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    Fostex T50RP 50th Anniversary Edition

    Thank you! And I have to agree the soundstage is honestly great already, probably should have mentioned that in my previous comment in case anyone gets the idea this is lacking in that regard, definitely not - it's fairly wide and especially has great height to it. I'm just a sucker for...
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    Your BIGGEST headphone wish......

    That one of my neighbours tosses out a HE-1 on garbage collection day. 🤣
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    Fostex T50RP 50th Anniversary Edition

    Been forever since I posted here. I started an antidepressant medication that instead of helping my depression/anxiety gave me crippling fatigue, not want to get out of bed all day, and I also started experiencing horrible anhedonia so stopped enjoying all my usual hobbies like music, games...
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    Save the date: a Sennheiser CES debut

    So the obvious contender is the HD 620S closed back. Which I suspect (based on them saying it's 150 ohm) will use the same driver as the original HD660S. My original thinking would be that they'd try to get as close to a 600/650/6XX/660S/660S2 type tuning as possible within a closed back, given...
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    Impressions | aune AR5000 Full-Size Open Headphones with MLD Driver

    I like the passion put into the video. You can tell the folks involved really care about this headphone. I'm intrigued by what was mentioned about its spatial properties, I'm a self-confessed soundstage-aholic so I love anything that has interesting spatial representation. I also liked what was...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Happy new year! So glad I treated myself to the Kiwi Ears Cadenza the other day, it's been stealing head-time from my K702 and T50RP 50th Anni despite those being $150 and $200 respectively. I just find I keep reaching for the Cadenzas. Stupid me is already thinking "What next?" though and...
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    For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?

    Kiwi Ears Cadenza: Vocals are stupidly good on these things. Still can't believe they cost me a measly $35. I actually took my T50RP 50th Annis off my head to listen to these for a bit again. At home for New Year's and having a few drinks, so probably going to slowly work my way through my...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    So I can't remember who it was here that told me I should pull the trigger on the Kiwi Ears Cadenza, but whoever it was, thank you! It just arrived today and I'm really impressed by it. The tuning is just so much fun. The treble especially is really pleasing to my ears, coming from my K702 and...
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    For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?

    Just got a new addition today, my second pair of IEMs, which I'm putting through its paces at the moment. Kiwi Ears Cadenza: So far first impressions are really good.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    I posted here about how I was considering the Kiwi Ears Cadenza a while back, but as I ended up getting myself an over-ear T50RP 50th Anniversary Edition that month I didn't end up ordering it in the end. My purchase finger was itching again though and since it's Christmas I decided to order...
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    Good Closed Backs

    Speaking of closed back HD600s, Sennheiser has been teasing a new model called the HD620S recently which is priced the same as the HD600 and is a closed back. SInce it's a 150 ohm driver it might be using the driver from the 660S, but I think we can at least be confident it's a closed 600 series...
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    For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?

    T50RP 50th Anni: Today's a day for songs like this with lots of ear candy and lots going on spatially.
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    For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?

    CAL!: Someone just introduced me to the genre that is "PC Music", it's giving me major 90s electronic vibes, and sounds phenomenal on my CAL! with the XBass and XSpace on my amp enabled:
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    When do you go from 'enthusiast' or collector to 'hoarder'

    Mine's pretty small as far as the collections here go. 1 planar headphone, 4 dynamic headphones, and 1 dynamic IEM. Yes I have a whole file in my note-taking app to keep track of my current headphones. And yes there's a similar file for my wishlist of ones to buy 🤣 🤣
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