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yotsuya:
I got a pair of free earbud headphones when I got my iPhone and I really think they are perfect. :dunno

BadMouth:
Not really related, but I want to show it.

Here is my internet enabled receiver for the workshop. (Old cell phone and 20 year old Sony receiver) The charger is plugged into the back of the receiver so it's only powered when the receiver is turned on. Phone is held on with Velcro.

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--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 27, 2017, 09:19:11 pm ---I'm glad you are in a better situation man, but I can see that your hard times haven't fixed that b.s. problem of yours any. I mean if you want to waste your spare money on headphones that you are paying too much for have at it. It would probably make better financial sense to just get a nice Sony set for around 50 or so but whatever.

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Heh. You are the same person who said that composite output is no better than Svideo, years back.

To which I, and pretty much anyone else, could EASILY see, and dispute.

If your ears are as dead as your vision, that I can accept that to you... its wasted money. Thats like someone whom cant barely tell the difference between steak and chicken. Why bother spending money on good food... when you can barely taste on a wide-scale-range, that others are experiencing?

I am a seeker of higher truths... and I dont BS. Integrity is one of my most redeeming qualities that I value... and is one of the reasons why I actually have a job today, rather than being out on the streets permanently. I have a solid reputation for being honest, and responsible. Its taken me from being a Dishwasher, into Management, and beyond. Where as the people I replaced... may have learned the hard way.

The difference jump between my former headphone choices of various brands, up to nearly $100... all were absolute Garbage compared the first HD 500 set I got from Sennheiser. Ive heard Sonys - especially in the low dollar range... and they are pitiful, lacking crisp highs, and totally distorted. Not to mention, that before I tried the Senns... I bought a new pair of headphone about every 3 months.... because they were not designed to hold up to any abuse. My HD500... over 13 years before the headband finally sheered at the side joint. The drivers are still perfect... and had I the desire, I could repair them with a little crafty-ness.

The HD590's - My next step up... were at least 2x discernibly clearer. Picking up high frequency sounds, that the 500s were missing and or muffled. The bass extension was also far lower - and more natural sounding... where as the 500s, were a little over-saturated / muddy.

Of course, as has been stated... if you have lost your hearing to a high degree... you might never know what you are missing.
That said... a guy at one place I worked at.. said his hearing was shot... and after hearing the HD500... his jaw hit the floor too. Even he was able to hear a Vast difference. Probably not as much as me... but still... vast... totally impressing him.

Some time ago... there was a color matching test posted here. I personally thought that the majority would get at least 75% or higher on their results. But incredibly... many were getting under 50% right. Turns out, that many peoples eyes do not detect many of the various shades too well, if at all. And so the brain simply sees the closest approximation... but Not the actual real color. Hence... while I would see a nice graduated shaded spectrum... others did not see that at all. Maybe seeing 6 out of the 12 shades in that range.

This was / is a huge problem with Amateurs that are doing videogame and pinball art reproductions... as they were getting all of the shades completely wrong. To them, it all looked nearly identical. But to the rest... it was Loud and Obnoxiously way the hell off.

The ears can be very similar. Missing highs, mids, and or bass frequency responses... all could be lacking in sensitivity. And even with the same responses... due to your ear shape... what you hear, could still be vastly different than what I hear. Ive also theorized the same with food and colors. Your red may be different... and your seafood taste... could be different.

But heres the deal... if every frequency across the board is crystal clear, with nearly no distortion whatsoever... Whatever frequencies you ARE able to hear well... will get a big auditory treat... to something its never experienced before in Any headphone or speaker... that you may have tried / heard in your past. Hence why the guy I worked with, was still blown away... despite his loss of hearing range.

And all that said... even with Sennheiser HD models, there are different sound tweaked profiles. They too know... that some people hear things differently, and prefer a different kind of sound profile. As such... you have to check out the reviews to see what those are. The 600s, are supposedly more mid-range up-front. To someone like me... that could be too harsh any cause fatigue with only a short listening period. But to someone whos own hearing is mid challenged... that may be absolute heaven to their ears.

And while good EQ, helps fine tune these babies to your liking... there are limitations to a driver / shell design, that no amount of EQ can make acceptable to you. I know, as Ive heard a set from another MFG. that claimed greater Freq. response range... and they were unbearable to me. I tried for like 7 min, to adjust an EQ that might make them at least tolerable... and could not pull it off with them.

All I can say, is that what you think is a small or non-noticible / imaginary change... Is the difference between Black and White to me. Its not a close shade of gray... its night vs day. Think about those things in your life, that are in fact dramatic in range of difference, and apply them to the scenario. Thats the best you can do to understand.

The countless reviews on Amazon pretty much speak for themselves. The majority of people can and do tell the differences, on a vast scale. While also denouncing Bose, low dollar sony, and especially Beats.

And here is where things change a bit...

When you get past the HD600 range... anything above this, is going to be Dramatically pricier, and the gains will be far less apparent and noticible. But at or before that level... its Huge. Monolithic. Easily recognized as mind blowingly different.

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--- Quote from: Mike A on June 27, 2017, 09:28:32 pm ---I did a simple Google search of xiaou2 and that is what I came up with. I just had a feeling this guy was full of it. Turns out I was right.

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I meet a lot of people like you. You are tough... in the way that your Head is filled with Rocks.

I was always nice and respectful to those whom Id sparred in the past. But there are always those, like yourself... that make negative assumptions, and show immediate disrespect. Especially when seeing a uniform of said art that they believe is inferior. And when I ran into said fighters, Id always dish out a minimal amount of "respect".
After the room stopped spinning, they would shake my hand, and their attitudes magically vanished.

As a high level combat fighter, Ive sparred all kinds, at all levels... and one thing Ive learned, was never to underestimate anyone. There is always someone faster, stronger, deeper in knowledge and applyable skills.

But since you think I am not so tough... and maybe that you in fact are... then you clearly have seen what I trained on... such as the three 4" diameter steel pipes I made into a Kick-Dummy. Why dont you do what I did to train my kicks: Don some hard leather bottomed dress shoes. Take out any foam / rubber cushions. Then kick a solid concrete wall, or telephone pole, parking-lot cylendar, steel lamp post...etc.. for 15 min non stop... as hard and fast as you can. Then switch legs, and repeat. Swap twice more... for a full hour of kicking. 30 min per leg. Do this every over day for like 3 months. Somewhere between that point.. use the Lead leg, rather than the rear. Ohh, and to be clear... impact a wall fully flat-footed.. or a tubular shaped object... just above the heel, at a slight outward diagonal.

Recently an MMA fighter wised up and learned a WC low kick. Roy Jones I think. Joe Rogan called the kick and "Oblique Kick". In WC, I typically call it a stamping kick, or a slant kick. Though, its in many high level arts.. such as Mantis, and many others. Jones probably limits its power, so that it wont get banned. Though, he probably has never fully mastered the kick to his full bodies potentials. Such a thing requires specialized methods of training, as well as some key knowledge... and a whole lot of time and energy.

And after you start your kick training... go out to a local KF school and tell them you have been challenged. That you need to hit a wall mounted sandbag for an hour straight. Come back and tell us the differences between a sandbag mounted to a concrete wall... and a pivot swinging punching bag. Make sure you do this with barefist, and without taped wrists.

Have fun tough guy! ;)

Mike A:
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