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Cake day: November 13th, 2023
  • FrankieLyrical@alien.topBtoHeadphones•2023 in retrospective. What did your buy this year?English
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    10 months ago

    I was on a bit of an audio journey this year with gear and such. But exclusively headphones:

    • DT990: Loved them until the piercing treble gave me nonstop headaches. Sold them.

    -HD660s: Loved them but thought they got boring after a while. Sold them.

    • DT1990: Loved them until the piercing treble gave me nonstop headaches. Sold them.

    • Back to the HD660s.

    I’m looking to get the HD 800s next year. I’m on a mission to find a pair of headphones that have awesome sound stage without treble that kill my ears.

  • FrankieLyrical@alien.topBtoHeadphones•Do AMPs actually vary in sound signature or is that snake oil?English
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    10 months ago

    I’ve done a ton of reading of opinions since getting into this hobby. I couldn’t disagree more with people who say that all dacs and amps essentially sound the same. For a long time, I had exclusively “entry level” AMPS (Schiit Magni/Modi, JDS Labs Atom+ Stack). I recently pulled the trigger on a topping a9o and the difference was insane. The details on songs that I’ve heard a million times, the sound stage… almost everything sounded different (in a good way).