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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #810 on: May 10, 2008, 08:19:13 PM »
Quote from: odeon on May 10, 2008, 02:31:39 PM
What make and model are they, Dawg?

Sorry, I didn't see this before, but info is here.


Don't read this set of reviews, though, because they are retarded as fuck. One reviewer posted that he wanted more "explosive sound and bass"

All I can say is that his sound card, DA/AD converter or what ever must be a piece of shit, because it is the dynamics that have seduced me.

I have some decent headsets to compare with - professional Koss, hi-dollar Bose, serious (four different) AKG, vintage electrostatics, two Beyer Dynamic, several Sennheisers and two vintage Shure,  but all are wired. They don't stand in the same room with my thousand dollar (twenty years ago) Sennheisers or (half that price) AKGs  (which are the only ones I have compared them with as yet - I know. Unfair!), but these are fine for what I need.

I have recently had the Koss and the Bose out, too,  and I think these sound better than the Koss, but similar to the Bose. I would have to try them side-by-side to determine a favorite.


They also offer a set with an AD/DA converter built in and they work in the 2.4 Ghz range. That would eliminate any FM radio issues, but they are three times the price of these.

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #811 on: May 10, 2008, 08:27:48 PM »
Steak. 
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #812 on: May 10, 2008, 08:30:46 PM »
Quote from: tiredofit on May 10, 2008, 07:13:22 PM
Let's see - I've bought another damn dog  :laugh: and I've got to run and get some more cigs very soon

Ease up a bit on my kindred.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #813 on: May 10, 2008, 08:38:13 PM »
hehehe - I wouldn't have 4 of them if I didn't love them  8)
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #814 on: May 11, 2008, 04:16:18 AM »
Quote from: tiredofit on May 10, 2008, 07:13:22 PM
Let's see - I've bought another damn dog  :laugh: and I've got to run and get some more cigs very soon

yay - cigs! 

we social pariahs should stick together.  ;)
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #815 on: May 11, 2008, 07:17:23 AM »
Damn city outlawed smoking in bars where I live on 7/1 - aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  :finger:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #816 on: May 11, 2008, 08:51:07 AM »
Quote from: tiredofit on May 11, 2008, 07:17:23 AM
Damn city outlawed smoking in bars where I live on 7/1 - aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  :finger:

I really think this is a bad idea even thought I don't smoke make non smoking bars for those who want them
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #817 on: May 11, 2008, 03:40:39 PM »
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 08:19:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 10, 2008, 02:31:39 PM
What make and model are they, Dawg?

Sorry, I didn't see this before, but info is here.

Have to look into those. What's their range, have you found out yet?

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Don't read this set of reviews, though, because they are retarded as fuck. One reviewer posted that he wanted more "explosive sound and bass"

All I can say is that his sound card, DA/AD converter or what ever must be a piece of shit, because it is the dynamics that have seduced me.

I have some decent headsets to compare with - professional Koss, hi-dollar Bose, serious (four different) AKG, vintage electrostatics, two Beyer Dynamic, several Sennheisers and two vintage Shure,  but all are wired. They don't stand in the same room with my thousand dollar (twenty years ago) Sennheisers or (half that price) AKGs  (which are the only ones I have compared them with as yet - I know. Unfair!), but these are fine for what I need.

I have recently had the Koss and the Bose out, too,  and I think these sound better than the Koss, but similar to the Bose. I would have to try them side-by-side to determine a favorite.

I've had trouble taking Bose seriously ever since they installed a 3-metre subwoofer "pipe" in a cinema I worked at, plus tiny little screen channels to handle all the rest... This pipe thingy produced only discrete frequencies, namely those that matched its length, and sounded awful, in my humble opinion.

But maybe their headphones are better?!

Koss, on the other hand... I love them. :)

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They also offer a set with an AD/DA converter built in and they work in the 2.4 Ghz range. That would eliminate any FM radio issues, but they are three times the price of these.

Happy!

but you'd face problems with people who have wireless internets... ;)
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #818 on: May 11, 2008, 04:49:44 PM »
Quarter wave designs often do an amazing job of controlling a driver's free air resonance, but I don't see that approach as beneficial in a high output system.

I have not discovered the max range of my headphones, yet. I think the specifications mention something about one hundred fifty feet.  I am sure that assumes ideal conditions, which I do not have.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #819 on: May 12, 2008, 12:58:23 PM »
The sound quality will probably suffer long before that, right?
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #820 on: May 12, 2008, 07:42:52 PM »
Quote from: odeon on May 12, 2008, 12:58:23 PM
The sound quality will probably suffer long before that, right?

I have only tried them to about seventy feet, but assuming an exponential depreciation rate ...

... my fence is not much farther away.

There is no detectable difference in one foot and seventy feet, for what ever that amt be worth.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #821 on: May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM »
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #822 on: May 13, 2008, 03:42:43 PM »
Quote from: parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o

How much is that in hurdygurdies?

:D

(sorry, but you had to be there)

Local cheap gas at Meijer hit four dollars per gallon, today. It made the news, here.




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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #823 on: May 14, 2008, 03:49:43 AM »
All converted for you, we pay about ~USD$4.94 a gallon (~AUD$1.40 a litre)
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #824 on: May 14, 2008, 02:34:05 PM »
That's cheap when compared to what we pay for it.
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