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DGSme
5
Mar 18, 2019
I have the recent Stax 507 earspeakers with the 1980s Stax SRM-1/MK2 transistor amp. Oh my, the sweetness of the electrostatic drivers! I love to turn them up because they don't hurt my ears with distortion no matter how loud I set them. The bass is a little thin, but somehow I expect abdominal cavities to respond to bass when the sound is this good.
nick_t
186
Apr 28, 2019
DGSmeWhy ? They are expensive and not protable !
TheBlueFister
65
Sep 24, 2019
nick_tBecause not everyone wants to listen to inexpensive portable headphones for the rest of their life.
nick_t
186
Sep 24, 2019
TheBlueFisterwhat about inexpensive non protable headphones ?
TheBlueFister
65
Sep 24, 2019
nick_tNothing wrong with inexpensive, but for those that can afford it there's no reason to not get into the higher end.
nick_t
186
Sep 24, 2019
TheBlueFisterSo you mean the rich cats.
TheBlueFister
65
Sep 24, 2019
nick_tYou don't need to be rich to indulge in one expensive thing. Saving money is something anyone with an income can do within reason.
nick_t
186
Sep 24, 2019
TheBlueFisterWell it takes more than that. Mainly for rich cats, deal with it like I have.
DGSme
5
Sep 24, 2019
nick_tAside from my Stax and some mud-priced wired headphones ($200-$300), I have tried many different inexpensive ($50-$100) portable headphones - wired, wireless on ear, LG wireless but hanging from the neck, and true wireless earbuds, both mono and stereo. Mono is only good for phones and simple audio like driving directions, not music. I find I like true wireless headphones the best when I am out in the noisy world because I am free from cables. They must fit my ear canals, though, so I can hear the music more and the outside world less.
In the last year, I settled on Taotronics true wireless earbuds since they do Bluetooth pretty well and the new Soundliberty 77s sound decent. I also need some of the Taotronics mono / stereo flexibility for being out in the world for long periods and continuing to listen/talk using one side while recharging the other side. The sound isolation is decent in the 77s, even with my XL ear canals.
If you have a settled routine you can get more expensive portable headphones/earbuds than what I spent but I get into strange contortions while sweating and moving around at work so I like a tight fit in my ear. And losing one doesn't hurt the wallet too much.
But cheap? Not real cheap. It hurts my ears and sensibilities because I know what that music is supposed to sound like. I heard tinny transistor radios in my youth and don't want to go back to that whether it's due to cheap headphones or something else like compression.
nick_t
186
Sep 24, 2019
DGSmeYeah cheap stuff sucks. Thats why we need to have better income to treat our ears nicely with proper eargasm
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