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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #30 on: November 22, 2014, 02:33:26 AM »
I don`t have much experience but...

Why I bought this shitty headset?! Costs about the price of the HD202 and Superlux HD681 on Brazil but  :vomit:


Glady I tried the Kraken before buying it, another shit (the bad one)


Sony ZX100...can`t say abou the sound, because they don`t make sound, don`t know what they make (Phillips cheap stuff seens to be much better than Sony cheap stuff)


Oh the Havis... walk the plank
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #31 on: November 22, 2014, 02:48:51 AM »
This is a fun thread!  The following are more disappointments to me:

HD700 (paid $700) - Never have I heard a headphone that was artist-dependent and not genre-dependent.  Such a shame because I found them supremely comfortable.  I did notice however that they do scale well as they did sound noticeably better on the Taurus (compared to my Asgard 2) I was loaning from Cable Co.  I might go back if I'm bored enough and can find them cheaper, say around ~$500 and pair them with a tube amp, as some trusted HF buddies have suggested will improve them greatly.  Hopefully Sennheiser will have a replacenment at CES next year though.

*Update* I picked these up brand new for $550 and am enjoying them at this price point.

Chord Hugo - So I listened to this at Capital Audio Festival attached to the AK240.  This is a $5000 setup that sounded no better to me than the AK240 by itself.  I would have expected some wow factor for a $5000 setup.  Very overrated and a stupid combination if you ask me given the lack of performance and price.

Z7 (paid $700) - I found it was too dark for my tastes and overpriced because of that.  I did think the build quality and comfort was great though.

Sennheiser Momentum - I hate the fact that they call these things over-ear headphones (yes I'm sure I was usingbthe over-ear model and not the in-ear model).  Sound quality was good though so I'm literally just adding these in my list out of pure spite.

Every Beats headphone out there (with the exception of the Studio 2013 which sounded alright).

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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #32 on: November 22, 2014, 02:54:29 AM »
RSA A-10.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #33 on: November 22, 2014, 03:15:20 AM »
(Not necessarily bad in terms of absolute fidelity)

JH16/Roxanne: The tuning on those things is just so effed up. I imagine it sounds acceptable for burnt-out rock stars that have lost significant parts of their hearing sensitivity

PSA DirectStream: Funky digititus + blunted transformer veil

Senn HD700: A disgrace to the HD line. How that thing ever got a green light by Senn as a "high-end" headphone is beyond me

O2: Building and listening to this amp as a noob (a rabid minion, I was) is what diverted me to path of "subjectivism". A combination of inner-harshness + op-amp veil + compressed dynamics

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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #34 on: November 22, 2014, 03:16:01 AM »
Quote from: marvey on November 21, 2014, 08:10:28 PM
Was that the same DAC unit? I know tubes can make a difference. Another more likely issue might have been the input impedance of the pre-amp or head-amp. The SFD-1 I have barfed into an headamp which I think had a 10k pot or something like that. The SFD outputs are cap coupled and the caps may have been too small for effective transference of bass signals.

You might be right. And I really liked the unit otherwise, definitely not one of the 5 worst pieces of gear I've ever heard.
Maybe I'll switch it with something else, since it is actually the best DAC I've ever heard for speakers, even if I hated in headphones. (in my experience)
I tried desperately to find a reasonably priced mk3 and D2D-1, but the only one I could find was 3k.

That Mackie HR824 mk2 and SFD-2 mk2 synergy tho o_o
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #35 on: November 22, 2014, 04:04:21 AM »
Quote from: OJneg on November 22, 2014, 03:15:20 AM
O2: Building and listening to this amp as a noob (a rabid minion, I was) is what diverted me to path of "subjectivism". A combination of inner-harshness + op-amp veil + compressed dynamics

Oh, the irony.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #36 on: November 22, 2014, 04:34:58 AM »
Audio Technica ATH-M50: I cannot stand this fucker. It gives me headaches, isn't comfortable or even stable, and sounds ridiculously fucking smashed into your skull.

AKG K240 Studio: This is <THE> most veiled sounding headphone on the planet, I swear. The old K240 fucking slaughters them.

Sony MDR-SA3000: Weaponized distortion cannons. Seriously, ew. Their shit-tastic presentation (not present on the SA5000) makes it even worse.

Pioneer SE-700: Impossible to drive. Slow. Boomy. Nothing but midrange. The most uncomfortable headphone I've ever used. No redeeming qualities whatsoever... well, some people think they're pretty, I guess.

Fostex TH600: Distant, confused clusterfuck of excessive bass and treble energy. No midrange. Tizz galore. Beats + shitty treble. $800? Fostex can go fuck a cactus.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #37 on: November 22, 2014, 04:44:45 AM »
LOL @Questhate.  Stole my Grado 325 thunder!!


So far:
Sony PHA-1
Grado 325i
HD700
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #38 on: November 22, 2014, 05:20:15 AM »
Ultrasone Ed 9 - by far the strangest midrange I have ever heard.

I do love my PS1000s but I would never recommend them to anyone. They are truly overpriced pieces of shit.
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Re: Five Worst Pieces of Audio Gear You've Heard (Members Only)
« Reply #39 on: November 22, 2014, 05:26:45 AM »
I rather enjoyed GS1000 and PS1000, albeit with mods (TP over drivers) to tame treble. GS1000 was nice for its flat mids.
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