Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
Any recommendations for headphones? I've had the Bose XM4s, regular airpods, Airpods maxes. I'm looking for headphones that are not to heavy on the head and really make things sound *clear*. I listen to a lot of jazz, bossa nova, pop etc.
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Andrea
@andreaboi.eth
I listen a lot of jazz too and share them on /audiophile. If you're looking for wired headphone, I've Focal Elegia and they are highly revealing, dynamic and detailed but unless you are able to find some good deal on the used market, they are double your canadian dollars budget. Now most similar in the catalog from Focal: Lensys. Other less expensive alternatives: Sennheiser HD 599, RODE NTH-100, Focal Listen Pro, Hifiman Sundara Closed Back. Do you have a dac/amp to properly drive them? You can improve your listening with your current headphones by using SoundID Reference or Morphit (also avaiable on mobile with the app USB Audio Player Pro, it correct the frequency response and give you more details in the songs but can't match the performance of the Elegia. The crossfeed plugin Redline Monitor, will help to improve the stereo imaging on old jazz albums, on Elegia is not needed.
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
Thanks so much, I have the Sennheisers HD 5999 too but they just don’t hit right for me. It’s hard to describe as I’m a beginner audiophile but I appreciate all your suggestions. I don’t have an amp yet but maybe I’ll get one and use them with those
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