This is how Arch Linux users look when they tell me they use Arch (they use Arch BTW).
I use NixOS btw
I use Arch btw.
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I think he’s just cosplaying as carbon dioxide.
The real question is what does his DAC look like?
No unsolicited DAC-pics, please!
no DAC, he streams the digital signal directly to his consciousness.
“I don’t even see the code anymore”
he’s got big DAC energy
I bet he’s got an impressive stack of Schitt
Doesn’t use one. He just move the quill of an extinct species of porcupine through the grooves of a record, and his brain interprets the sound automatically. He’s actually deaf otherwise.
A box with cables going to his headphones and media decivice.
Looks like one of the Boys of Silence from BioShock Infinite
Looks like a stand user…
With the power of my「WORLD’S END RHAPSODY」I’ll show the true quality of music to all the lowlifes using airpods! As they hear the crystal clear sound, they’ll become free of their shackles and expand their mind to a new dimension of entertainment!
Now I’m curious, what is this?
Assuming this is not entirely a joke, I would guess that those are resonant chambers which are meant to amplify bassier frequencies.
Wow.
And here I am trying to find good earbuds and headphones that don’t have so much freaking bass, so I can hear the rest of the instruments…
Check out studio headphones. They have a “flat” frequency resoponse and they arent neccessarily expensive. (eg. AKG k240)
Yeah I have one pair of Beyerdynamic DT 990, 250 Ohm, as well as a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 770 at work. They sound great. Nice and flat sound. Letting the music decide how it should sound.
But it’s harder to find earbuds that aren’t bass-heavy, in my experience. I’m currently using a pair of Jaybird Vista 2. They are both pretty comfortable and provide good sound, which is rare for me (I have very open ears that buds easily slip out of.)
I have a pair of DT 770 Pros @ 250 Ohms. Does open vs closed make much of a difference?
Not much, but some. Can’t say worse or better without extensive tests, but my gut feeling says it’s just… different.
Less ambience comes through, into the closed phones.
The sound that plays from the open ones probably sounds more true, because the sound echoed back out from the ears and head just escapes out.
Meanwhile the closed ones might sound a little more “rich” because there would be a slight echo/reverb from the closed phones, as well as closing off most ambient sounds.
Hard to describe these things, unfortunately. But I hope this helps.
If you are in a place with lots of ambient noise, closed ones are definitely recommended. Otherwise it’s probably okay with open ones. I have the open ones at home.
It does help - thanks for the detailed reply.
I went from working in an office where closed were basically a requirement (to not be rude AND to block out distractions) to working from home. I love these headphones but was wondering if now that I’m in a more controlled environment I should switch to open. Sounds like it’s probably not worth the extra expense.
Yes open and closed have a big difference. Typically in the world of studio headphones you’d use open back for critical listening, and closed back for recording (so the sound in the headphones doesn’t bleed back into the microphones).
You’ve used these two models or you’re just speaking generally?
Reddit has good resources for that, there used to be a user that had a website to help choose but I can’t find it
The user you’re thinking of is probably LifelongCaboose who also has a blog somewhere with audio equipment reviews.
In my experience: Find something that gives you fine control over equalizer settings, or can be hacked to accomplish this.
The pair of Jaybird Vista 2 that I have has good sound at flat EQ, and Jaybird also supply an app to change the EQ.
Campfire Holocene
This image came from a post on Reddit. The user who posted it (on Reddit) said they’re headphones with a 60Hz Helmholtz Resonator. In other words: more bass
I’m curious to know what it sounded like, but I’m definitely not interested in boosting my bass consumption lol.
I would be afraid of wearing any high-end headphones in public, as they can be stolen so easily off of one’s head.
thats why you put some dangly duct tape on
Not that easy if it has a cable.
But also pretty much all of us have phones that cost more than high-end headphones, just as easy to pick out of your hands.
I can’t imagine living in such a horrible society and thinking like that all the time
I suppose it’s normal for third world countries though
try Oakland for example.
Isn’t that the US?
Still a developing country where people need guns in order to feel safe in their own homes.
“Third world” is such an ugly Americanism.
It described the USA. What’s wrong with it?
Was that the Apple Jesus before he died?
Yeah fuck me for enjoying music, right?
It’s a joke my guy…
Not only are audiophiles walking around hallucinating audio quality, but now they’re also making me feel like I’m fucking hallucinating when I have to look at them.
