General Headphone Audio

[Purgatory]

So did anyone buy the ASUS ROG Kithara and how did you find them ? Are they worth the money compared to HifiMan's other offerings in the same sort of price range ? Will be used for gaming and music.

I just want to own a pair of planar headphones to go with my Focal Clear MG and Eligia. Just curious what people think and have tried other good headphones how they compare. The currently have them selling with Resident Evil, so maybe worth a punt.

 

[Angst]

So did anyone buy the ASUS ROG Kithara and how did you find them ? Are they worth the money compared to HifiMan's other offerings in the same sort of price range ? Will be used for gaming and music.

I just want to own a pair of planar headphones to go with my Focal Clear MG and Eligia. Just curious what people think and have tried other good headphones how they compare. The currently have them selling with Resident Evil, so maybe worth a punt.

Someone started a thread discussing them in this sub forum and i think there's a few posts further back in this thread aswell. Ive not heard them but honestly, between Hifiman's QC and ASUS's customer support, I would probably avoid them.

 

[Purgatory]

Someone started a thread discussing them in this sub forum and i think there's a few posts further back in this thread aswell. Ive not heard them but honestly, between Hifiman's QC and ASUS's customer support, I would probably avoid them.

Good point, watching some reviews and one of the honest YouTube review guys that I find I have a lot in common with when he reviews things I have heard and agree with, seems to not rate them in a polite way and even says get the XS instead and for me that puts me off as I didn't think the XS were that great.

Then this guy seems to show graphs (graphs don't really always represent how they really sound I have found) and well seems to be think they are good value at $299. £285 in uk with resident evil..really makes them £250 as you can get RE for £35.

Just wondering if they are worth a try, but as you said HifiMan QC and ASUS warranty issues don't go well together .. but Asus has promised us all they will get better and have done since Gamers Nexus and other review channels called them out on their scammy warranty behaviour.

 

[Angst]

For that price you can get a refurb/open box he6sev2 direct from hifiman, if you have the amp to power it i would honestly recommend that instead. Hifiman build quality aside, with EQ its an end game headphone.

 

[Purgatory]

For that price you can get a refurb/open box he6sev2 direct from hifiman, if you have the amp to power it i would honestly recommend that instead. Hifiman build quality aside, with EQ its an end game headphone.

Think I'm going to give them all a pass for now as I just heard how bad the Mic is on the ASUS, was really for online BF6 gaming and thought well they can be used for music if I decide not to use them for online gaming, but if they sound like the XS, that's a no for me as they don't sound good to me. Was just having one of my Audiophile cravings for something new as the PC market is flushed down the toilet right now.

Was also looking for an IEM and looking at these :-

Letshuoer S12 Ultra​

 

[Jenz]

Think I'm going to give them all a pass for now as I just heard how bad the Mic is on the ASUS, was really for online BF6 gaming and thought well they can be used for music if I decide not to use them for online gaming, but if they sound like the XS, that's a no for me as they don't sound good to me. Was just having one of my Audiophile cravings for something new as the PC market is flushed down the toilet right now.

Was also looking for an IEM and looking at these :-

Letshuoer S12 Ultra​

I have S12 Pro’s and love them.

 

[mrk]

take a listen to this:

 

[Angst]

Just come across the HFA Dahlia on reddit, it's interesting to see how many people are happy to pay nearly a grand for 3d printed headphones like these or the omega's or the auroras etc. For 300 you could buy all the components and the 3d printer to build as many pairs of them as you wanted yourself.