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pbj:
Eh, going in ignorant and leaving with Bose is far from the worst a buyer could do. Middle quality for high end price. Yes, yes, you all know better. Congrats.

:cheers:

pixel:
As for my story of finances, Ive been working. Part of me trying to get back on my feet, was to sleep in the van... and to cut down to one mild meal a day, with a light snack. At first, I was only at a max of 32 hrs a week, and the pay was not good... but it kept me fed.

I got full time more recently, and a boost in pay, and eventually was able to get a place... but its still been difficult. The place is cheap for the city I live in, but its at a busy intersection... with crazy thumping subwoofers rocking the building at nearly all hours. Most nights, I spend a good portion at work, after hours. Not sure I can afford what I really need, regardless of how little I spend / eat.

I probably should not be buying much of anything. But we all need something other than work, in our lives... and Ive found that the thing that I used the most, that gives me the most pleasure on a daily basis... are my HD 590's headphones.

Even the worst looking games and even movies, can be transformed with good audio... into a completely different experience.
Some people could be fine, listening to a Mono AM radio. I happened to love holographic audio. Accurate, clear, music / sounds. The ability to know where something is located, how far away it is... Hearing the strong double bass of the drums - yet not having them distort the cymbals and other sounds / instruments. Its the next best thing to a $2000 VR systems experience. And in fact, most VR experiences, would be 50 times more potent... with better headphones. An experience similar to my HD 500s... where, when an MP3 song that had thunder in it... actually was so realistic ... that I actually turned to look out of the window. The sounds, do not sound like they are coming from a directional speaker. You feel as if the sound comes from all over the room, in any / every direction possible.

Its like needing glasses... seeing the world as blurry, fuzzy, not detailed at all... and then donning the glasses for the first time, and seeing all of that glorious detail that was withheld from you. That you were unable to enjoy / experience. And once you have tasted this... you can no longer easily go back to blur-o-vision.

To my ears... low fi headphones are now as bad as listening to a Mono-Am radio filled with static. Or trying to go from a 1080p HDR monitor... to a green monochrome pc experience. Its really that much, of a difference.

pbj:
We are all glad to hear that things are better.

:cheers:

pixel:

--- Quote from: 05SRT4 on June 27, 2017, 06:46:06 pm ---Been rocking Shure SE535 for the last 10 years I love them and have them with me everywhere I go. I try to justify that its worth it but meh, who really cares.

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Those are a lot more expensive, and do not even come close in the frequency range. (They dont even list THD distortion)
But, they certainly would be better for portable travel / use.

The Open Back Senns are more for PC / Music / Gaming / Movies, at home, or in a closed-door office.

Nice that they have detachable cords though.

Its really about what you want to do with them, and what you are trying to experience.
There are always positives and negatives to weigh.

--- Quote from: pbj on June 27, 2017, 07:14:39 pm ---Eh, going in ignorant and leaving with Bose is far from the worst a buyer could do. Middle quality for high end price. Yes, yes, you all know better. Congrats.

:cheers:

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Except, I dont consider Bose to be middle quality. They may have had some initial nice speakers back in the 60 to 70s... but like most companies, around the late 70s to early 80s... they all started using inferior quality drivers, wood, cabinetry design, and crossovers.

After that, companies used tricks to make speakers sound like they had more bass and power... using things like tuned ports. That ruining the natural sound, caused great distortions, and makes a really over the top woofy woosh... at high volumes. The drivers used less electricity... but the were also less magnetically strong. Less strength to be powerful, fast, accurate.

Then Bose came out with more tricks, to extend bass using a coiled tube.... and used tiny tweeters for all the rest. There is a whole section of frequencies left out of the mix... and worse off... they cant produce any power whatsoever. Basically, they sold people $2000 worth of generic 5$ PC speakers. >_<

I have an ancient reconed pair of EPI 100v 's, that put pretty much destroy everything Bose has ever made in the last +25 years. Not that they are the best speakers... but damn... they sounded so good, it made my refuse to even use my 200 watt each - Techniques 12" 3 ways... despite not being as loud. The clarity and 3d soundstage is ridiculous (The inverted tweeters are magical - similar to Di-Pole Ribbon tweeters ... but a more realistic positional portrayal.. ) Though, you are not going to find a speaker set under $50,000 that can match the abilities of the Senn Headphones. The physics drivers.. at such a scale, is nearly impossible to beat.

Anyways... Boss just kept getting worse and worse over the years. Not even worth of mention... if not only to chuckle and feel sorry for the people whom were hyped-tricked into it.

I, like most, could have easily been fooled down the same path. I just got really lucky... taking a gamble.

Once you are aware of what you were missing... its easy to see and understand. But if you have never experienced something of that magnitude.. then its nearly incomprehensible... as to be easily written off.

Mike A:
So are you still a kung fu master too. You should be able to make decent coin with the boasts I have seen you make online.

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