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MonoPrice 8342 vs HyperX Cloud

Rasier
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What do you think about these 2? The Monoprice 8323 is on InnerFidelity's Wall of Fame for cheap sealed headphones. Anyone done a comparison between these and the rebranded Takstar Pro80s? I don't have a pair of sealed headphones, I'm a 60ohm Koss fan and use UR40s and have PortaPros but looking to pickup a great bang for buck sealed set for work and gaming.

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I like the Koss PortaPro sound sig in general. I'm not sure what that means, but I've tried dozens of headphones from $10-$300 over the years and keep coming back to them for various reasons. I did -not- like the Sony MDR-V6's when I owned them over a decade ago- if that helps? Those are cheap and fairly well-reviewed closed headphones. I'm not a fan at all, too flat, reference, and studioish... kind of like Snoozeheisers which I also never liked (too laid back, not up front enough with the bass and low impact).

Be nice to find a set of cheap closed backs that I can use in different situations, that have that impactful sound I prefer without being recessed or Sennheiser style.

Between the Monoprice 8323 and 8324, I was hoping they were the same exact headphone but the 8324 being more comfortable. That's not the case, the 8324 is bassier and less balanced. So I'd probably go for the 8323 just to play it safe due to being so well-reviewed.

All else fails, I'll pickup the Cloud in town and return it if it fails compared to the 8323.

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27 minutes ago, SSL said:

You could also consider the NVX Audio XPT100.

Only 80 smackaroos now?

Shit that's almost steal considering all the takstar clone prices have been going up.

 

Still dunno why the E10k is going for around 100 new on amazon at the moment.

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1 minute ago, SSL said:

 

Maybe Fiio is coming out with yet another rushed-to-market refresh? $100 is a rip-off for one of those things.

Lol probably.

They finally refreshed the EO9K as the K5, about time they lowered the output impedance on that thing.

 

I luckily got mine around 60, still good using it my shitty laptop and as a volume controller for my desktop.

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2 minutes ago, Jacona said:

Lol probably.

They finally refreshed the EO9K as the K5, about time they lowered the output impedance on that thing.

 

I luckily got mine around 60, still good using it my shitty laptop and as a volume controller for my desktop.

 

Looks like a pretty decent product now, actually. Balanced outputs are interesting.

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6 hours ago, Jacona said:

Only 80 smackaroos now?

Shit that's almost steal considering all the takstar clone prices have been going up.

 

Still dunno why the E10k is going for around 100 new on amazon at the moment.

Yeah.

Mine where a pretty good deal, 100$ with a free pair of 40$ iems i might Like better than the xpt100.

 

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