I know that feelingā¦ donāt submit to it! The rabbit hole has not bottom!
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The hobby comes at a cost! lmao. Yeah, I know.
Dont know if i can do it Acidleak. Iām listening to them on my RNHP. Talking Heads āNakedā album on 24bit/96kHz on my RNHP. and my god. These may be the greatest headphones ive ever heard! I was just comparing to the Auteurs, Elex, Aiva even! Theres something about these headphones. Cant stop dancing. what is it? i dont know. cant figure it outā¦ 
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Iām not bailing Falenkor! IāM STAYING ON!!! WOOO!!! 
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Glad you like them. These are very different headphones though, would be helpful I think to understand why that is. What are you hearing in the Helios that you are not hearing in the others, or at least what the are an improvement on. Bass, mids, trebble, sounstage, imaging, dynamicsā¦
By telling us that, we would have some frame of reference into what it is you are hearing, and if someone is looking for a particular thing in a headphone they might see this and think thatās exactly for them.
Mon had a very good write up on the X8 for instance. I knew after reading it whether I wanted it or not.
Just my 2c anyway.
I dont know if i have the vocabulary to do it. They seem to have this detail. really awesome detail. and separation! maybe its the most separation ive heard in a headphone. Thats what i noticed right away. also the imaging is just so good. And a really nice close soundstage but also open. really open. maybe thats it? its really open. clear and open.
Wonderful V shape to the frequency response. The treble is just so nice here. it has this really nice clarity. and awesome bass slam. vocals come in great. I think the drivers are breaking in good too. Sounding better
Iām suspecting that the pairing with the RNHP amp is perfect for this headphone. But i also think it might have something to do with the 10Hz to 40kHz frequency drivers. and the high frequency music iām getting off amazon ultra hd library. I got this playlist full of ultra hd tracks and it just sounding soooo good. But these headphones arent the first to have 10Hz to 40kHz frequency drivers right?
I dont know lol. hope i dont sound like a lunatic but its just sounding so so fantastic!
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How much of that frequency range do you think youāre hearing?
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Oh i hear the difference. Some people say you cant. I dont think i got golden ears or something. But i can tell the difference. Mon says he can too. of higher frequency and bit depth music files
Iāve always wondered about that. I donāt think I can hear much after 13k. Where does music generally go up to? Does it go much higher than 18k?
I canāt hear higher than the range of human hearing, just making sure that you arenāt claiming that I can hear more lol. Regarding the high res files, I do think you can hear the difference between a 24/96 vs a 16/44.1 of the exact same file if it was natively done at the higher resolution with high end enough equipment (and this isnāt because I can hear hear more in the ultrasonic range, itās other aspects in the range I can actually hear, and you need really resolving equipment to do it too), but more often than not the perceived difference is actually due to many high res releases having different mastering. Some high end releases even just release the same file but upsampled, which will not yield sonic benefit and will be more detrimental, but ignoring that, a 44.1k cd and 96k studio release might have different mastering which will yield the greatest difference.
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No, I am not. Im in my late 30ās, which makes me Gen X.
Be interesting to actually go to an audiologist one day. Might explain why I always turn up treble
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You know iām wondering if it has something to do with the stainless steel caps on the cups also. when i put them on today i noticed the sound they made when they hit my ears. I heard a metal sound? Like putting your ear against a metal pipe and flicking it with your finger. Maybe its having an effect on the sound of them? Maybe a uniqueness? Maybe somehow its contributing to the detail. Like a steel guitar vs a acoustic?
meaning the laser cut grill? or another part?
Why donāt you just hold the other pads on while you test them so you can choose? Itāll give you a good enough idea of the sound differences. Then just mount the ones you like.
yeah the laser cut grill
Good idea. I switched back to the velour or imitation suede or something. and it sounds great. i think the larger oval cups are sounding the best.
Nice. Pad rolling can be very addicting. Iām ordering a load of different yaxi pads for a lot of my headphones for fun. Itās always nice to have extra to try. More often than not I stick with stock pads for a lot of headphones unless itās a big change in sound or comfort. Positive change of course lol.