I got a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 880 LEs through Drop for roughly $170 and I’d recommend them in a heartbeat. I think the LEs were only available through Drop, but the regular 880s look like they go for ~$180 and the DT 880 Pros go for ~$250. Solid build quality, open back, not the lightest but also not particularly heavy and with comfortable ear cups, they really shine in the high and mid-range and handle sibilant sound well, good soundstage and instrument separation, but the bass is really neutral. If you like boosted bass the DT880s are not for you.
I have the 250ohm version and they really require an amp to get the full experience, but my iPhone can drive them through the lightning to 3.5mm adapter and they sound just fine.
Edit: I actually paid around $170 for the DT 880s, and it looks like Drop has DT880 Pros for $190 now.
I just picked up the Phillips Fidelio X2's and they're great - also MUCH more comfortable than Grados. All of the other recommendations are good as well (have some closed back Senns I love, and heard good things about beyers). There's also the planar magnetic ones to consider. I would look at the descriptions of the sound each offers, as typically each has their own "personality", then pick which one fits best with the music and tones you enjoy. Headphones that are amazing for orchestral performances often aren't good for things like hard EDM.
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sponoMining for Nose DiamondsBooger CoveRegistered Userregular
I'm still using my Senn HD555 at home and my Grado SR80 at work. Got a pair of Audio-Technica M50x that work great for air travel, but those haven't seen any use in quite some time.
I recently refurbished the HD555 with all new padding and it's like they're brand new again!
I've never really felt the need for an amp, but these are all low impedance cans so it's probably not necessary.
I saw a tweet on my news app but can’t see it now.
Apparently the new CEO will help make the decision. Must be really hectic over there.
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Zxerolfor the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't doso i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered Userregular
Hell yeah, looking forward to being to able to get a new GPU sometime in 2025.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
Welp got a new tube for my amp to see if it sounded different, and I can't tell a difference. Maybe if I had a better ear, the change is supposedly less pronounced on a hybrid amp like the Vali 2, instead of a full tube amp.
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Just got an 80 decibel warning from my Apple watch alone in my office. Either this is a glitch, or some Apple programmers have real strong and sarcastic opinions about mechanical keyboards.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
I mean, it might be 80 decibels at that distance from your wrist. Intensity of sound follows the r^3 rule.
sponoMining for Nose DiamondsBooger CoveRegistered Userregular
Oh god dammit
I put together this little external "on" button for the PC, but I accidentally bought a switch that's sustained on, momentary off. Who would want momentary off?!
This is what I get for not reading the box carefully
I put together this little external "on" button for the PC, but I accidentally bought a switch that's sustained on, momentary off. Who would want momentary off?!
This is what I get for not reading the box carefully
I had a random brainfart once and slapped some buttons and switches on this box. The thing behind it is a zero-delay USB encoder, typically used for building arcade control stuff - it shows up as a plain ordinary gamepad in the OS, so I can map buttons to whatever I can map gamepads to.
I put together this little external "on" button for the PC, but I accidentally bought a switch that's sustained on, momentary off. Who would want momentary off?!
This is what I get for not reading the box carefully
That’s the Trump Diet Coke summoning button
It's sustained-on though. So that means an endless stream of butlers with silver platters, as far as the eye can see.
I put together this little external "on" button for the PC, but I accidentally bought a switch that's sustained on, momentary off. Who would want momentary off?!
This is what I get for not reading the box carefully
That’s the Trump Diet Coke summoning button
It's sustained-on though. So that means an endless stream of butlers with silver platters, as far as the eye can see.
Lord I hate the idea of new phones every year. I know it's not the economic model but just....go away for a while. Keep making the already fine phone and come back when you actually have something. This is imagining a world where apple isn't fighting tooth and nail vs right to repair anyway.
I like it because I'm several phones back tech-wise but get a new phone with my contract every two years, so I get to try out "new" tech every 24 months
It's like when I got a new car that had Bluetooth - it had been around for years, but the previous car only had a CD player, so to me it was like driving around in KITT
[Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
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MrMonroepassed outon the floor nowRegistered Userregular
Who do you have that's still doing the free new phone every two years?
I just...don't understand most phone plans. Since the move to smartphones (late, like, 2013-2014) I've stayed on republic wireless. It's like 20/mo for a gig of data. If I'm traveling each extra gig is 5 bucks. They even used to pay you back/prorate for unused data but I don't think they do anymore. They just sent around a deal where you get 2 free months if you just pay for the whole year. So, done. Other people tell me about their phone bills and I just don't get it. Obviously not great for international travel, but if that's your use case you probably have some money to burn anyway.
But then I'm assuming a lot. Mind sharing what that monthly bill is Rhesus?
Who do you have that's still doing the free new phone every two years?
3 Mobile in the UK
It's never a top of the line phone - my current phone, which I got in 2019, is a Huawei p30 Lite. I pay £21.56 a month for unlimited calls and texts, and 4GB of data
An equivalent sim only plan on 3 is £10 a month, so I'm basically paying £277.44 for a phone over 24 months. Checking the cost of the handset, it's £180 for a new one now, but it launched at around £300, so in this case it was a pretty good offer
In the Netherlands it was ruled that 'free phones' are actually loans, because the contract is more expensive with phones tham without.
It also means that for flagship phones the loan is large enough to be registered and credit checked.
It is still occasionally possible to get large discounts though. I currently have an S9+ , which I got right as the S10 released. I got a €100 cashback by Samsung, a €100 store discount from Tmobile, which totaled for about €400 for a phone that was €650 retail.
Who do you have that's still doing the free new phone every two years?
3 Mobile in the UK
It's never a top of the line phone - my current phone, which I got in 2019, is a Huawei p30 Lite. I pay £21.56 a month for unlimited calls and texts, and 4GB of data
An equivalent sim only plan on 3 is £10 a month, so I'm basically paying £277.44 for a phone over 24 months. Checking the cost of the handset, it's £180 for a new one now, but it launched at around £300, so in this case it was a pretty good offer
Maybe it is time to re evaluate, I kept seeing way worse numbers in the states.
My phone is one of the few things I'm willing to spend money on (along with my computer and guitars) because I use that shit every minute of every day.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Who do you have that's still doing the free new phone every two years?
3 Mobile in the UK
It's never a top of the line phone - my current phone, which I got in 2019, is a Huawei p30 Lite. I pay £21.56 a month for unlimited calls and texts, and 4GB of data
An equivalent sim only plan on 3 is £10 a month, so I'm basically paying £277.44 for a phone over 24 months. Checking the cost of the handset, it's £180 for a new one now, but it launched at around £300, so in this case it was a pretty good offer
Maybe it is time to re evaluate, I kept seeing way worse numbers in the states.
I pay $86.04 for an unlimited data plan with AT&T. No free phones involved.
I pay £25 quid a month for a Samsung A51 and a Samsung Tablet that is... I can't recall the model
Anyway after two years I get to keep both, and I can upgrade to a new deal. Unlimited data on the phone! Just 2GBs on the tablet but I mean eh I just use it at home anyway
US mobile contract pricing is bananas expensive compared to the rest of the world. When I moved here I was doing month to month prepaid on t-mobile with my own older phone and a really shit data cap and it still cost me $30-40 a month. (Back home I could get more data on a $10 per month sim, for comparison)
I switched over to Google fi the minute that became available, and that at least approaches the price I would be paying in aus/uk/eu, with the added benefit of not having to switch sims when I travel. But whenever people here talk about they're monthly phone bills, woof.
I finally went into the office a while back to pick up this desktop computer my work dumped on me the day before we started mandatory WFH. I was in a hurry, I had a monitor at home, figured I could just plug them into each other no worries. Of course this behemoth doesn't have an HDMI output?
I see it has a VGA and the monitor also has a VGA so great I'll just get the company to buy me a cable and that way I can use the monitor on multiple machines without messing with plugs
only the cable is a male-male and the VGA output here is male
so I finally order an adaptor, admittedly without paying a lot of attention to what I'm ordering because seriously it's not like you can fuck up a double ended VGA plug and yet HERE WE ARE
yes I am aware that mini-gender-changer sounds like a cyberpunk device
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I just picked up the Phillips Fidelio X2's and they're great - also MUCH more comfortable than Grados. All of the other recommendations are good as well (have some closed back Senns I love, and heard good things about beyers). There's also the planar magnetic ones to consider. I would look at the descriptions of the sound each offers, as typically each has their own "personality", then pick which one fits best with the music and tones you enjoy. Headphones that are amazing for orchestral performances often aren't good for things like hard EDM.
I recently refurbished the HD555 with all new padding and it's like they're brand new again!
I've never really felt the need for an amp, but these are all low impedance cans so it's probably not necessary.
Maybe Intel is in a worse state then expected?
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.bnnbloomberg.ca/intel-talks-with-tsmc-samsung-to-outsource-some-chip-production-1.1545867.amp.html
I saw a tweet on my news app but can’t see it now.
Apparently the new CEO will help make the decision. Must be really hectic over there.
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Satans..... hints.....
I put together this little external "on" button for the PC, but I accidentally bought a switch that's sustained on, momentary off. Who would want momentary off?!
This is what I get for not reading the box carefully
That’s the Trump Diet Coke summoning button
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
I had a random brainfart once and slapped some buttons and switches on this box. The thing behind it is a zero-delay USB encoder, typically used for building arcade control stuff - it shows up as a plain ordinary gamepad in the OS, so I can map buttons to whatever I can map gamepads to.
It's sustained-on though. So that means an endless stream of butlers with silver platters, as far as the eye can see.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
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building your transit system control in adobe flash seems like a bad idea
Although for all I know it's been in place for years
*starts eyeing every screen with suspicion*
It's like when I got a new car that had Bluetooth - it had been around for years, but the previous car only had a CD player, so to me it was like driving around in KITT
But then I'm assuming a lot. Mind sharing what that monthly bill is Rhesus?
3 Mobile in the UK
It's never a top of the line phone - my current phone, which I got in 2019, is a Huawei p30 Lite. I pay £21.56 a month for unlimited calls and texts, and 4GB of data
An equivalent sim only plan on 3 is £10 a month, so I'm basically paying £277.44 for a phone over 24 months. Checking the cost of the handset, it's £180 for a new one now, but it launched at around £300, so in this case it was a pretty good offer
It also means that for flagship phones the loan is large enough to be registered and credit checked.
It is still occasionally possible to get large discounts though. I currently have an S9+ , which I got right as the S10 released. I got a €100 cashback by Samsung, a €100 store discount from Tmobile, which totaled for about €400 for a phone that was €650 retail.
Maybe it is time to re evaluate, I kept seeing way worse numbers in the states.
I pay $86.04 for an unlimited data plan with AT&T. No free phones involved.
Anyway after two years I get to keep both, and I can upgrade to a new deal. Unlimited data on the phone! Just 2GBs on the tablet but I mean eh I just use it at home anyway
I switched over to Google fi the minute that became available, and that at least approaches the price I would be paying in aus/uk/eu, with the added benefit of not having to switch sims when I travel. But whenever people here talk about they're monthly phone bills, woof.
Allow me to fetch my fainting couch and clutching pearls to deal with this shock.
Maybe we should replace E Plurbis Unum with "Pay more for less" on our money.
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AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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I see it has a VGA and the monitor also has a VGA so great I'll just get the company to buy me a cable and that way I can use the monitor on multiple machines without messing with plugs
only the cable is a male-male and the VGA output here is male
so I finally order an adaptor, admittedly without paying a lot of attention to what I'm ordering because seriously it's not like you can fuck up a double ended VGA plug and yet HERE WE ARE
yes I am aware that mini-gender-changer sounds like a cyberpunk device