anyone had any luck with sourcing replacement earbuds? seems kinda wasteful to junk the whole thing because one earbud is gone.

Soundpeats Air3 Deluxe HS, if it matters. searching turned up nada, same with filling out the contact form on their site.

So, I bought a JBL Tune Beam two months ago. I'm overall happy with the headphones, only it feels like the noise cancelling doesn't really work. I've never had headphones that I was really happy with their ANC (Jabra elite 75t, Bose quiet comfort 35II, and Anker liberty 3). Only here, I feel like there is no real difference, only if I pay close attention I can feel some difference. With the others, the differences were more noticeable.

So is it just me? Any of you know how I can configure this somehow?

I took this from an old post I made using a post template from reddits headphone community.

Budget: I think I would like to stay around $50. But if they are a truly good investment I’ll go up to $100. If they would change my life up to $120.

Source: Bluetooth/wireless. I will listen on my iPhone.

Requirements for Isolation. Will you be using these Headphones in Public?: I think I would like medium isolation as these will be in public. It is safer to be able to hear my surroundings while also indicating to others not to talk to me in the train.

Preferred Type of Headphones: I suppose over the ear. Wireless earbuds make me nervous they’ll fall out

Preferred tonal balance: I love me some some bass! I want sweeping jazz orchestras to blow me away.

Past headphones: I had my Bluetooth Panasonic RP-HTX80B. They served me years. Before that I had the same kind but wired for even more years. I also had two pairs of JLab Bombara matte brown. They got a lot of use till they broke. They weren’t very durable. Did not last years lol

I am very careful with my headphones. It’s telling that both my Panasonics lasted that long and not the JLabs. They were all nice overall, but I wished they fit better. They never sat close enough to my ear to get that strong bass. They were alright.

Preferred Music: I listen to everything. From R&B to Motown, Golden Oldies to Metal, movie soundtracks to jazz.

Here are samples of my general taste in music: Agape | Nicholas Britell

Respiration | Black Star

Them Bones | Alice In Chains

Sunlight | Esperanza Spalding

Be Ever Wonderful | Earth Wind and Fire

I suppose I want something that can handle sweeping jazz and R&B, and some strong bass as well. Of all these songs, I would want Be Ever Wonderful to sound like absolute perfection if that helps. I would just die if it sounded as good as possible.

What would you like to improve on from your set-up: Everything. Just set me on the right path.

I posted before elsewhere but got no hits.

A friend recommended these for me, as a good pair to wear while out biking. I saw on Reddit, though, that they got delisted from Amazon for farming fake reviews.

Do y'all know about this brand? Is it worthwhile for passable audio+mic, or just cheap shovelware?

Have you guys ever had the problem of slippery headbands or "unstable" headphones?

I have a rather big head (hat size 62 EU) and don't like headphones with super strong clamping forces. Apparently these two factors make headphones quite prone to moving on my head and even slipping straight off.

Headphones with rubberized or "not so slick" headbands tend to stay quite well, however headbands made of nylon or similar materials don't do such a great job.

It's not a problem as long as I don't move my head, but some movements like bending over are guaranteed "slip offs".

Do you run into these problems? If so, what's your solution? Do you glue the drivers straight to your ears?

I have a collection of headphones and iems that is probably unhealthy, but we are not here to talk about that. Instead, I came into work and realized I've been using the same KZ-zs10 pros for a few years of zoom (has a mic on the wire), music, and whatever else at work with no complaint.

Given all the other options out there, or that I own, it surprises me that such a humble iem has performed so well. Which brings me to my question: what is your old reliable? Your everyday workhorse? What headphone or iem do you reach for over and over again?

I will be doing a good amount of international travel in a month and have been looking for some headphones in the $300ish range with solid ANC. I have a pair of AirPods Pro, and they are just alright on flights as far as ANC goes, and I don't want to deal with charging them every few hours.

I went around to multiple local Best Buys to try out the Bose QC45, Sony XM4, and Sony XM5, and was honestly very disappointed. All three of them only had a tiny change between ambient mode and ANC mode. I also had the same experience with a pair of Bose 700s in all ANC modes. I could still clearly hear customer and employee conversations going on around the store, and I could hear my partner talking next to me, all with none of the demo music playing. I tried out my AirPods Pro immediately after each one and was able to cut out significantly more noise. This experience was the same at each of the Best Buys I went to, and I went to multiple hoping that the first Best Buy just had broken demo units maybe.

One of the Best Buys had a pair of Airpods Max to try, those also cut out significantly more noise.

I have seen nothing but praise for how good the ANC is on all of these Bose and Sony headphones, I would expect them to at least be as good as AirPods, I have tried a family member's XM3s a few years ago and was absolutely blown away by how good the ANC was. Do these demo units just suck? I don't really want to spend $300 just to find out, but I cannot think of another reason.

I am looking for new earbuds as my airpods are not functioning well anymore. I am mostly using them with my iphone and I like the experience with the airpods, however the price on new models seem quite high so I am considering other cheaper options.

I came across earfun air pro 3 earbuds and they look like they offer great features given their cheap pricing. I wanted to ask if anyone have them here, how was your experience with them? Does it look bulky compared to airpods, how do they sound and how is the day to day experience? I think they dont have auto pause when taken out of ear, but are there other annoying/poor experience with them?

A while ago my headphones (HyperX Cloud II) fell and the left ear pad detached from the head band, but the cable is still there and sound works on both sides. Is there an easy way to put it back for free, or if not for cheap? I've tried putting one end in and forcing the other but the support is made of metal and doesn't bend easily.

I am currently using Sennheiser's ocx 686g but they're just staring to lose connection to the port when the cable gets pushed around, so I was looking to see if there's anything better than just replacing these every 3-5 years at a ~100$ price point wired preferred but not a hard deal breaker or anything

Hi guys, I'm trying to find something to watch movies with in my bedroom from my tv. Mostly for when it's late at night so I wouldn't disturb others while they sleep.

I don't want a large, over the ear headphones as I'll be lying down sometimes and I also don't want to stick earbuds in my ear due to problems I've had before.

I've been looking at air conduction earphones (not bone conduction) that just slips over your ear without the band that goes behind your head. Anyone familiar with any of these that has quick charge capabilities like a 10 minute charge for a couple hours use? I found some but none seem to have that quick charge feature.

Hey guys, I'm in a looking for an advice on how to deal with a situation.

I play digital piano which is connected to my computer so I can use it with a DAW. The problem is that I live in an apartment located in a very noisy street and it's driving me crazy whenever I try to practice anything. I have an open back headphone that has a very decent sound quality, but it doesn't provide much isolation.

So I was thinking about buying a noise-cancelling headphone for that purpose, but I fear that the noise-cancelling wouldn't work well for that kind of environment (I heard it works well for planes, which is different from traffic noise I guess?) or if I should buy a closed headphone instead.

Does anyone here have faced a similar situation before?

I am trying to use a lav mic with my headphones cause the inline mic for them broke. The headphones only have a TRRS output and the mic has a TRRS with a TRS converter/adapter. Can I find a 2 female TRRS and TRS to 1 male TRRS 3.5mm adapter? Would a 2 TRS female to 1 TRRS male adapter work in this scenario even tho my headphones are TRRS only? I know the mic sleeve is the end ring so maybe I dont need to fully plug in the headphones cause I'm trying to use another mic anyway.

These are the three things I have found -

Lav mic - https://www.amazon.in/Maono-AU-400-Lavalier-Microphone-Black/dp/B07JF9B592

Splitter(jack type unknown. possible 2 female TRS to 1 male TRRS) - https://www.amazon.in/Kinsound-Male-Female-Smartphone-Laptop（Grey）/dp/B089NVPFYY

Splitter(apparently 2 female TRRS to 1 male TRRS. practically perfect for my purpose) - https://www.amazon.in/CABLESETC-Universal-Microphone-Duplicator-Splitter/dp/B01MXPFQ85

I am not an avid electrical engineering guy. Just trying to fix some stuff with the limited knowledge I have.

Hello!

I've had these headphones for a really long time now but it's really uncomfortable (see attached image).

I've seen a lot of people recommend the replacement ear pads from Brainwavz, saying that it makes the headphones way more comfortable. But a lot of people are also saying that it changes the sound in a negative way. Now I'm not really an audiophile but I'd prefer if I could avoid altering the sound by a lot while making the headphones more comfortable.

Someone also suggested the Shure SRH840A pads, which would be preferable since I could get it locally, but I'm not sure whether it fits on the ATH-M20x, since the seller's website says that it's only compatible with that model of headphones.

Which ear pad should I buy?

I've been playing around with parametric equalization to make my iem listening experience more enjoyable. I think I have found the answer although I'd guess it's fairly subjective. Sub bass seems to increase the depth of music and actually seems to inject it with more emotion. Anyway, after some PEQ, my new sonic cannons are the TRI x HBB Kai. Bass cannons are a tie between QKZ x HBB Kahn, Kiwi Ears Cadenza, and Beyerdynamic DT770 PRO 32 Ohm.

You guys have no idea what your music is missing.

I have been waiting for this badboy to arrive. It is said to have 6mm planar drivers in it and it pretty much handles like an etymotic. Actually, that is the main reason I was instantly sold. You can even push em deep (but does not need it), has foam, double flange, special thingy to keep it in your ear. Easy to drive, very sensitive to EQ.

On the other hand, for most people it was kind of meh for several reasons. I dont know whether I jumped the gun on buying it. We will see.

Looks like we are quite scattered right now

I have a JBL Quantum 300 that has a boom flip up microphone that is extremely quiet so I have to preamp it by 20db to make my voice be heard. The problem is, when I do this the sound of the headphone can be clearly heard on the microphone. I have tried several different drivers, tried both the front panel and the back panel, multiple Windows installations, both 10 and 11 and multiple BIOS updates as well. The sound can also be heard if the microphone is flipped up (muted). The result is every time I'm in a call with someone, they can clearly hear everything on the computer even their own voices being played on my headphone. How can I mitigate this? I have EqAPO installed, is there any plugin/feature that can do Echo Cancellation?

My motherboard is an MSI Z370A-PRO

Hey guys, the ne dof the ear is coming and I'm getting my ~~soul~~ wallet ready to buy a pair of headphones to use in my desktop, I was looking into the HD600s and the R70x(probably will go with the R70x) and I currently do not have an Amp/Dac, so do you guys have any recommendations?

I was thinking about getting either the FiiO K5 Pro Ess or the FiiO K7, but any other recommendations are welcome! Unless they're about the Qudelix 5k(can't find this in Brasil for a reasonable price) or the apple dongle.

I used autoeq on squiglink.com to eq my QKZ x HBB Kahn to oratory1990's target. I exported the PEQ numbers to a text file (wish it did CSV). Then I manually copied the numbers into the PEQ I'm my Qudelix 5k. Although it decreased the overall volume, everything else seems pretty much the same only the Soundstage seems wider and there is much better separation.

BTW, squiglink also exports to Wavelet.

The 3 main colabs I have seen are:

• HBB: I still have no idea who this guy is, but he is shitting out colabs left and right all the time.
• Crinacle: He is the least annoying colab guy and actually tries to preserve some kind of integrity.
• Zeos: He is just plugging his own shit and kind of behaves like a crackhead. His personality is becoming less okay for how much he is promoting shit.

How do you see colabs? Are they useful at all? Is there a difference in quality and effort?

I have the Kiwi Ears Cadenza IEMs, and I want to get a cable that has buttons play/pause the music and change the volume. Are there any good cheap options out there?