Headphones

[vdp]

That is an excellent question but do you mean wired or BT wireless?

Probably I'm even in the market for 2.

One for sure wired for critical listening.

One for travelling/airport/plane/hotel/noise purpose with some noise cancellation. Could be wired or BT.

Listening to music is always the goal. If the ANC one has a mic it could be multi-purposed in the office setting.

But don't want to make it a question about my situation honestly. Just general topic to collect various preferences, viewpoints, reasonings. Might just open my eyes to something I'm not even looking at so far.

 

[wiimamp user]

So im going to listen to some mp3,s now with my HE-1..
Spotify approved headphones

 

[WiiMer SJ]

Some of the sources of my wife's bewilderment, amusement and consternation are listed below.

Headphones

FIIO JadeAudio JT1, Closed Back, w/ pad swap - Dekoni Audio Elite Velour, & cable swap - Tripowin GranVia Dual 3.5mm Connector to 4.4mm

Koss Pro4S, Closed Back, w/ pad swap - Geekria PRO Extra Thick Velour

Koss Porta Pro, On-Ear, w/ pad swap YAXI Earpads

Sennheiser HD 400S, Closed Back, w/ pad swap - Adhiper Earpads Ice Silk, Memory Foam (Black)

Sennheiser HD 560S Open-Back, w/ cable swap - Geekria Apollo Silver-Plated 4.4mm to 2.5mm

Wired IEMs

FIIO FD3 Pro, single 12mm Dynamic

KZ DQ6, single 10mm Dynamic + dual 6mm Dynamic

KZ ZSN PRO X, single Balanced Armature + dual 10mm Dynamic

Moondrop Quarks, single 6mm Dynamic

TRN MT1, single ??mm Dynamic

Wireless Earbuds & IEMs

EarFun Free 2

Masters & Dynamic MW07

MEE Audio Pebbles

SoundPEATS Air3

SHOKZ OpenFit

Dongles, DACs & Amps

FiiO BTR3K Bluetooth Receiver

FiiO BTR11 Bluetooth Receiver

FIIO K11 Desktop DAC & Amplifier

Geekria 2.5mm Balanced Male to 4.4mm Balanced Female Headphones Adapter

GUCraftsman USB Type C to 2.5mm Female Portable HiFi Headphone Adapter

GUCraftsman USB Type C to 3.5mm Female Portable HiFi Headphone Adapter

 

[QuarryHunslet]

My currently used headphones are Sennheiser HD 239 (wired), and Grado GW100X (Bluetooth or wired). I also have some Samsung Galaxy Buds Live, which are used outdoors, and on public transport.

 

[wiimamp user]

With a bluetooth,wired dongle dac one can get every headphone wired or not.( BT).
Those dacs offer both options..

 

[WiiMer SJ]

With a bluetooth,wired dongle dac one can get every headphone wired or not.( BT).
Those dacs offer both options..

The FIIO BTR 11 is a steal at $20 US

 

[wiimamp user]

The FIIO BTR 11 is a steal at $20 US

Yes great price excellent dac..
I have multiple products of Fiio.
I also have the Shanling up 5.

 

[wiimamp user]

Anyone tried these IEM,s?
Simgot supermix 4?
Aful Performer 5?
7 Hz Timeless 2?

 

[goodmore]

Comfort is just as important as the sound.

 

[wiimamp user]

Comfort is just as important as the sound.

I think youre absolutely right on that..

 

[MrA]

As posted elsewhere before this thread was started...

My preferred headphones/IEMs:

• Beyerdynamic DT1990 Pro Mk2
• Hifiman Arya Organic
• Sennheiser HD650 (occasional use)
• Apple Airpods Pro2 for travelling etc

(+ various Sennheiser & other unused headphones, accumulated since the '70s.... in those days including the 'yellow' Sennheisers!)

I use the Pro version of EqMac for Mac OS ($40/£40 lifetime), Macbook app (USB-C to headphone DAC/amp) giving up to 20 PEQ bands for potentially greater accuracy (...if fine tuning is your 'thing'). The Beyer's are connected to this, the Arya's to a headphone amp/WiiM ultra, both setups fed by Amazon Music HD unlimited.



EqMac Pro also includes the 'Soundly Shape-It' plugin with real-time PEQ. I don't need it but can be useful to slide any frequency/gain/Q around in real time & hear the immediate effect. Helpful to identify and mitigate specific frequencies causing aspects such as hollowness, glare, sibilance etc with any given pair of headphones (then adjusting the same frequency with a band in EqMac or WiiM PEQ).

 

[AceDeuce73]

...or together with the Les Paul and the Line6 POD

Mine run through a Marshall Class 5 combo and/or a Fender Super Champ X2.

 

[Zap Rekowski]

I recently connected the Momentum 4 to the notebook via USB-C cable. The headphones were recognized normally as a USB DAC. Compared to our childhood, we can consider ourselves really lucky what technology has produced in recent decades at reasonably affordable prices

 

[canard]

As posted elsewhere before this thread was started...

My preferred headphones/IEMs:

• Beyerdynamic DT1990 Pro Mk2
• Hifiman Arya Organic
• Sennheiser HD650 (occasional use)
• Apple Airpods Pro2 for travelling etc

(+ various Sennheiser & other unused headphones, accumulated since the '70s.... in those days including the 'yellow' Sennheisers!)

I use the Pro version of EqMac for Mac OS ($40/£40 lifetime), Macbook app (USB-C to headphone DAC/amp) giving up to 20 PEQ bands for potentially greater accuracy (...if fine tuning is your 'thing'). The Beyer's are connected to this, the Arya's to a headphone amp/WiiM ultra, both setups fed by Amazon Music HD unlimited.

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EqMac Pro also includes the 'Soundly Shape-It' plugin with real-time PEQ. I don't need it but can be useful to slide any frequency/gain/Q around in real time & hear the immediate effect. Helpful to identify and mitigate specific frequencies causing aspects such as hollowness, glare, sibilance etc with any given pair of headphones (then adjusting the same frequency with a band in EqMac or WiiM PEQ).

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the means of peq are democratized..see wiim... the real questions are always rather which corrections, target curves to apply...
;-)

 

[WiiMer SJ]

I recently connected the Momentum 4 to the notebook via USB-C cable. The headphones were recognized normally as a USB DAC. Compared to our childhood, we can consider ourselves really lucky what technology has produced in recent decades at reasonably affordable prices

In 1969 at age 8 I was given a GE AM radio with a mono earphone. I was happier than a pig in s***.

 

[castalla]

 

[MrA]

'...the real questions are always rather which corrections, target curves to apply...'

Try various, choose which suits & adapt to taste. Works for me & I now have both my main headphone types using very close frequency responses. Differences are in soundstage, dynamic impact, timbre & degrees of of the '3D no-headphone' effect but both sets are tuned just as I like them.

 

[Zap Rekowski]

With a bluetooth,wired dongle dac one can get every headphone wired or not.( BT).
Those dacs offer both options..

I have two headphone DACs which I used frequently a few years ago:

Fiio E10K Olympus 2
xDuoo X3 II (also a 384kHz/32bit Music Player with AK4490 and apt-x BT)

 

[Zap Rekowski]

Mine run through a Marshall Class 5 combo and/or a Fender Super Champ X2.

I only have an old Roland box at home for jamming. And the cardioid (POD Line6) for home recording... but to be honest, I haven't touched anything for a long time

 

[Zap Rekowski]

In 1969 at age 8 I was given a GE AM radio with a mono earphone. I was happier than a pig in s***.

...I sat with my handy cassette recorder in front of the cake radio with the record button paused to record with the micro my own hits... and was always annoyed when the presenter talked into the song too early Must have been around the mid 70s.