IEM: KZ PR2

Can: none, soz

For my final audio purchase in 2023: Edifier R1280DB

(((Whaaaattttt???)))

mods, can we please ban this creepy af guy? thanks

idk man, these stop me buying more expensive cans tbh

Don’t come crying to me when the pad flatten out, young man.

Although you can in theory flip it every day and the pads wear out “evenly”. Just be ready to get a new set of earpads.

Probably wanting double flange tip but OP hasn’t got one.

As to how, with the power of love & friendship, probably.

I accidentally whacked mine on to a table while standing up trying to untangle them from my pocket, they’re fine. If they’re fine after the hit, they’ll be fine for long after.

7Hz Salnotes Zero (that somehow lost), replaced with Tangzu Wan’er SG, and then KZ PR2.

I think if I get some end year bonus, a bit of it is going to… A pair of bookshelf speakers.

I put ants in your camera

So you want something extremely flat? Like arrow straight straight on the FR graph? Idk if there’s any, but good luck finding it.

How come you don’t know? They’re the jay be el skullgrinder. Very sparkly. Sound like sand.

Stove

• HiFiMan HE400se: desk use at home, everything. I’d use this over the others to watch movies. Dat subbass rumble (speaker guys don’t kill me plz). Never turn off autoEQ on this.
• Grado SR80e: also desk use at home, everything. Prefer this over the HE400se when I want something lighter on my head. Rarely use autoEQ, because I’ve grown to love the sparkle.
• Samson SR850: currently in my hometown, didn’t carry them to where I work now as they’re rarely used. Planning to give them away or to be sold.
• Audio-Technica ATH-M50X: sometimes for audio monitoring when video making, an extra earmuff on air travels.
• KZ PR2: for in the office.
• Tangzu Wan’er SG: for commuting when I want to use my iPod, have foam ear tips for better seal. An alternative for audio monitoring when video making.
• Sony WF-1000XM4: sometimes commuting, definitely for air travel, under the M50X.
• FiiO F9 Pro: were my IEM flagship, until beaten by… the Wan’er. And PR2. Planning to sell them.

I thought this is a known fact on this sub.

Don’t take my words, but I suspect it has to do with USB-C being able to draw more power than Lightning. I mean, that’s why people here quite often recommend the USB-C version of the Apple dongle DAC even for high impedance headphones if they don’t want too much hassle.

Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 250 ohm is a bit quieter than I expected

and I do not have an amp. The headphone is plugged straight into my PC.

Well that’s your problem.

There’s like maybe 100 of that person on earth. Most of them are probably on this subreddit

Well. I remember two accounts that openly admit they do that. Buying a pair of headphones and return it just before the RMA (I think 2 weeks). Soak and repeat. It is a lifehack for the individuals of just wanting to try every single headphones on the planet, but I feel sorry for the retailer.

I suppose that’s what youtube reviewers would do.

Impedance in layman’s terms is how difficult it is to drive a set of headphones, rated in ohm. The more ohm it’s rated for, the more volume you need to crank to get the same level of sound. IEMs/earbuds tend to be around 16-40 ohm, perfectly easy to drive with anything. Headphones tend to start from 32 up to 600 ohm. A quick & dirty guide would be up to 70-80 ohm, you can use your phone, laptop, cheapo dedicated audio player (DAP). Beyond that you’d want a dedicated amplifier (expesive DAPs tend to have powerful amp in it).

That’s not all though, because there’s also sensitivity, measured in dB SPL/mW. Sometimes db SPL/mV which I honestly still don’t understand that much. But, the rule of thumb is; the smaller the number in dB SPL/mW, the harder it is too drive. With the “ideal” sensitivity at 100 dB SPL/mW. Can go +/- 10. Sometimes -20.

High impedance headphones were originated from around 1970s when manufacturers can finally make good sounding headphones, but the high price meant they were only viable for studio monitoring application. There are many entwined audio gears in a studio that by the time it reaches the headphones plug, there was gonna be a lot of static noise in the headphones. High impedance will filter out that noise.

The high impedance = good sounding headphones paradigm today still pretty much comes from that 1970s principle. To filter out static noises that might be in the DAC and amplifier. But these days, you can get good sounding headphones with a much lower impedance.

And the materials and construction is fucking simple, it’s plastic, foam, synthetic pads/polyester(?), very basic stuff. I could see these being sold for 30 bucks from china

Right right, materials can be cheap. But have you consider the research & development behind it?

I just said it on another recent post but Imma say it again

Instagram is not photographer friendly unless that photographer does a bazillion of Reels of “how to get this photo” every week.

Yea, sort of. The “telephoto” lens will definitely be degrading the image quality because for one, you’re putting a lens on top of the existing lens, too many optical elements. Two, light transmission would probably reduced, given that the aperture would be smaller than f/1.

And btw, nobody can put a binoculars in front of a DSLR to have a usable image, the lenses tend to be wider in diameter than the binoculars.

1-stop of everything. Exposure, brightness, uhhh… weight. Like the EF 70-200/4 is half as heavy as the 2.8.