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I care quite a bit yet I don't want to spend more than X amount (Sennheiser HD 558 or 598, Audio Technica M50, Audio Technica ATH ATH AD500x or 700x)

 

I'm currently in this category, but that could be subject to change someday if I had a bit more money.

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I care a lot about audio quality and I'm willing to spend quite a lot. At the moment I think I've spent about 10000€ combined on my music system, computer audio and headphones.

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Choice 7

I have my PC connected to a home theater. I want the world to hear! But we use the room for movies also.

Are you kidding me....... $1,200 pair of in ear head phones?? Those things are brutally painful.

Yeah me too (though not as nice of a home theater, still great)

I only spent 200-250$ on it, and it is great for that money.

Yeah I personally could never justify more than 100$ for in ears.

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Yeah me too (though not as nice of a home theater, still great)

I only spent 200-250$ on it, and it is great for that money.

Yeah I personally could never justify more than 100$ for in ears.

 

I'm curious to see them. I hope @KaminKevCrew shoots us a link or something. I mean you can only fit so much into a human's ear  :lol:

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Choice 7

 

I have my PC connected to a home theater. I want the world to hear! But we use the room for movies also.

 

 

 

Are you kidding me....... $1,200 pair of in ear head phones?? Those things are brutally painful.

 

 

They are better designed to be more comfortable, obviously they're not just shaped like plastic skullcandies.

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I'm curious to see them. I hope @KaminKevCrew shoots us a link or something. I mean you can only fit so much into a human's ear  :lol:

 

If they're not the Nausicaä ones I'll be pissed.

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I care about quality audio but I have a budget to work with, I have had ATH M50s for two years now and they are the best headphones I have ever owned, I rarely find a person in CS:GO who can hear someone before I can

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Numero 4 para mi.

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If they're not the Nausicaä ones I'll be pissed.

 

Did you spell that right?

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What do you think?

 

I'm going to say no because I tried searching for it on google and it returned anime stuff

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Choice 7

I have my PC connected to a home theater. I want the world to hear! But we use the room for movies also.

Are you kidding me....... $1,200 pair of in ear head phones?? Those things are brutally painful.

They are custom molded to the shape of my ear so that they are a perfect fit

I'm curious to see them. I hope @KaminKevCrew shoots us a link or something. I mean you can only fit so much into a human's ear [emoji38]

1964ears A6. I'll put up some pictures when I get them as mine will be one of the earlier models produced

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I'm going to say no because I tried searching for it on google and it returned anime stuff

 

Precisely.

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4.5

 

I won't go "all out" and buy HD800s, for example, but $400-$450 is my limit on headphones.

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Choice 4 1/2 currently. HD558 and Xonar D2X. The ultimate goal is HD600/50 and Magni/ Modi or similar combination.

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I'm curious to see them. I hope @KaminKevCrew shoots us a link or something. I mean you can only fit so much into a human's ear :lol:

Having tried multiple high end iems and owning a pretty high end one myself, you'd be surprised how good an iem could get.

I prefer $2000 1964 ears A12 over the same priced LCD-3

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If they're not the Nausicaä ones I'll be pissed.

Sorry to disappoint. Initially, they were nausicaa, but yesterday I had them change the order (they hadn't even started building them) because a) I wanted to see the drivers, and b) I wanted something a little more understated. So I went with Koa wood faceplates and the Adel logo over that in silver. My next ciems (and don't doubt I'll be getting another pair fairly soon) will definitely be something to do with nausicaa. Another thing is that I wanted to get my order in fast, so I didn't spend the time I would have liked to get the nausicaa pictures just right, so I wouldn't have been totally happy with it anyway. Next ones will be less expensive (probably the A2 from 1964 once it gets released) and they'll be for working out mostly, so I'll definitely take some real time to design them and get them looking perfect (I'm also going to see if they can do a graphic over the entire shell instead of just the faceplate, since I'll have something I can model and put a graphic over.)

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If they're not the Nausicaä ones I'll be pissed.

Sorry to disappoint. Initially, they were nausicaa, but yesterday I had them change the order (they hadn't even started building them) because a) I wanted to see the drivers, and b) I wanted something a little more understated. So I went with Koa wood faceplates and the Adel logo over that in silver. My next ciems (and don't doubt I'll be getting another pair fairly soon) will definitely be something to do with nausicaa. Another thing is that I wanted to get my order in fast, so I didn't spend the time I would have liked to get the nausicaa pictures just right, so I wouldn't have been totally happy with it anyway. Next ones will be less expensive (probably the A2 from 1964 once it gets released) and they'll be for working out mostly, so I'll definitely take some real time to design them and get them looking perfect (I'm also going to see if they can do a graphic over the entire shell instead of just the faceplate, since I'll have something I can model and put a graphic over.)

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Sorry to disappoint. Initially, they were nausicaa, but yesterday I had them change the order (they hadn't even started building them) because a) I wanted to see the drivers, and B) I wanted something a little more understated. So I went with Koa wood faceplates and the Adel logo over that in silver. My next ciems (and don't doubt I'll be getting another pair fairly soon) will definitely be something to do with nausicaa. Another thing is that I wanted to get my order in fast, so I didn't spend the time I would have liked to get the nausicaa pictures just right, so I wouldn't have been totally happy with it anyway. Next ones will be less expensive (probably the A2 from 1964 once it gets released) and they'll be for working out mostly, so I'll definitely take some real time to design them and get them looking perfect (I'm also going to see if they can do a graphic over the entire shell instead of just the faceplate, since I'll have something I can model and put a graphic over.)

 

Hmph.

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You forgot Choice Over-9000

 

I will literally spend the price-tag of a luxury car to buy a speaker system...don't believe me? Just go to r/audiophile...

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You forgot Choice Over-9000

I will literally spend the price-tag of a luxury car to buy a speaker system...don't believe me? Just go to r/audiophile...

I belive you, my family used to have a $40,000 home setup. God I miss that thing... :/

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With or Without an AMP/DAC

Without. I considered getting one, but a lot of people say that an AMP/DAC is only worth it with more expensive headphones.

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Without. I considered getting one, but a lot of people say that an AMP/DAC is only worth it with more expensive headphones.

I used $1,000 headphones on on board and my phone. Honestly, I would only really get one if you need it. I spent $65 on my amp dac, and it works fine.

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I guess I would go ham and spend tons of money on audio if I didn't game. I mean spend $500 on audio when you can get another graphics card or a CPU upgrade

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