SR26: It's got a love supreme

James McProgger wrote: too.much.money may i suggest you to whore yourself on the streets? all i need is an open back and a new closed back, both desktops, nuff portables!. my soundcard is sh*t too but i like to think i compansate that with my very modest amp ( no? ) are you saying open are more healthy than closed? and idk about the sound, for me the bassier the better, imo

Unless the hardcore audiophiles can prove otherwise, an amp cannot correct distortion, noise, and other imperfections introduced into the digital signal. The sound card and quality of audio files being played are the very first in line, so the amp won't help. hell it wouldn't really help even if it was before; the signal would be corrupted before it reaches you ears anyway. Your chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, and my weakest link is a pos sound card on a 11 year old Compaq computer, plus a few wires I know are sh*tty and a questionable amp, and a questionable set of speakers which are old and very lightweight, which is unsettling. Plus no subwoofer. Sad panda.

I'd rather have a well-balanced sound than one with the bass boosted up.

My 280s work just fine for me now, but I'm going to think about buying some studio monitors when i can afford them. Headphones are good, but the sound interacting in the space of the room is better and healthier. It's pointless now because I do most of my listening on the computer, and it has a sh*t sound card.

I need, in order of approx priority:

1) new computer custom built: $1400 est.
2) reason/ableton live, price undecided
3) smaller MIDI controller, $100 ish
4) monitors, maybe $300 max I'm willing to spend on those
5) audio interface, price unknown
6) mic, price unknown

A Person wrote: I really have no clue what you guys are talking about.

th delicious detailed sound of prog music

stonebeard wrote: Also, So I heard you want to buy new headphones? Well stop reading right goddamn now and click on this link you slut it's the best guide you can get hot sexdamnwut. I was actually 2.2mb which was too large for me to upload to PA. This win image is so goddamn awesome PA was all like "f**k that. dipset yo".

oh sh*t! the table bellow (green) is from the guy i've been talking with in headfi forums

http://www.head-fi.org/user/ljokerl

he actually sold me the denon hp700

i've been using this as a guide:

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/433318/

also, according to this:



grado's kick ass in the bass end


Edited by James McProgger - November 04 2010 at 21:21

Also,

So I heard you want to buy new headphones? Well stop reading right goddamn now and click on this link you slut it's the best guide you can get hot sexdamnwut. I was actually 2.2mb which was too large for me to upload to PA. This win image is so goddamn awesome PA was all like "f**k that. dipset yo".

SaltyJon wrote: James McProgger wrote: the only senn i have had were the 202 and i hated them, no bass at all. No bass at all?  Funny, it seems to me that they have a good low end and I've been using them for a bit over a year now.

At the time i was a total newbie and didnt let them burn in ... gave them away ( i regret) then i went with the Denon HP700 and i love them, but this i use as portables, i need a beatuful awesome sounding can to keep next to my computer. hd555 you say? i'm gonna consider'em for sure, just need to read a bit more in head-fi

stonebeard wrote: Get Sony MDR-R10s lololololololol. In general, you can't go wrong with Sennheisers, but the price range is get-what-you-pay for. I have HD 280s, but given the chance I'd get $150+ headphones, likely Sennheiser HD series or Audio Technica ATH series. Chances are if the company makes good microphones, (Sennheiser, AT, AKG, Shure) then they're not going to f**k up headphones and monitors. If you can afford Grados the holy sh*t yes. And remember the golden rule of headphones: If you buy Skullcandys, I WILL END YOU.

brb buying Skullcandys.

Triceratopsoil wrote: James McProgger wrote: Triceratopsoil wrote: James McProgger wrote: i want to spoil myself with a nice xmas gift (because no one else will give me a thing) senn hd555 or ath ad700?  AKG K141 MkII thast like 70$ out of my budget.. i had never had any open back 'phone. but i wanna try, as long as its "bassy" how's the akg k240? probably pretty good.  I'd go for the senn, though anywhere you can go to try them? I know I can test headphones at my local guitar shop

unfortunatelly, no. only sony, thast why i got the xb700. but i want to try some open back, the only senn i have had were the 202 and i hated them, no bass at all. i like my prog with overwhelming punchy bass.. i read the ath ad700 doesnt have that, must read some hd555 reviews now

any other ideas? i've been reading about grados, but never tried one.