How to play two headphones at the same time?

Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse

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Hi,

I have one anolog headphone and a USB gaming headphone. I want to compare them as I recently splurged on the Sennheiser RS180s for 170 GBP and want to compare with my gamecom 780s, 50GBP and see if they're worth their money.

On initial tests... the difference was very little, I had to concentrate my listening to hear the difference, very very small difference in my ears so I am really confused as to if I should keep them or not.... it's sooo much harder finding audio difference, than say picture quality difference on a TV...

I am connected the analog through the rear jack and the USB through the front/back ports. I use VIA HD Audio deck (some how cant get it to open though) and want to play music through two outputs (VLC playing FLAC rap ;D)

I also want to know how you guys test your headphones because I really don't think I should spend any more money on headphones as I can't hear any difference.
 
What soundcard would be good to get at £50? Could budge upto 100 if I can really hear the difference.

Thanks

edit: searched around and turns out the rs180s dont need an amp and comes with in built amp, it sounds exceptionally well with onboard audio as it only needs to power the transmitter. so the gamecom 780s sound the exact same. should i go ahead and return the sennheiser and stick with the gamecoms?
how do you guys test the differences?
 
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yeah... I use FLAC, i'm listening to holy grail in FLAC.

I'm really dissappointed, I'm reading all the reviews and I just can't understand why they sound exactly the same! :(

Do ears 'mature'? and develop later on in life? I'm 15 so that may be a reason?

I got my ears checked the other month and I apparently have really good hearing, can't notice **** in headphones though :(

lol found a guy that I can relate to extremely similarly: http://www.hifiheadphones.co.uk/for...nce-between-hi-fi-headphones-normal-ones.html
 
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The problem is you're listening to rap. Most rap to isn't very detailed so you're looking for stuff that just isn't there.
 
Trojan Horse said:
Alright so what kind of songs should I be listening to? please give me some examples! :)
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Well there's no point in making you listen to music to try and see the difference if you don't listen to that music anyway.

End of the day everyone's ears hear things differently and so it's totally up to you. All I was saying that if you're looking for extra detail in rap there just won't be over claps, snares, hi hats and droney bass.
 
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Well there's no point in making you listen to music to try and see the difference if you don't listen to that music anyway.

End of the day everyone's ears hear things differently and so it's totally up to you. All I was saying that if you're looking for extra detail in rap there just won't be over claps, snares, hi hats and droney bass.
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Man I wish there were any high street stores that have a good range of headsets...

The only thing I've got is the **** up-town, HMV and... well PC world! haha I really want to test some headsets but can't travel far out... getting bored of returning all these headsets to (retailer)!
 
One piece of music can vary a lot in quality compared to another, that is pretty certain! Obviously newer music will have the edge over the classic stuff as recording equipment and technology has come a long way. If you're trying to listen for different details then I'd probably stick to newer stuff. A lot of electronic music will give you clear/sharp sounds unless samples are used so these can help determine differences in headphones. Also, I personally found that my hearing has improved in ways since I got my new headphones. I'm not going to hear people talking from 20 miles away but it took me a while to get used to the amount of detail available from my Beyerdynamic T1 headphones.

As far as the RS 180 quality, I would expect them to be half decent. A fair bulk of the price is due to them being wireless but they're at the most expensive range of their newer wireless headphones from what I remember and I have a set of older RS 130 wireless headphones which are analogue rather than digital but they sound alright. Not the quality of my proper headphones but if you need/want wireless then they're decent.

A soundcard would benefit anything that plugs into it but if headphones use a USB soundcard then obvious they won't. I know some audio devices plug into USB for power and then use the audio jack for sound so those would still use the soundcard but if it's just one USB plug then a soundcard won't do anything.

Audio files don't necessarily need to be FLAC to be decent quality, a good 320kbps track can also sound very nice, it depends on the original recording (the music) and the settings used to rip the song.
 
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Audition the AKG K 240 MKIIs man.

I (along with 3 other pros I work with) use them on a daily basis and theyr'e great for mixing/mastering and just general listening.

You will hear a difference on these (irrespective of the genre). Its not just frequency response that is important - there is a sense of dimension to these cans that you really cannot beat for £100.

FIrst link on Google for me was a whathifi.com review and I've never laughed my arse off so hard.

I won't get into it as I do not wish to offend anyone but I would urge y'all to broaden your horizons beyond that site/mag in particular and check out multiple sources (along with actually auditioning for yourselves). Only way to be sure!
 
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