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Looking for specific headphones
TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: AnimeJanai on December 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: TMRNetShark ---Now all I want to know is that will I notice the difference OR is spending the extra $70-$90 worth getting the "better" product?
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I just don't know because I have not worn the Sennheisers to compare to the MDR-V6. And if my ears have a different audio response curve than yours, it makes comparisons possibly inaccurate when using important types of descriptions such as "it has more/less bass ambience 'aftertaste' you get when your chest physically thumps from bass subwoofers" or "the multiple violins' interbeat notes have a faster NON-muddy rise and falloff". While both types of descriptions relate to the response rate of headphones, I'm not willing to go find a high-end audio store to pretend to test drive their Sennheisers.
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Sorry, edited non-related schtuff.... :P
So what you are saying is unless I'm an audiophile and my life's obsession is music and sound (or somewhere within that ballpark)... I won't be hearing much of a difference from most of the pop/rock songs I listen to. I don't really listen to opera nor do I think I can pick up the difference in "the multiple violins' interbeat notes have a faster NON-muddy rise and falloff"...
If I cannot draw definitive conclusions... I'll just have to take the plunge in either one.
AnimeJanai:
Hmm, I wouldn't go that far. Many people who are not audiophiles still can hear a difference just like non-anime fans can look at an anime and see that Guilty Crown looks more detailed than Puella Madoka, but Kyuubi beats the pants off Gai in terms of sales (so to speak).
I have a pair of Sony noise-cancelling MDR-NC7 headphones too. I mentioned the violins in my prior post because on the MDR-V6, I can clearly tell a mass of violins playing is significantly clearer than on the noise-cancelling headphones where the violins seem like they were "swirled together" to form a uniform muddy mass. Hmm, an example of what I mean to say is: (1) Draw a 6-inch circle on Strathmore heavy tooth reserve watercolour paper. Draw a 5-inch diameter circle on the sidewalk. Draw a 3-inch circle on top of a room temperature chocolate pudding. (2) Take 7 oreo cookies and lay them in the 5-inch circle semi-randomly; this is the Sony MDR-V6. (3) Take 7 oreo cookies, crush them into rough semi-small pieces and put the jumbled up mess inside the 3 inch circle; this is the Sony noise-cancelling MDR-NC7headphone. (4) The 6-inch circle represents my guess for some un-named high-end headphones. Depending on the headphones, I assume the +2,000 USD ones let you hand-pick 9 cosmetically perfect oreo cookies with all the nabisco raised lettering and designs sharp and not chipped or crushed (you get these cookies at the output of the nabisco factory conveyor belt oven and not from a store package). Lay them nicely even and symmetical inside the circle.
TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: AnimeJanai on December 29, 2011, 03:37:43 PM ---Hmm, I wouldn't go that far. Many people who are not audiophiles still can hear a difference just like non-anime fans can look at an anime and see that Guilty Crown looks more detailed than Puella Madoka, but Kyuubi beats the pants off Gai in terms of sales (so to speak).
I have a pair of Sony noise-cancelling MDR-NC7 headphones too. I mentioned the violins in my prior post because on the MDR-V6, I can clearly tell a mass of violins playing is significantly clearer than on the noise-cancelling headphones where the violins seem like they were "swirled together" to form a uniform muddy mass. Hmm, an example of what I mean to say is: (1) Draw a 6-inch circle on Strathmore heavy tooth reserve watercolour paper. Draw a 5-inch diameter circle on the sidewalk. Draw a 3-inch circle on top of a room temperature chocolate pudding. (2) Take 7 oreo cookies and lay them in the 5-inch circle semi-randomly; this is the Sony MDR-V6. (3) Take 7 oreo cookies, crush them into rough semi-small pieces and put the jumbled up mess inside the 3 inch circle; this is the Sony noise-cancelling MDR-NC7headphone. (4) The 6-inch circle represents my guess for some un-named high-end headphones. Depending on the headphones, I assume the +2,000 USD ones let you hand-pick 9 cosmetically perfect oreo cookies with all the nabisco raised lettering and designs sharp and not chipped or crushed (you get these cookies at the output of the nabisco factory conveyor belt oven and not from a store package). Lay them nicely even and symmetical inside the circle.
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Ok, I see where you are coming from. Basically the Sony is able to render each individual sound a lot clearer than the NC7, but the difference from the Sony MDR-V6 to the Sennheiser is only one more "cookie" (source of sound) and a slightly bigger circle (range of the sound). Correct?
AceHigh:
--- Quote from: TMRNetShark on December 29, 2011, 03:32:56 AM ---($50 noise cancelling headphones...).
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About that, I wouldn't recommend active noise cancelling headphones to anyone who uses them for prolonged periods of time. It's not good for your ears and I personally know several people that suffered from headaches until they found out the cause. Just remember that the sound isn't magically isolated with this technique, rather you are bombarded with extra sound which is is phase inverted in addition to the music you are listening to.
Maybe it is just an extreme case at my work and it works fine in an already quiet environment, but the guys who tried to block out the noise of industrial machinery at work for 8 hours were a good example of how not to use this technology.
AnimeJanai:
I like to use the noise-cancelling headphones (no music) when I am cutting wood with a chainsaw or using a circular power saw.
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