h264

you could put two more drives into your NAS, format them in Raid1 and then copy the data over.  You could also take the new two drives and stripe them into the existing pool.  If you were gonna do that, might as well get three more and just make a RaidZ1.  If all you could afford is one drive though, why'd you make a NAS in the first place?

If you're gonna expand your storage, better to plan it this time so you don't end up in this situation again.  If you don't need that much storage and 4TB is way too much for your needs, three good 3TB drives would probably be a better option in RaidZ1 for security.  Those Toshibas (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149408) are the best deal price/gigabyte out there at the moment and I can say from personal experience are rock solid.  Just be aware with RaidZ1 or any other single parity you're depending on not losing two drives at once.  Also from personal experience, this can happen A LOT.  Rebuilds on each parity of a 3TB drive are around 6 hours, and that's with it only about 1/3 filled.

So, in short, "security" is expensive, but single drives are cheap.  Pick your poison or just keep cold backups of your single drive, especially if you don't care about availability, since that's what RAID is really for after all.

no

i keep hearing audio phrases on youtube video like LOWS, MIDS and HIGHS when they talk about audio and headphones, but does it mean

think food network for nerds.  The reality is who knows what any of them mean, and it depends on the person giving the review.  They have specific definitions to audio engineers, however:

Flac is supported on ALL Android phones. More Beats audio by another name, clearly.

So this is one of the only brands of headphones that a lot of people spoke highly of which I didn’t own a headphone.  By that brand, I mean Denon, but of course this headphone is not a Denon headphone.  I’ve heard a lot about the Denon AH-D2000, 5000, and 7000 even before I got into headphones.  Unfortunately, I decided to buy AKG headphones instead and found out the hard way that many of these headphones can quickly slip into the past once tastes change.  Denon decided in early 2013 to completely drop their line of “high performance” headphones and instead released a line of decidedly beats-like plastic garbage from China.  While I can’t speak to the drivers, the “music-maniac” line is not something that interests me as it looks exactly like most modern fashion headphones: cheap.  The online headphone fandom is decidedly a world of brand fanboys, and it’s no secret that this sudden discontinuation has driven the price of new in-box Denon headphones up sky-high until recently.  The only alternative to scouring Ebay and the flea market to find a pair is to buy a model from their OEM manufacturer who in this case is Fostex.

What really got me interested in Fostex was the T50RP, which was one of the most popular mod-able headphones up until it’s discontinuation a few months ago.  I tried out a pair of Tyler’s modded Fostex for about 8 hours last year, and while I found it to be very bass heavy and not to my taste I liked the overall build of the headphone, so I thought I might give another pair from them a try.

The Fostex TH-600 is indeed a well-built headphone, and it had better be at an MSRP of $1500, and a common sale price of around $500.  I has a very thick headband that terminates into two solid pieces of machined metal that float on two pegs offset to the very rear end of the headband.  It’s a very unique design for providing that extra degree of freedom to the cups, which are themselves machined metal as well.  The only two things I know for sure are plastic on the whole headphone are two clips that contain screw holes on the headphone and the ring on which the swivel braces are attached.  The ear pads are pretty comfortable, but it’s not exceptionally comfortable or anything.

The sound is a pretty traditional v shape, with very well defined highs and lows and pretty subdued mids.  The music sounds farther away and yet the bass and treble are pretty “in your ears” so to speak.  The bass complement is about the only thing overly bassy about these headphones, so I get where they come from when they say this is a bass heavy headphone, but I don’t think it’s exaggerated except for around 600-800 Khz.  Highs are ironically this headphone’s strong point, but I’m afraid at this price point you’d expect a little bit better, even from a closed headphone in controlling the bass complement.

Overall this headphone is priced fairly … at the super Massdrop “Inventory clearance” price of $520 I paid for this pair.  I hear razor dog audio offers coupons that bring it down to $500 plus shipping, but either way it feels like I actually paid full retail price for this headphone at a 66% discount.  I think it says something pretty jarring about just how high the prices have risen on boutique headphones since 2008 and the introduction of the $1500 price locked Sennheiser HD800, that another headphone could come along 5 years later with the same MSRP and not even be a flagship design.  My great fear is this headphone bubble is about to come crashing down on itself and in the process take with it some very worthy headphone companies that bet too much on the audiophile and fashion headphone craze.  It may already be happening, even, given some of the steep discounts and the advent of Massdrop’s group buying.

NOTE:  I've seen at least 5 different MSRPs for this headphone, but given head-fi's original images of the headphone specs from the website it seems the ORIGINAL MSRP was $1300.  It's a big difference, I know.  Massdrop may be telling the truth still, so I won't say they artificially jacked up the MSRP to make it seem like a bigger deal, but you're thinking it now, aren't you?

Is it not loud enough with what you have?

1. Not unless you turn them up too loud

2. The ones you are looking at are fine

3. You mean an amp for if they aren't loud enough.  Only if you want the DT990 600 Ohm version.  The 250 Ohm version should barely be OK with most of them.  The HD 598 won't be a problem.

I just noticed...

 

I love how one of the tags to this thread is "deja-vu".  :lol:

My tags are always funny.  Check my other threads.

can you add in the FAQ the difference between monitor headphones, reference headphones and Hi-Fi headphones? These terms are used all over the place and it can be quite confusing for people trying to buy a good pair of headphones.

Edit: yeah, forget it, it's just a double post, basically.

Are you using the three at the time? If you want I can add the one you think is the best

I'd rather use foobar through wine at the moment.  deadbeef has potential, however.

>no deadbeef, exaile, or amaroK

clearly still not the year of the Linux desktop

Hey guys, I decided to go ahead and order the Hifiman HE-500 and they should be arriving today or tomorrow. Really looking forward to playing around with them.

I tried looking for used Hifiman HE-560s and Audeze LCD-2s on Amazon or head-fi but most sellers don't offer shipping to where I'm living and prices were still past my budget.

Btw, I've also heard complaints about the HE-500's stock cable. Is it necessary to upgrade the cable at all?

Anyway, thanks to each and everyone of you for your help and input, really appreciate it.

The stock HE-500 cable is an unruly twisted pair disaster (although functional and sturdy). If you can find something more flexible on eBay for cheap, go for it. Just don't buy one of those $500 nonsense cables.

BTW.. my onboard audio sucks lol

fair enough

I'm new to DAC/AMP, looking to find a good first one, want to upgrade from my Xonar DG sound card, got ATH-M50x headphones.

 

Is the NEW FIIO E10K still good?

 

Is ALO AUDIO THE ISLAND USB DAC & HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER better then FIIO E10K, i know there is a big price difference but i'm getting it for half price and the E10K is just 110 cheaper.

 

If someone can help please.

You'll get more volume, and that's really about it.  Once the amp is audibly transparent you're just hearing the brushed aluminum finish and tube lights while you admire your new toy.  If you just want a portable clean amp you can trust, the E10K is fine as far as I know, but I've never owned one, just the old E10 which is good except my volume pot has oxidized enough that it scratches when I adjust the volume.  I take mine on a plane every week though, so it takes more abuse than a normal person would give it.

I'd really just use the onboard though unless you really MUST buy something.

lol, well, that's a good way around my recent laziness, anyways.  Either way, nobody's gonna look at it.

Who said anything about being expert? I sure didn't.

You mean there are people who AREN'T experts on everything on the internet? /s

So here are pretty much the only 3 possibilities that I believe happened to him.

1 - He was paid off. This is the least likely IMO.

2 - His mother passed and he left the hobby

3 - He put a fair amount of businesses under, made a lot of them look bad, and took sales from many. This generates unwanted pressure, something I can totally agree with.

@h264 and I have a really good idea of who actually is nwavguy, but I don't want to start any rumors.

Just like Internet Aristocrat everyone follows certain patterns, even on the internet.

No arguments here, lol. 

Does jpop actually sound good through any headphone?!?!?   

lol u guys talking bout jpop, most asian music are so badly mastered, no audio combination can make them natural. unless you use some sort of processing.
The Beyerdynamic T1 has accentuated treble and nasty sibilance, HD 800 has nasty peak at the 6khz, means its dry and tizzy as f*k. All audio technica doesn't have that stereo imaging.
Is the HD650 dark? i would say no, they are perfect. if you think its dark then your ears are broken with all the treble grain in headphones. And dont judge with badly mastered/recorded music. especially in digital format where its all compressed stuff and has that digital tinged. The reference here is how its like listening to Vinyl or some analog recording, and the HD650 is the one where its 'kinda' does that.

And no... i dont support hedfi...

One day i will own a pair of lcd-2's.

HE-500s are just as good, and you might actually be able to replace the pads on the HE-500s.

*LCD-2 owner (on my head right now)

Is it weird that after using these headphones: http://www.amazon.com/Superlux-HD681EVO-B-HD-681-Black/dp/B00CAG1ZAQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1422245386&sr=8-3&keywords=superlux and now the HD 558's I feel nothing has changed in terms of audio and that the HD 558's are a bit more uncomfortable even than the Superlux. I'm just upset that after investing this much on these headphones I expected them to be so much more than what they are.

You think the HD558s are MORE uncomfortable than plether pads?  That's a rare opinion right there.  Yeah, I keep writing these silly parody reviews trying to impress upon people that it's not as big of a difference as they think.  I actually have a review I've gotta write up soon concerning a certain pair of headphones and that notion.  One of these days I'll stop being lazy and just do it.

you could kick that sample rate up as high as it will go, but it's not gonna change much besides the noise level and the dynamic range about 1% on average

Hey everyone.

 

The Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro headphones are one of two headphones I'm considering buying. I've got some questions about them though, and hopefully someone that owns them/has experience using them could answer some of my questions.

 

1) Are they comfortable? Do the ear cups completely surround the ears, and are they deep enough that my ears won't touch the foam/mesh in the ear cups that's covering the drivers?

2) I see on Amazon they're advertised as being closed headphones, but they can be changed to semi open/open. Does this actually affect the soundstage? Or is this just some gimmick?

3) How is the actual soundstage? I like to get pretty competitive in CS:GO, will these have a large enough soundstage for me to have good directional audio?

4) How breathable are these being closed headphones? How breathable are they with the DT770 velour ear pads that you can replace the stock pads with? I'll most likely get the velour because I don't like that faux leather stuff. It gets way too hot and uncomfortable for me.

5) How is the overall sound quality? I'm no audiophile; I'm actually coming from garbage Turtle Beaches, so anything should be an upgrade. I'm just curious.

 

I think that's all I can think of at the moment. If I think of other questions I'll go ahead and add them to my list. Please don't make other recommendations. I'm currently deciding between the Sennheiser HD558s and these, and I just want some more information that I can't seem to find anywhere else, so I'm asking you guys.

 

Thanks.

1. Yes. They completely surround mine, but no idea how big your dumbo flaps are. They do touch my ears, but it's not uncomfortable.

2. Yes, it affects the bass response a hell of a lot.  If you like a "natural" bass sound with a lot of "bloom" (that's very low frequency response), you'll like this headphone.  It's a normal Beyer V shaped sound signature.  Lots of highs, lots of lows, less mids.

3.  It's one of the better "soundstaged" headphones I know which is why I recommend it so much for people who want dual game/music headphones.  Everything sounds very well placed as the drivers are well angled.  If soundstage is really the most important thing to you, the AKG K7 is a better option.

4. They ARE plethor pads, but they have a breathable mesh lining on the bottom which makes them very comfortable over even long periods of time, but I still get sweaty in the summer.

5. thatsnazzyiphoneguy is convinced it sounds terrible.  I'm convinced it sounds like a Beyerdynamic headphone, only more advanced and with 21st century drivers.  Trust me or him, I don't care.

Between these and the Sennheiser HD558s for what you want?  If gaming is more important than audio, the Sennheisers.  They have better pads for longer sessions.  If audio, then the Beyers.  Up to you, they're both good headphones.  I'd just look for a replacement cable for the HD558s because the one it comes with is incredibly unruly.

 

 

is it a good idea to look on Ebay for used headphones?

I got my COPs on Ebay.

Try using Foobar with WASAPI plugin. It might cure the clicking problem (I'm guessing it's jitter problem).

http://www.head-fi.org/t/737642/fulla-by-schiit-news-photos-thoughts-impressions-etc/210#post_11107225

it's even worse than that, some of the early units have the wrong part installed in the DAC.

Are you replying to my OP? Then I think you misread my post.

no directly.  More of a note about Linus mentioning driver over-excursion in his quote in a funny way.

http://www.planetdj.com/i--B1500DPRO

>State-of-the-art 1400-Watt Class-D amplifier with comprehensive over-excursion, thermal and clip limit protection 

NOW, BIG subs and tweeters have a feature called over-excursion protection to keep the woofer from "bottoming out" or damaging the driver when it's pushed too hard.  This is handled with an electrical circuit, not a "port".