Leather or wood it is!
2 Likes
BDSM sauna…
2 Likes
Love the analogy.
That’s interesting and goes into my findings with them as well. Never stopped to thing of the reasoning behind it. Makes sense though as I came to similar conclusion when I recently upgraded the amp on my car. Same subs just a better class amplifier and more watts. No reason I can think of that IEMs wouldn’t benefit from the same treatment.
When you mention you can hear it, not necessarily in drums, have you experienced what almost seems like a tactile tick on same tracks instruments? I swear when I’m listening to some EDM there’s a noticeable sense of almost having a little hammer hitting my ear canal/drum. It’s hard to really explain other than that way. It’s not painful and actually quite fun and a pleasant surprise when it happens.
3 Likes
Definitely! That tactile feeling of the air being pushed by a powerful and fast driver is one of the true benefits of spending the coin on big money sets, imo. I haven’t quite experienced the same type of tactile texture from less expensive IEMs.
3 Likes
(Sony EX800st with its giant 16mm DD.)
4 Likes
Man not exactly sure in my experience. The bass to my memory was softer on the EX800ST and way less punchier. It pushed more air but somehow felt less satisfying and pronounced. It was like have a giant box fan blowing a gentle breeze at you on lower rpm. Singularity is more like a smaller fan reving super quick to high rpm and blasting a burst of air on repeat during double bass.
In comparison the Singularity seems way more punchy and faster on the response. Leads me to believe that the DD in the Singularity is using a driver with a faster response and longer excursion. Paired with better acoustics and a shell material that complements it better. I’m no speaker expert just saying overall that despite a smaller diaphragm it overall just has better more efficient components leading to a closer match possibly defeat.
The EX800ST was super fun when I had them and I enjoyed the hell out of it. However after all the rounds of basshead IEMs I’ve heard now it just doesn’t hold any weight in the basshead market expect for its nostalgia value as one of the OGs.
2 Likes
Was that with PEQ or vent mod? IMO the PEQ + vent mod combo is still unbeatable.
1 Like
@domq422 got my no-name tripod (8 usd or something), its identical to another branded tripod I bought before for like 2-3x more…downside with this is that if I want to angle it down a LOT I need to actually hold the camera/tripod for it to not fall down.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007045304858.html
(hard to use manual lens due to this as both my hands are taken up by the camera.)
messed around with it and a spotlight tool with my led panel.
This tool:
…wonder what this would do
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006137314161.html
3 Likes
That is such a dope tool, the spotlight one that is.
The small shade you posted about is most likely for bouncing light back into the subjects face if the light source is behind them.
Pretty cool for backlit subjects tbh…
1 Like
Nah the diffuser is to “break”/diffuse the harsh light of the flash and make it softer and more even. You’ll avoid any highlights and the lighting will look much more natural
It’s a must have for macro photography with a flash imho
What you mean Dom are these bouncers that look similar which you usually hold in hand or someone else holds them to make use of the Natural light and redirect it
Technicaly you could use the diffuser above as a bouncer aswell
2 Likes
The way you describe the EX800ST’s bass as a “giant box fan” versus the Singularity’s “high RPM bursts” is a good analogy. Helps paint a picture of how the two differ in attack and impact.
It makes sense that the Singularity’s DD might be tuned for faster response and efficiency, especially if the shell acoustics are helping control the resonance. A lot of older basshead sets had that overwhelming sub-bass presence but lacked the control and speed that newer tech brings. The EX800ST was definitely a legend in its time, but as you said, bass expectations have evolved quite a lot thanks to new tech and brands expanding the realms of possibilities.
2 Likes
I have never, ever used the pop-up flash on any of my cameras and the ones I have now don’t even have pop-up flashes so that was the last way of using that thing I would have guessed… but you make a good point.
The picture is a bit misleading as you can´t really see a flash being used…the small popup flash may hide behind it or may not 
Works with the bigger flashes on the hotshoemount aswell
And this is how it looks If you go fully bonkers
3 Likes
I assume its this?
hmm is it beneficial even if I have lots of LED panels and isnt lacking in lighting?
1 Like
@Rinderkappajoe how do you take that pic (first one)? Is it with the flash method aimed upwards?
1 Like
I meant these things here
https://www.galaxus.de/de/s1/product/kf-concept-5-in-1-circular-photography-reflector-107cm-with-handle-grip-gold-sliver-black-white-tran-47303644
A diffuser is Always beneficial especially If you have reflective surfaces because you will see every single Led in the reflection…i saw that already in one of your pictures…can’t remember which one.
Can you change the temperature of your LED lights?
If not you can also change temperature in Cam…my flash shots are usually arround 5000 Kelvin.
You can always change white balance later aswell but it’s better If it’s already as true to natural light as possible.
3 Likes
No the flash is directly aimed at the subject with the setup i posted above.
Flashpower was a bit high therefore i had to reduce the Highlights in post quite a bit
2 Likes
aa that type. A lot cheaper on ali lol.
my led panels should already have a diffuser adapter on though but yeah I can still see them sometimes.
But none of my pics have been taken with flash though.
Yes I can, 2 of them even give me the kelvin value.
hmm iirc natural should be 5600K?
hmm interesting, was the room entirely dark besides the flash then? Can this be done with my stock flash?
I changed the thread name for obvious reasons.
Thanks for contributing to the photography talk, boys!
7 Likes
No I did not shoot in a darkroom hehe 
If you are close to a subject with a flash and there is nothing behind the subject it will automatically black out the backround
In insect macro photography you usually don´t want that as you wanna show the insect in its surrounding so you try to have something in the background like grass, leaves and so on.
In the pictures above the IEMs were also placed on the black box which helped aswell to creat that effect
Don´t know if the internal flash will do.
1 Like