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NeonEonIon t1_iss5ikb wrote

Brother, why do you care what people think about your headphones.

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RB181 t1_iss66wz wrote

I will always recommend some /r/symphonicmetal. Examples:

As the others noted, you may want to look for the songs on a higher quality streaming platform; YouTube links are mainly for convenience. I'm also quite interested in the AKG K712 Pro headphones, so I wouldn't mind hearing some of your impressions.

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aless530 t1_issso7m wrote

I own the k712, they feel very airy in the vocals with a somewhat v shaped profile (spicy trebly with noticable mid bass bump), timbre in the mids is a bit wonky (hense airiness) But the best thing about these is the soundstage, it feels so damm wide, my friend says it reminds him the most of a speaker system and I have to agree. And the detail/imaging is spot on, everything feels crisp and pin point precise

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UrNemisis OP t1_issvk5f wrote

Suggest some wide soundstage music. Why can't I feel much? I've tried many samples, but can't seem to hear much difference when compared to my hd599, difference is there but not that much. Am I doing something wrong? I also did the Oratory EQ.

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RubenRag t1_iss6g36 wrote

I no longer recommend Tidal due to the MQA issues, despite all the lies and cover ups about its definition as lossless it’s still really bad for the music industry, I stream on Qobuz or Apple Music and use bandcamp for discovery and I’m slowly building a library of albums I purchase directly from bandcamp in FLAC, (if we don’t support the artists outside of the streaming services music will just become entirely owned by Apple or Amazon eventually)

You need to find a genre or two that you’re into and explore from there, all genres have really well recorded and mastered tracks that can be considered “Audiophile” the K712 excel at soundstage if you’re looking to wow your friends and family find some songs with great soundstage, but, as mentioned before, don’t worry about justifying your purchase, the entire point of headphones is only one person enjoys them!!!

Also don’t get too hung up on listening to your gear and forget to enjoy the music. If you focus entirely on the gear it’s an endless chain of upgrades and side grades, listen to your gear for a long time before deciding what you like and what you’re missing (if anything) before auditioning new kit. Listening to and enjoying music is a fairly cheap hobby once you have a nice set of cans like yours and some music (lots of fantastic free FLAC on bandcamp and some albums cost pennies, look up “Macroblank” and “Haircuts for Men” if you like downtempo/ ambient, I bought both the discography for less than $10 but you can choose what you pay)

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faverodefavero t1_iss5b3r wrote

Binaural high quality recordings is what you're looking for. Look for a website the sells such tracks (Chesky Reccords, HDTracks, just examples, many others) , acquire them either in ALAC, FLAC or Wav format. For player I recommend Foobar, but there are other good ones. For streaming, stick to Qobuz if want high quality tracks.

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LyKosa91 t1_iss63he wrote

IMO ambient stuff usually sound really good through the K712. Try some solar fields, look out for the tracks 'sol', 'sombrero' (I prefer the original masters of both, the remasters kinda suck), 'a new window', 'undiscovered stories'.

As said before, avoid youtube's crushed audio if you can.

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headphonsex t1_iss4z41 wrote

wut？

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UrNemisis OP t1_iss5czo wrote

Need some good quality audio/music to show off my headphones. I guess that should have been the title

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headphonsex t1_iss5wcx wrote

why not use lossless or any cd you have lying around？ the k700 series headphones requiere a beefy amp, do you have an amp？ they will sound thin otherwise, not the best representation of your capable headphones

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headphonsex t1_iss5zb8 wrote

to better answer ur question, hans zimmer pirates if the.carrabeans soundtrack, or jhon williams superman orchestral version

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