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I learned the Adjustable Hitch Grip weeks ago and it's actually my favorite knot. I often employ the slipped version of it as well.

My youtube feed has been giving me the Farrimond Friction Hitch, which I find more difficult to tie and it achieves what I think is largely the same thing.

I don't utilize knots that much, so adjustable hitch grip, both slipped and non-slipped, serves me just fine, but if it came down to it, which cases would one be preferable than the other?

Yeah they're just cheaper Porta-Pros with a headband. Threw some Yaxi Pads on there.

Pretty darn comfortable, easy to tote back and forth to work and plug into a BTR13. I use them volunteering at the library as well. After about 6 hours ears can feel a little sore on the upper part of the ear but that's wearing them straight for that long. They're so much easier to grab for than the Sundaras I have.

Bravo, Koss on your 40 year old drivers. Bravo Yaxi on your pads.

So far I've picked up:

Of course, the nail knot for cinching down some straps for a sling pouch to keep an overhand knot from slipping through

Of course the king of all knots, the bowline for making a finger loop.

And then, from Grog and suggestions I've picked up:

• (Double) Sheet bend for joining to cords
• Clove Hitch for an attachment to a thing
• Constrictor Hitch for a really good binding attachment to a thing
• Adjustable Grip Hitch for making a line taught line a clothesline
• Prusik knot for making a sliding loop on that clothesline or whatever needs semi-moving loop
• Alpine butterfly loop for also making loops on a line.
• Ashley and double overhand knot for stoppers

And now I'm learning the Trucker's Hitch and the double fisherman's loop and would like to really get down the Mathew Walker Knott for putting a decorative stopper on some nice braids I do as well.

I just think the whole thing is neat. And such a portable thing to have at work or with you, I just carry around a couple of lengths of paracord stashed in my back pocket. The sheet bend is like a fidget toy for me.

I've had them for like five years, got them used off ebay for $120. Paired it with a iFi Zen Dac V1 for also $120.

They are the most comfortable audio-producing thing I have ever worn. I can wear them from wake to sleep with no fatigue or being bothered. They sit so lightly on your head, just so gently.

They sound great to me and satisfy me well with EQ. I can use it for anything.

I recently got some HiFiMan Sundaras off of AliExpress for $100, and those have made me appreciate the AKGs even more. Those Sundaras are much less comfortable in comparison, but I can still wear the Sundaras for a few hours without much discomfort, but I do find myself shifting them around on my head. The AKGs just know where to be.

I think the Sundaras do sound 10-20% more "fun" with the bass end with the whole 4.something mm balanced jack. I'm no audiophile, I really like what I'm hearing out of both of them. But I got the Sundaras for more bass response and I got exactly that. The comfort is less than I was hoping for. But still, I still quite like the Sundaras. I put them on when I want to thump some tunes into my noggin. AKGs have been taken to work, running off of a humble USBC Dongle.

Yeah, my left ear went out a few years ago. I have damaged the grill getting it open with tweezers to solder the wire back on. Haven't had a problem since. Yeah, I'd like to change the actual headphone cable out for it to be detachable since I've run the cord over with my computer chair and the black rubber casing on the cable is split open in two places. Yeah the cord is kinda long which I only remedied in the past month by braiding it.

But god I love these headphones. I have no idea what the K712 Pros offer over it. I don't know how a headphone like these can get better.

I use my Sundaras for gaming and when I want to impress someone or myself.

But I use the AKGs when I want to just simply enjoy something for long periods of time and have a piece of equipment that can only add joy to my life.