 0 hype.)

Narrow it down to these. Then do your own research again.

>>723858082
Filo FT1 cord apparently has bad microphonics issues, and replacing that dual split cable seems like a fucking hassle

MDR M1 apparently has more bass than the 620s, wish I knew how good isolation and comfort were

>>723857975
Guess you love your trannies and pharmas

do any of the weird membrane and multiprocesser headphones sound much different?

>>723857328
>>723857142
>>723856935
>>723857398
>>723857496
>>723857654
>>723857702
>>723857760

iems are garbage meme reddit bullshit

>>723858731
t. logitech headset toddler

Give me a good IEM and mic to replace my shitty JBL Quantum 400 headset

fiio ft1’s with the meze boom mic cable are all you need

>>723858061
oh hey i used those superlux, wasn't the reason for them being so cheap and good because the company took over some high quality headphones manufacturing plant and just put essentially what are 300 dollar headphones into a flimsy 10 dollar case that breaks if you pick them up wrong?
they lasted me about 3 years before falling apart but they really are great for their money

>>723858731
iems are and have only ever been for bands on stage so they can hear each other's voices and instruments over all the other noise.

I wear my earbuds a bit loose because I like still hearing a bit of the outside world. Used to have some super comfy iems with wires that go around the ears that let me do that without worrying that they'll fall out. Then they stopped making them so now I just use regular wireless earbuds.
I have a jabra headset for work and they hurt my ears so I'm put off headphones by that.

>>723859035
i had superlux 668bs that i modded with removable cable and they were seriously godlike

not comfortable, but audio-wise, amazing.

i have sennheiser HD800S now, which are $2k headphones if you buy them atm (i got them for $1000 new in an amazon pricing error) and i would say philips shp9500 and superlux hd668b sounded 90% as good in terms of locational audio. not as high resolution obviously though

>been using some $15 Sony earbuds for years
>they last around a year before they start failing, then I just buy a new set
>current one is starting to give me issues

I've been considering on treating myself and buy some actual higher quality earbuds, but I have zero idea of where to start. Any brand recommendations? Or recommendations overall?

>make new aliexpress account
>somehow accepts ite ven though same credit card etc
>buy a bunch of wireless inear with the first buy discount.
I got dozen of them for less than $5 each, the best one I got was the realfit f3.

>>723858861
Truthear Gate and some Fifine shit off amazon that comes with an arm.

>>723859157
https://www.scarbir.com/

this nigga is helpful

>>723856485 (OP)
What's a good pair of budget headphones? I like them wired or detachable wire.
No mic is needed.

>>723859138
i will probably buy them again once my current ones croak
i just wish i didn't struggle changing the fake leather covers for the cloth ones lol
30 bucks is 30 bucks though cant argue with that

>>723856485 (OP)
IEMs aren't comfy.
I will stay with my dt770, simple.

>>723857274
i wear headphones when i work, i wear headphones when i skate
what's the problem

What the fuck is an audiophile? Is that like what Joe Biden is?

>>723857385
Sennheiser HD280 is the best noise isolating headphone, it's called a "lawnmower headphone" by some. It's a bit tight around your head, straight out the box, and the coiled cable is kinda shit but I work in what used to be an old apartment building when Hitler was alive so there's zero isolation and I needed good headphones. I would accept no substitute, maybe from the same series

I don't want wireless near my brain if I can help it

>>723859539
you'll get it next time champ

>>723856485 (OP)
Using anything other than a wired headset for PC gaming is retarded

>>723857931
are there any 2.4ghz IEM wireless adapters that attach via the same wired plugs?

Gay: being OP

so tl:dr
- if you are poor but want the best bang for your buck to listen to your bassboosted cod montages: superlux hd668b
- if you want to drown out the noises of your father beating your mother for taking bbc last weekend while you were still at home while listening to linkin park: sennheiser hd280
- if you are deaf anyway and can tolerate 20kHz waves screeching at you at 120db, think bass is a fish and anything wired will strangulate you: $3 inears off teemu
- if you are retarded for no reason: random inears that cost as much or more than full on headphones

>>723860186
upvote

>>723856485 (OP)
ATTENTION! CONTAINMENT BOARD BREACH!
I REPEAT
CONTAINMENT BOARD BREACH!
PLEASE REPORT TO >>>/g/iem

>>723856485 (OP)
Queerfolk: OP

>>723860352
I don't see you posting this in the AI threads or the porn threads or the /pol/ threads or the gacha generals or the controller threads or the GPU threads?

>>723860186
philips shp9500 is a good comfort upgrade from superlux, sounds about the same but bigger earcups that aren't like torture devices

Someone keeps posting a really old /g/ infograph about headphone recommendations and a bunch of the expensive ones are actual fucking dogshit.

>>723856485 (OP)
>bro why did you buy that pos?
Speakers for my desktop
IEMs if I need to go anywhere
>headphones
lmao enjoy a frequency response that changes with aging pads and headphone position and gamer dent

>>723859797
Whatever you say, Hunter Biden

>>723856485 (OP)
Or you can just get a normal set of headphones

You can have a friendly interaction about iems in super best audio friends

>>723856485 (OP)
>buying a pair of IEM's for $30 that outperforms most $150 headphones
I fell for the meme. The ones I got don't sound any better than my cheap earphones.
They're still good but nothing amazing like /g/ wants you to believe,

>>723856485 (OP)
Chad: full 7.1 surround sound system

>>723860945
When I had headphones at one point in history on the present timeline of life I thought that surround sound would make me able to hear the sound more accurately in games though headphones.

I can't believe a bunch of marketers convinced all you retards to stop using speakers. It's even more embarrassing than gamer chairs.

>>723861016
Could you rephrase that with a little less autism?

>>723861070
>Play Counterstrike1.6 through GO with surround sound PC speakers all my life, sound is always clear and accurate
>Install CS2
>They literally removed all sound options except shitty headphones mode with virtual surround that sounds like shit on actual surround sound systems
FOR WHAT FUCKING PURPOSE?

>>723856485 (OP)
I use speakers normally but I do use wired IEMs when I don't want to disturb anyone.

>>723856485 (OP)
this thread is just for niggas who live with their parents and underaged anons who don't want their asses spanked for being loud at night

>>723859157
Stick with them or get some cheap Panasonic heapdhones. They'll last a long time unless you purposefully blow them out by playing everhthing at Max volume. If you want loudness get some fucking speakers or a sound bar and subwoofer.

>>723858475
modern medicine is good. i like it when babies don't die and a cut doesn't lead to death.

>>723861756
I hope someone burns your house down you loud fucking faggot

>>723856485 (OP)
https://voca.ro/12zxrm0adQdX
https://voca.ro/12zxrm0adQdX

>>723862025
Touched a nerve?

>>723857931
i dont trust chinkshit fucking things will blow up or somethingg

>>723862098
I can't hear you, so no. I'm just making sure you receive the appropriate response. I'm looking out for you, anon, try a little gratitude. Faggot.

>>723859353
jbl 500bt live, you can find them for 30 bucks. theyre bot wired/bt, mine are like 3 years old and are workhorses

>>723856485 (OP)
>gets clogged within a week
>never sounds the same afterwards
very sad, many such cases

>>723863007
Clean your fucking ears bro

hurr durr 600 by sen

>>723856485 (OP)
I don't care that much about performance, I just want long battery life.

>>723857385
God damn man.

>>723856485 (OP)
I aint buying any IEDs, much less $30 ones, fuck off

>>723856485 (OP)
Why do I need a monitor in my ear? I don't have eyes there.

>>723856485 (OP)
I have my $20 wired Apple earphones, kys
How the fuck do you guys keep yours clean? I wash my ears out in the shower, use a little wax pick, still get earwax all over these fuckers.

I'm inclined to buy a pair of airpods 4 but I feel like I'd ruin them with all my wax.

>>723866521
same lmao, they just work

>>723856485 (OP)
Sneedoke: *rapes you*

>>723866402
Every battery powered electronic device can be an IED
I'm sure you own several of these IEDs already

>>723856485 (OP)
Adult: playing on speakers

I spent a few hundred trying out various iems to come to the conclusion open back headphones really are the best.

>>723856485 (OP)
Is there a difference between "IEMs" vs just regular in ear earbuds?

>JBL Endurance Run 2 wired
>20 euros
passive isolation due to shape.
they don't fall off the ear.
impressive sound quality.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/jbl-endurance-run-2-wired-iem-review.58635/

headphones are way convenient to put on but I wish I had IEMs this summer. I couldn't hear anything because AC with headphones

>>723856485 (OP)

Coke: buying 5 dollar Chinese Sennheiser MX 365 knockoffs on Temu

>xiaomi piston fresh
yep, its a hidden gem

>>723866885
Will grab these after my CRA dies because they look comfy and I trust (You)

>>723859138
how the fuck were they in any way "amazing"?
I still have a pair and dt990s and when people complain about beyer peak they haven't heard 668bs because dear god not only does it sound like a fucking piece of dogshit, it rapes ears more than dt990s ever could
I guess you can EQ them but seriously, they suck ass

>>723867651
>I guess you can EQ them
yes

for me it's the porta pro
mine just died after 10 years

>>723856485 (OP)
Coked: listening to the voice of the one true god.

>>723867671
but they will still sound like low def audio, it kinda reminded me of accidentally switching to 22khz bit format in windows instead of 44khz and the audio sounds low def like that

IEMs are actually the peak audio experience. Lightweight, no fatigue, equivalent or better sound quality than headphones at 1/2 the price, good sound stage, portable, no tinnitus, no gamer dent etc. Literally the best of everything. Would recommend.

>>723867808
>, equivalent or better sound quality than headphones
nah, there are limitations on the resolution you can produce with a diaphragm of that size

>>723856485 (OP)
Here:

https://www.amazon.com/Rythflo-Bluetooth-Headphones-Sweatproof-Traveling/dp/B0C3C6S3H5?th=1&psc=1

It even has a 20% coupon right now in addition to the listed discount. You will not find better sound quality on the market at this price and for how long they last (3 days at least of constant use, from experience). The microphone quality is ass, though.

>>723867808
>no fatigue
on PC I wouldn't be able to hold ear dildos in my ears for like 8-10h straight

>>723856803
>bluetooth radiation directly into your skull through the ear canal
I have used Bluetooth headphones nearly literally constantly for like a decade. I am neither dead nor dying. I even sleep with them in.

question for in ear and earbud fags, what do I do if all the different size tips they come with still makes it fall out of my ears?

>>723867861
It's the same tech. You'd hit price or preference differences long before any kind of limitations came into play.

>>723867945
headphones

>>723856485 (OP)
I use kiwiears cadenzas, 30$ wired IEMs and they do the trick I hate having them in my ears for hours at a time.

anon are you the same one who's been making IEM threads the past couple of days

what is wrong with you

>>723867967
>>723867808
IEMs can literally never give you the same soundstage or bass of headphones, it's just physics

>>723867861
the only limitation of iems will be soundstage because you're bypassing the outer ear aka pinna
also the niggerbass tuning for majority of them which you can fix

>>723868074
its some poorfag who is obsessed with telling himself his $10 chinese IEMs are better than sennheiser headphones

>>723867598
NTA but some extra recommendation: the 7Hz Salnotes Zero and the Truthear GATE. Both score better and are the same price.

>>723868471
Damn they all look comfy, I'll check them out too.

>>723867945
It's possible there's a layer of earwax that's discouraging the tips from gripping onto your skin
I'm not saying you should use Q-tips. Just a simple wipe with a small damp towel every morning should last you all day.

bout an ath mx50 for my pc and never had problems with it outside of changing the pads
i do have some "cheap" sony earphones when im out though

>>723867918
Most are a pretty relaxed fit. They don't really grip or plug your ears like ear protection might, there's never a vacuum unless you're buying a type that specifically inserts deep. I could never do closed-ear headphones because they'd clamp so hard I'd fatigue in 4 hours tops. Open-eared were better but still fatigued around 8-10 hours. I have yet to have trouble with IEMs at 12+.

>>723868091
At high-end yes but it depends on the tuning. I personally don't like bass but a couple pairs I own do pull off some decent bass which is a little too much for me. It's all price but you can definitely get similar performance out of either.

>>723867945
There are tips such as foam or springs that can help them stay in.

I got low latency wireless headset for listening to music while doing things away from the pc
then I got closed back wired headphones for better noise isolation and quality
then I got wireless earbuds for when I go outside, its calming to have anc to have less car tire noise

I got some cheap wired iems but I dont generally like how clunky they are to use and how they feel in my ears compared to headphones

Tell me some chink USB thingy to use on my zogphone, please.

>>723856485 (OP)
Maybe use hi fi speakers, and not shit that probes your ears or gives you head dent

>>723869021
Any cheap ones to rec?

>blue tooth
>does not connect inside your mouth
False advertising

>>723863007
Didn't know earwaxmaxxing was a thing

>>723867808
>equivalent or better sound quality than headphones
Sure, and I'm Hitler's grandmother

If you have the money and are willing to wait 5-6 weeks then custom iems are for you

>>723856803
>bluetooth radiation
that's bullshit, but I believe it

>>723857345
they are non ionizing just like the microwave and 5g you stupid american

>>723872031
fyi, "non-ionizing" radiation does not mean safe. there's a reason houses underneath powerlines are 1/5 the price of surrounding houses.

https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/topics/cellphones/index.html

if you expose rats to cell phone radios, they develop heart tumors at an elevated rate

>>723856547
hee hee hee

>>723872708
>Non-ionizing radiation is electromagnetic radiation that does not have enough energy to remove electrons from atoms or molecules
how does it grow tumors then? magic?
your eyes have radiation going into them all the time, thats how you see

>>723856803
>bluetooth
mine are wired so it's not my problem

>>723872954
are you aware that your entire body is sustained by billions of billions of chemical processes which can all be influenced by things you have no idea about? for example, there are various studies indicating that cellular processes in the skin are accelerated by infrared / near-infrared light, because it penetrates to the mitochondria and stimulates ATP production. so NIR therapy has been used since the nineties for treating skin wounds, burns, scars, etc.

do you sincerely think nothing in your body interacts with electromagnetic waves? there are clinical therapies which bombard the brain with EM fields in hopes of ameliorating depression, anxiety, etc.: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcranial-magnetic-stimulation/about/pac-20384625

this is just electromagnetic radiation. wow, its non-ionizing, how can it do anything?

i guess those rats in those studies just read facebook too much and placebo'd themselves into developing heart tumors after they were exposed to cell phone radios, too. feels good to be a retarded 90-IQ redditor

>>723867945
because you're a monke!

>>723873234
>>723872954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_olmdAQx5s

here's another example. doesn't this guy know that the radiation being pulsed into his head is non-ionizing???? why is it causing his muscles to contract, i was told on reddit that non-ionizing means perfectly safe and natural. our ancestors surely were exposed to EMI near our brains at all times

Thinking about getting the HD 490 pros then EQing it so I can listen to HoMM III ost all day long.

>>723873341
are you a flat earther?

>>723873615
you must get sexual pleasure from losing arguments online

>>723856485 (OP)
Half-open akm for 30 bucks and alike will sound better than what you use. I have recently upgraded to 160 bucks Sennheiser 560, which I bought refurbished, and you sense a difference. The difference isn't necessarily worth to most people, but there is a noticeable and increase in sound quality between the thirty and one-hundred-sixty headphones.

>>723873651
and you think that we never went to the moon and the government is controlling us through 5g?

>>723856485 (OP)
>IEM
nah sorry i'm straight

>>723873341
Simple: it doesn't

>>723856485 (OP)
>jeet head

>>723868773
Can you buy those separately?

>>723874305
dont engage with him hes fucking retarded, if he wasnt he would of taken the bait and talked about UV and how its a type of non-ionizing radiation that causes cancer but no he had to go the full schizo flat earther tier logic route

open ear under 100 dollar headphones (audio technica), with a DAC/AMP was better than the audiophile recommended 200+ headphones.

>>723868625
I clean them fairly regularly (like ever second week) though when I wear on ear headphones at work all day the earwax is softer from the increased temperature so maybe I just have more than most

>>723867786
The amount of loudness that speakers require just to hear anything is insane
They WANT you to wear headphones and I’m tired of pretending they don’t

>>723874906
does UV cuase ionizing in our upper atmosphere,
it releases visible light and breaks down o2

>>723875885
yeah thats why the ozone is important, its a shield to reduce the energy before it hits us in the lower atmosphere. by the time it hits us it doesnt have enough power to be ionizing

>>723859304
>wireless earbuds

The recommendation is appreciated, but I only want wired.

gigachad:20.00 wired skullcandy earbuds

it just works, anything else is cope. you dont need more than this. you fell for a grift.

>>723857882
>Luddites were correct in every conceivable way.
I always wondered what's going on in heads of "people" holding opinions like this and other fans of a schizophrenic polak who killed few people because the water is wet.
Then I've realized, that they unironically believe that industrial revolution or technological progress in general literally violated their reproductive rights at some fundamental level.

>>723880351
Skullcandy earbuds only last me like 5-6 months before one of them stops working. Sony earbuds on the other hand are cheaper and last for over a year before I need to replace them.

>>723856485 (OP)
I just use speakers.

I use IEMs when I go outside, the sound is nice, but they're definitely not as good as openback planars I use for PC. I know people who get tired of headphones, but it's not an issue for me.

>>723857362
Hifi chink earbuds, such as the DUNU alphas are essentially open back IEMs.

>>723872031
>stupid american
France banned the iphone 12 for emitting too much radiation. Stupid eurofag.

>>723881927
>eurofag
why do idiots like you always guess
>France banned the iphone 12 for emitting too much radiation
I dont think you know what non-ionizing radiation is

>>723856803
>For me its a $20 pair of headphones from a midrange brand because it's not like I'm using them to fucking mix music or work on professional sound editing
Perhaps some people just enjoy high fidelity audio though? I certainly do, much in the same way I enjoy nice graphics, it compliments gameplay and overall immersion. I like casting a spell, seeing the particle effect pop out of the screen with HDR, and hearing the swoosh or shimmer with all the detailed sparkle of the treble and the rumble of the bass.

>30$
Try 5$. Even if there's a difference in sound and it's noticeable, I don't care that much.
I think ambient noise adds to the soundtrack.

>>723856485 (OP)
I still use desktop stereo speakers.

>guy who can only afford dogshit: yeah for sure dogshit is actually the best, dogshit is all you need, it's gigachad to only use dogshit
every /v/ thread on any technology at all lmao

>>723882110
>why do idiots like you always guess
you assume everyone is american

So, I just want some nice surround sound headphones for my gaymin at around 100-150€. In that range they are good enough for some enjoyable music listening so it's all good.

WHAT
TO
BUY
THOUGH

>>723881797
>they actually still make these foam earbuds
wow

>>723883006
Fidelios

>>723882491
only if they are dumb, its an educated guess and checks out most of the time.
Id say spouting shit you dont know about is covered under being dumb.
did you even look up why the SAR is in place?

>>723857362
Not many, but some exist. I never hear anything about any of them though, so you're probably better off with earbuds for that purpose.

>>723856749
buy fabric aftermarket pads.

>>723856485 (OP)
Earphones, even at the same volume perception as headphones, send like 5x the audio-vibrations into your eardrums, they are the WORST thing you can possibly do to your eardrums for long-term hearing.

OP is a retarded, malicious faggot advocating for a product that is guaranteed to harm the user. Use them at the gym if you need to listen to something, that's it. Headset for anywhere else.

>>723856485 (OP)
Every tech thread is just "yea bro it's not that expensive I got a good deal it costs only xyz but in reality the default price for this "better than gamer headsets" shit is always like 300.

>>723857385
>>723883006
i use AudioTechnica m50x with USB and a mic, they're fantastic, no drivers, so you just plug them in and enjoy, great sound.

The best isolation+sound i ever got out of a headset, was a very expensive Steelseries with an amp, but they had alot of issues. I also have a big head so many brands are just too small.
>1x single, thin plastic hinge for the earcups, guaranteed to break after a few years
>sound would flip between gaming surround and high-quality stereo with heavy bass, but i could discern no reason how or why they would switch between them, and i had no control over it, the driver app was useless for diagnosing or fixing it.

forget the model though, i recommend the m50x, and you can always sell it on if you don't like it.

I also bought JBL QuantumOnes a few years back. They're fantastic, if you're an esports tryhard and need top-notch surround sound, but otherwise they're kinda average, and very expensive.

>>723885601
Was leaning on audiotechnica but I want surround sound and bass, I'm not obsessed with multiplayer shooters but I want to enjoy peak audio in my vidya and quality music that teeters on audiophile. But the fucking surround, god damn it I don't want to buy razer again fffffffuuuuu

>>723886256
And the potentiometers
Don't get me started on potentiometers Jesus Christ I'd rather fuck a tranny than use a headset with this shit again

>>723886256
>I want surround sound and bass
you can only pick 1 anon. There are no good surround sound headphones that give bass, surround sound is for esports, bass is for single-speaker stuff. QuantumOne by JBL's, or whatever their latest iteration of that model is, is the best in surround sound i've experienced, but the music quality was ass because of it.

>>723868471
Shitty microphone though

>>723883969
>its an educated guess and checks out most of the time.
so was you being a eurofag

r8 my setup

>>723857660
Mutt education everyone

>>723856485 (OP)
I buy these same headphones for $20 once every ~2 years, after the last pair breaks. I discovered that Koss Porta Pro drivers sound really good 20 years ago and I've been using versions of them ever since. It's better to keep buying new ones really because headphone speakers wear out and sound worse with usage.
I remember testing it and my 4yo really nice noise cancelling sennheisers sounded like shit when comparing them to a brand new pair of these

>>723856485 (OP)
>He doesn't mod his own headphones for the ultimate price:performance value
(You) R A GAY NIGGER

>>723886587
vanilla oldfag/10
time to upgrade unc, those infographics are 15 years old as OP pointed out you can now get a taste of audiophile sound for close to nothing, I wouldn't wear IEMs all day long, but it will make you appreciate how shitty portapros are

I still use my walkman headphones.

>>723887047
They are too uncomfortable for me zoomfriend. My ears start hurting after 30 minutes, whereas the port-a-pots remain comfy for around 2 hours

I used a pair of these I got on a deep discount for years, pretty sure the sound wasn't very good but the industrial design aspect is suburb

>bought TASCAM TH-MX2 headphones years ago because they were on sale
>used them a bit, but then went back to earbuds
>have been stored in their bag for years
>today I go check them again to test the sound quality with some rhythm games
>the headpiece coating is peeling off
>as in literally dusting off, I just removed almost all of it from the inner side
>google the model just to get more information on them
>pic related

I think I need new headphones.

>>723886373
Back in the day I used to rock a razer abyssus headset. Peak surround playing bad company 2, lovely bass that would fuck my shit up when cranking psytrance at night. Comfortable on my big head as well, wore them until the synthetic fabrics started turning to dust and then some. Nothing compares to that value for money and everything else has been an expensive disappointment of pick one but lose the other.

open backs around neck is the final redpill

>>723887305
On the other hand, I'm playing Muse Dash with them and damn they sound so good.

>>723887963
>he plays sissy hypno goon games while wearing estrogen leaching headphones
time to buy a pair of programmer socks and a cage

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>>723887963
>uses em anyway
kek

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>>723873180
>gawd im so fuggen smart responding to obvious bait

>>723886493
>so was you being a eurofag
nothing about you is educated, also you are wrong about that just like you are with the radiation

>>723888181
>brain immediately thinks about transexuals
Must suck to be you.

>>723888265
I just wanted to test them with one or two songs. Really good audio but absolutely not worth getting cancer for it. Back to the bag they go.