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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #30 on: October 01, 2014, 01:17:33 PM »

Well, my previous girlfriend was Chinese and she liked to cook. So the music was good and the food was tasty and healthy. What more can you ask for?

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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #31 on: October 01, 2014, 05:46:41 PM »

Well, my previous girlfriend was Chinese and she liked to cook. So the music was good and the food was tasty and healthy. What more can you ask for?


 p:/


I've heard rumours about there being something more to having a girlfriend than food music and silence.
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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #32 on: October 01, 2014, 08:10:59 PM »

Well, my previous girlfriend was Chinese and she liked to cook. So the music was good and the food was tasty and healthy. What more can you ask for?


 p:/


I've heard rumours about there being something more to having a girlfriend than food music and silence.


"Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say no more? Is your wife a goer?" There is this phenomenon called love it it does things to people only Cupid can explain if you insist in believing in a winged baby with bow and arrow from Greek Mythology.

The rumours are true  p:/
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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2014, 11:01:26 PM »

Hello everyone.
My name is Tony. I recognize quite a few of you from HF(I go by RingingEars there as well). I've been lurking for a few days and decided to join.

I found this site by googling for reviews on the Mjolnir and how it fares with the HD800 and came across purr1ns review.

I've had a love of headphones since my 1st pair Koss when I was a lad in the 80's and revisited that love affair a couple years ago with a DT880 and crack amplifier. I sold those and have regretted it since so I'm building a new rig around the HD800.

Anyway. enough rambling from me. Just wanted to stop by and say hi.  :money: (love this smilie. It's says money, but it looks like a can of heineken)

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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #34 on: October 04, 2014, 05:34:48 AM »

Hi.
Able Bodied Lurker here popcorn.  I kinda dislike headphones, but I go to RMAF often and have hit the CANJAM the last 3 years. If nothing else I enjoy the freshness of the scene. :)p5 I'm going to RMAF again next week so I thought I should lay down an introduction in case I have something to post, which I hope not to. p:/
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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #35 on: October 04, 2014, 06:33:30 AM »

LOL! Welcome thune, the phones hater! :)p6 (some around here like speakers a bit moar 2)

@_RE_: Welcome! and yes, daz a Heineken. Cheers!
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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #36 on: October 06, 2014, 04:45:00 PM »

I'll be joining yesterday.

Just a passer boody bag (or booty luber).

Stormtrooper, compelled lurk after I lost the smiles of Sith Lord Jude.

I'm pretty subjective, so I probably won't be here for long.
I'll be like Aquinas in being as rationale of my blasphemy - to best ability!
Companionship is nice.
Huzzah!

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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #37 on: October 06, 2014, 05:13:55 PM »

I'm known as takato14 throughout most of the internet. Most of my audio gear, past and present, is comprised of vintage flagships and/or TOTL equipment. Mostly headphones, with an amp or two thrown in there. At first it was just a bad combination of very little money and a lot of curiosity, but after a while I started getting equipment that I really enjoyed. Less relevantly, my interests are drawing, video games, needlework, and singing. I'm a furry as well as a computer enthusiast, and I'm trying to get a job as a computer repair technician.

Now, as to why I'm joining here: So far, every headphone I've bought or listened to based on the subjective opinion of others has proven to be a massive disappointment, and was quickly gotten rid of. It is also worth noting that every single one of these headphones measure badly in one way or another; most of which were were purchased when I couldn't read them (so no expectation bias there). Thus, I am very hesitant to believe subjective impressions on said equipment unless there are measurements to support the claims being made. I trust my own ears above all, and wouldn't call myself "faithful" to measurements, but what I will say is that until I'm proven wrong (ie, once I hear something that is not reflected in the measurements), I will continue to use measurements as my go-to for headphones I haven't heard myself. And as we all know, philosophies such as this are "frowned upon" in certain other audiophile communities.

On that note, I've found that I prefer a neutral sound, but a little bit of deviation from this is welcome as long as the FR remains smooth. I am very sensitive to distortion and bass issues (bloom, thickness, extension, etc). Most of the headphones I consider neutral are considered bright by others due to my bass preferences; I could not stand the HD800's bass, for example.

My current favorite/most used headphone is the Pioneer Monitor 10-II, from 1983. Not to be confused with the original Monitor 10, which is from 1972. Former favorites were the Sony DR-Z7, NAD RP18 Mylar, and Sony DR-Z6, in that order. A ranked list of the headphones I've listened to will be available in my profile momentarily.

Of course, it's very possible that I'm just a vintage geek with very specific (read: low) standards, and all of my headphones measure terribly.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Either way, I'm glad to finally be here, and not there.

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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #38 on: October 06, 2014, 05:21:29 PM »

Most of the headphones I consider neutral are considered bright by others due to my bass preferences; I could not stand the HD800's bass, for example.

It's interesting you mention that. You are referring to the HD800's mid-high bass bloom no?
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Re: New Members - Introduce Yourself (2.0)
« Reply #39 on: October 06, 2014, 05:29:47 PM »

Most of the headphones I consider neutral are considered bright by others due to my bass preferences; I could not stand the HD800's bass, for example.

It's interesting you mention that. You are referring to the HD800's mid-high bass bloom no?
Yeah, it just felt too loose and out of place in regards to the rest of the sound, like Sennheiser intentionally loosened it up to make the headphone less bright sounding or something.

I was relatively fine with the upper ranges though, likely because I was used to very bright headphones (SA3000, DR-Z7, DR-Z5) at the time. I'd like to give it a good, long audition again, as it has been a while and my ears have matured a bit.
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