Hello!

Submitted by slawson12 t3_ygj3yi in headphones

Good morning everyone!

i'm a little new to planar dynamic drivers and hi-ifi listening in general.
I've always been able to pick up on distortion easily for whatever reason.

I have a set of audeze lcd-gx & hifiman sundara

I feel like I can always hear a hint of distortion in my audio (master streamed from tidal)

I'mn wondering does anyone have a video of damaged planars?

A part of me thinks it's all in my head, but another part of me is afraid I damaged both of my headphone somehow..

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lol, don't dog me too hard!

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Electrical_Cattle_92 t1_iu9t97z wrote

Do you listen to music loudly? If so it could be deistortion from the amplifier you are using. That could be the case but you should check if you can hear the distortion at lower volumes to make sure. If there is still distortion at lower volume what I said is irrelevant.

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slawson12 OP t1_iu9y2n7 wrote

>Do you listen to music loudly? If so it could be deistortion from the amplifier you are using. That could be the case but you should check if you can hear the distortion at lower volumes to make sure. If there is still distortion at lower volume what I said is irrelevant.

I just tested this out, I think you're right. I believe it's the volume at which I listen. I require quite a bit more volume than everyone else in my home or my parents.

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Electrical_Cattle_92 t1_iua7qjf wrote

I am happy I could be of help. You could get a fiio e10k if you want to get something good without paying much (the refurbished ones from ebay are infact just second hand and cost 50€ in EU). Otherwise if you'd like to pay more for higher volume and better sound you could go for a dac, amp stack (best ones that come to mind for their price is topping l30 2 and e30 2 and cost about 300). I should note that any higher than that would be argueably not better in the range of human hearing and the e10k would not have that much difference aside from volume.

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NeonEonIon t1_iu8stlk wrote

If all your pairs have the same issue it is either in your head or your source has a issue or is damaging the headphones in the same way. Planars usually have lower distortion than dd. So i doubt you are able to pick up them in normal listening which is already kind of impossible with dds.

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slawson12 OP t1_iu8t0gn wrote

I've changed sources, even changed my stack from the Schiit Modi 3+ and magni 3+ to the jds labs atom amp+ and dac+.

I think it's in my head..

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NeonEonIon t1_iu8t5jk wrote

Do you own any iems? See if you can replicate the distortion with iems.

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slawson12 OP t1_iu8t9zm wrote

I do! I need to find them.

My wife and my father both say i'm crazy and have never heard clearer music in their lives lol

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NeonEonIon t1_iu8tmaq wrote

It is most probably in your head then.

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slawson12 OP t1_iu8uq1a wrote

do planars sound similar to dynamics when the driver has been compromised? If so, I definitely don't have that sound.

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GamePro201X t1_iu9kwvd wrote

What song is it? It’s highly possible that your music is just badly mastered

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Bru3nor t1_iu9xera wrote

I had the same problem, and turns out I was just listening to shit audio quality.

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GimmickMusik1 t1_iuayqa1 wrote

What is your source, and what is it set at?

When I use my setup I have windows set to 100% (Spotify at 90 since tracks can vary in volume) then I control all of my volume from my amp/dac. Before that I noticed distortion in my headphones and it was because I was sending a quiet signal (windows at like 30) and then amplifying the signal a lot more with the amp and that was what led to my distortion issues.

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