Linsoul is the store, not a manufacturer.

Thankfully they've had the courtesy of designing the driver units like that, with separate, firmly attached solder points, as opposed to just having the voice coil wires going directly to the cable connectors. That kind of an arrangement would be something else to accidentally yank apart...

This thing, again? Makes you wonder how are those connectors even mounted in the cups when they come off that easily... Are they not attached via that pretty substantial groove around them, or is the surrounding (presuming) plastic that flimsy that it gives away on a little tug?

Moral of the story: never skip neck day.

So, the pro rata payment model that for example Spotify uses, I presume? Monthly subscription revenue goes into one big pool and is then divided among all artists on the platform, proportionally based on the number of streams that month, so regardless of one's listening habits, the biggest chunk the subscription fee will always line the pockets of the pockets of the most listened artists. Yeah, sucks all kinds of balls.

Mmm... sprinkles.

Yeah*

 

^^^^*Some ^^^^restrictions ^^^^may ^^^^apply, ^^^^results ^^^^may ^^^^vary.

Yea, another poor soul saved from chi-fi financial ruination. It's all in a day's work!

Uh... You know, just that new product keeps getting pushed out doesn't mean you have to buy it all.

>I just wondered if it would be worth the effort of hunting a good pair down?

Depends, but most likely not if you're planning on having them as a regular-use main headphone instead of an added splash of vintage flavor to add among a collection of several.

It's a vintage headphone with a vintage sound. ("What Harman target curve?") While not bad at all for its age and context, having first come out in the mid-seventies, it's still very much a product of its time and will be almost guaranteed to disappoint if one is expecting a modern full-bodied sounding headphone. And for more critical stuff like mixing, no. Just no.

The low end starts rolling off quite early and does so fast, and the top end is uneven and rolls off as well. When I had a pair for a while a few years ago (felt like getting a bit of nostalgia kick - my dad had pair when I very little), they initially seemed both rather bass-light and with an elevated treble, making for a rather harsh sound signature, but turned out it was mostly just the rolled-off bass. EQ'ing the bass up evened out things big time, but also highlighted the limitations of the old drivers, they can't handle that much bass boosting before starting to noticably distort at even slightly elevated volumes. Modern consumer grade headphone bass is very likely simply not a possibility with these. Comfort's OK, though the flat and thin, yet large pads feel a bit unusual - they're sized like they could easily be circumaural, but they're supra-aural anyway. They're also quite hard to drive, coming in 2000 and 600 ohm variations. Not like they need a nuclear reactor to get to decent listening levels, but a headphone amp is definitely recommended.

If you're dead set on wanting to get a pair, get them for the vintage experience with appropriate expectations, *not* to get something capable of going head-to-head with modern gear and comparing favorably. And shop around, don't overpay. Look for prices around for which you could get them sold onward without much of a loss in the case you don't wish to keep them.

Sorry, no refunds. All meme sales are final.

So, were the Chus being proudy, gave attitude, and would no compromise?

Good bot

Right back to jail.

Tbh, I feel there's been so much collective circlejerking going on over the Harman target curve that it must about close to spilling over...

True that, good point! Though with modern DACs with their really low noise levels, I doubt turning down OS master volume a bit if needed (for instance to get more useable range on the amp's volume pot) would likely cause issues, but naturally, turning the OS volume waaaaay down should be avoided.

In XP and before, sure, but from Vista onwards, pretty much not. The modern Windows audio stack works in 32-bit float, so dynamic range or quality loss from volume adjustment is negligible. And AFAIK, the default sound format setting concerns only the output, not the stack workings prior to that.

And then there's the sequel: Honey, I Blew Up The Bass

Nah, more like the startgame!

Probably due to Aliexpress links to the components used. Mod bots are apparently quite keen on those.

Or 20% off the purchase price.

That marketing campaign was glorious!