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#headphones

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Cerstin Mahlow

If I would buy new over-ear headphones (a headset, in fact), what would I buy? My current ones are the Cage from Teufel, bought in 2020. The ear cushions on both side just fell off 🤨 I could get new cushions, but as the padding of the headband is also crumbly, I should get new ones, I guess.

must be: over-ear (big!), with microfone, European brand
can be: cable (but if cable, then aux, not usb-c), bluetooth

#FollowerPower#OverEar#headphones
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Headphones review
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Px8 by Bowers & Wilkins
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They arrived! Much excite, many happy.

These things are hefty; over a kilo, I think. The case is chonky. It came with an array of adapters and cables, but getting the headies out of the case? You can feel the engineering. The fit and finish? Excellent.

Wearing them is a little tricky. Putting them on in a consistently comfy position is not easy, but once found, the headband and cups do a great job of distributing weight correctly.

The pairing process doesn't require the app, but to get the most from this unit, it's a good idea. App installed, it immediately asks for personal info and starts marketing Deezer and qobuz without delay. Emails, notifications, offers... I've just spent a good chunk o' change on you and you are already manipulating me to spend more? Marks off. App closed.

vlc opened, 24-bit flacs found, start playing. Dillinjazz's 2023 album "Eyes Rise" is the first trial. Why? Brilliant sound mixing, fidelity to artistic intent, and I understand how this sounds on a dozen other headies and studio speakers. It is known.

Bass, the sainted underpants of Beelzebub, way too much bass. It's not unsophisticated. Not at all. Perfectly adequate, yet it drowns out the mids. Vocals and most instruments are mushed together, making the point of flacs redundant mildly redundant.

Back into the B&W app, I found the EQ. Two sliders: Bass and treble. That's It. Okay, so I start by increasing treble a touch. Then a touch more. It wasn't doing what I wanted, so down goes the bass. 1 dB, 3, 6 (the lowest). It was manageable.

-6 dB of bass, +2 dB of treble, and it is rivalling my currently-used QC45s.

Rivalling. On headies which cost almost double? This is not acceptable.

A walk around the city shows the ANC to be sensible but not excelling in any way. The pass-through feature is software-mechanical making it feel like you're listening to an echo of reality. Calls and gaming audio exists but a standard Lav mic from Røde is ten times better for less than a tenth of the cost.

These are a turd. A gorgeous, premium-quality aspirant of a well-polished turd.

My ears are now sad.

A photo of the above headies laying on a quilt.
A screen grab of the bowers and Wilkins app showing the bass and treble settings as discussed above.
#Headphones#headphonereviews#Px8
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Princess Serena Star✨️

I saw people saying that the Sony MH750 earbuds that come with the 2nd gen Sony Xperia Android phones were like, super loved by audiophiles. I don't get it at all. They're so flat and lack any soundstage at all. Like, yeah maybe the audio is super balanced but there's no depth to it at all. Switching back to my AKG K92s was so much nicer and honestly refreshing to hear actually good audio
#audio #audiophile #earbuds #headphones

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Valerie Roney

[edit: got help on the headphone parts hunt, thanks!]

On a related note, any AV nerds that can point me to where I can order replacement parts for these Bowers and Wilkins headphones?

It's got a nice click in and out cord, and squishy pads that pop off. Should all be fixable, but it's not my wheelhouse and my cog is trashed so searching this stuff out shreds my brain.
I'm in Canada, fyi re shipping etc.
Links and leads appreciated.
#rightToRepair #headphones #AVclub #audio #bowerswilkins

Photo of the inside ear pad base of my headphones with the port to click in the cord that also clicks in to the headphone jack on my phone.
Photo of the square Bowers and Wilkins swishy headphone pad, with some medical tape covering a tear in the black perforated fabric earhole part.
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badeightball

It would be embarrassing for Europeans to be seen with Apple AirPods or Google Pixel Buds at this point. Embrace choice! Here are some major European brands that embrace color and design. There is something for every style and budget.

Bang & Olufsen (Denmark)
Beyerdynamic (Germany)
Devialet (France)
Fairpods by Fairphone (Netherlands)
Hama (Germany)
Jabra (Denmark)
Libratone (Denmark)
Onesonic (Ireland)
Sennheiser (Germany)
Wavell (Denmark)

Edit: Philips removed, it’s just a licensed brand produced by a Chinese company.

#Apple#Airpods#googlepixel
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SomeGadgetGuy

Early access on the Patreon! YOU KNOW! FOR KIDS! I wish more audio brands would do this. Headphones for kids. It's a different challenge than just making a smaller ear cup, 1More delivers some great tools to protect hearing and teach better listening habits!

patreon.com/posts/1more-sonofl

#tech#technology#gadgets
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