https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/fun-with-vintage-headphones.9934/ “The impedence is denoted by…”

When I put new pads on a Bose headphones years ago, they bled about 1/3 of how much they were bleeding previously. Shocked me, really. The pads were starting to show some foam/coming undone

I’ve found that a dedicated amp or dac or amp/dac really improves the sound on all of my headphones. Amp making more of a difference than a dac to me. But, I do not own Beyer’s so can’t say anything 100%. On my first pair of headphones that I bought for better sound quality, I noticed about the same amount of improvement between having the new headphones and then adding in an amp along with the new headphones, which surprised me.

Seriously. When I was first becoming interested in finding good audio equipment, I hadn’t really listened for good sound in any audio setup before and had always listened on a Bose QC something. When I picked up a pair of focals (forgot the model, maybe the clear), I had thought they were bad in comparison. Later I realized I’d never heard what instruments actually sound like, and mistook clarity for… distortion? Who knows. Haha.

Ah, trades, yes that explains it. I’ve gotten some good deals used myself but nothing close to a near free stabilized VC haha. Only a net-free Feliks audio espressivo mkII here :(

You don’t happen to mean $2,000, do you? If you got them for $200, I am going to have to ask you for your source…

Never bought a Moondrop dawn pro, but I have bought a few things from them. I think Moondrop is just slow to ship in general. ChiFi for the win!

Tinnitus can’t be fixed as far as I’m aware. It’s nice to drown it out in music (don’t blast it and cause more hearing damage). Every now and then if I’m listening for prolonged sessions with moderate-loud music, my tinnitus will act up, but nothing permanent. Not to say it won’t be permanent if, again, you’re blasting music at incredibly volumes. Also, brightness in speakers can be an absolute killer for my tinnitus. The best way to “deal with” tinnitus for me is not thinking about it; the more it’s on my mind, the more irritating it gets. I’ve had tinnitus for as long as I can remember, so I wish you the best of luck!