Honestly sometimes I do and I am considering to sell it.
The sport I do is boxing and can’t really wear it and for the rest all it does is give me some notifications I could also read later.
Maybe the unlocking of my Mac is cool?
7 months in. It was a long honeymoon phase.
Nice of DAZN to make it a one time payment instead of needing a subscription. It’s 25 euro and it’s nice it isn’t at 3 o clock in the morning in Europe. I think I am going to watch it. Two of the most respectful guys in fighting, what’s nit to like?
Think our biggest risk as artists is to have a PC full of beats.
I often only use saturation on my drums. Feel like it’s pumping enough. Compression I even often leave off since saturation is compression. But maybe I am missing out on not using a clipper?
Got myself a FIIO K11. Good headphone amp bit of course not top line. I know you can 300, 400 but also thousands of euro on such a device.
For somebody doing this job part time, working from home, what would be the price point of a headphone amps where you would say: no more.
Or is that already the case with the FIIO which costed me only 139 euro.
As I listen to really great tracks from mixing and mastering engineers who have been doing it for decades, am I not setting myself up for failure if I use that as a reference track?
Maybe a bad analogy but it does feel a bit like going for the gym but take Arnold as the reference how I would like to look at (or pick your favorite sport :))
I have the immersion one but technically m4 say it’s enough but then you check forums and it no longer isn’t
Then some say.. just buy one of 40 euro… but there also way more expensive ones
Hashtag confused much
I bought the immersion one. In the end i decided I really wanted to test what this is all about. I never worked with high end gear so I am not so worried it will sound fake to me. Also, considered ND30, hifiman etc but that in the end felt more like an upgrade in headphones. VSX feels like an upgrade in workflow.
I see myself either making beats 100% in VSX or work in my untreated room with the monitors I have and then dive into Zuma, NRG and of course da clubbbb and SUV
Thank you for all your patience !!!
Hey everyone,
I was 90% sold on the Slate VSX Immersion One because of the "virtual SUV/Club" and the rooms. But the more reviews I read it’s mentioned that’s it does not really feel like being in a room. They are just really good detailed studio headphones. This got me cold feet especially since people mentioning an "artificial" stereo image, phasing issues, and a "lo-fi" high end.
The idea of "moving goalposts" where I have to re-learn my headphones every time they drop a software patch sounds like a headache I don't need. Or at least are afraid of.
For the same budget (around €800-€1000), I’m now looking at the Hifiman Arya Stealth. I’m running an Audient iD4 MKII (which handles 223mW at 30 ohms, so it should have enough grip for these).
My question: For those of you producing in "bad" rooms, did you find that high-end "raw" hardware like the Arya was enough to hear the mud and fix your translation?
Or is the VSX so valuable that it’s worth the trade-off of dealing with a "software feel" and constant updates?
I’d rather buy a high-end instrument for at least 5 years , buy once cry once.
What’s the move?
Hey everyone,
I was 90% sold on the Slate VSX Immersion One because of the "virtual SUV/Club" and the rooms. But the more reviews I read it’s mentioned that’s it does not really feel like being in a room. They are just really good detailed studio headphones. This got me cold feet especially since people mentioning an "artificial" stereo image, phasing issues, and a "lo-fi" high end.
The idea of "moving goalposts" where I have to re-learn my headphones every time they drop a software patch sounds like a headache I don't need. Or at least are afraid of.
For the same budget (around €800-€1000), I’m now looking at the Hifiman Arya Stealth. I’m running an Audient iD4 MKII (which handles 223mW at 30 ohms, so it should have enough grip for these).
My question: For those of you producing in "bad" rooms, did you find that high-end "raw" hardware like the Arya was enough to hear the mud and fix your translation?
Or is the VSX so valuable that it’s worth the trade-off of dealing with a "software feel" and constant updates?
I’d rather buy a high-end instrument for at least 5 years , buy once cry once.
What’s the move?
Now I know I want to go the VSX route, what should o consider here?
Even with the budget you don’t always have to automatically buy the most expensive ones.
I only make beats
I'm currently working out of an untreated attic space with slanted ceilings. As you can probably guess, monitoring on my speakers is a waste of time; the standing waves and phase issues in the low-end are just too unpredictable.
My main struggle right now is translation. I keep running into this consistent buildup in the low-mids that sounds "warm" in my room but turns into absolute mud the second I check it on a Sonos or in a car. I use Beyerdynamic 990 pro and must admit its already better now I am using headphones lab, what actually makes it even more shocking: the headphones are also way off !!
I know that cleaning up the low-mids is ultimately a decision-making/skill issue on my end, but I’m finding it very hard to build a reliable mental map when my monitoring environment keeps lying to me. I'm looking for a way to shorten and upgrade that feedback loop.
I'm debating between two routes:
Here I will pick one room, the Zuma. I am thinking about either Platinum or Immersion one
For those of you who’ve worked in bad rooms: did the multi-environment approach of something like VSX actually help you make better decisions faster? Or is it more effective long-term to just stick to one pair of high-quality passive drivers and learn how they translate through trial and error?
VSX also seems like a lot of fun.
Curious to hear your thoughts.
I am looking for upgrading my home studio. I don’t have acoustic treatment so perhaps you can’t call it a home studio haha
What I am considering either VSX, i think I spammed Reddit enough for that or just simply upgrading my headphones.
I hear great things about the Sennheiser 490 pro. Love their mics. Never really used their headphones much.
Is this a true upgrade?
Edit: I primarily make boombap hiphop beats. And I want to work for 90% of the time on my headphones. One of the reasons I am also considering VSX
I understand for the people who already had the VSX the immersion one could be bought for an upgrade price.
Would you have paid the 999 if you didn’t had that deal? The jump from 400 - 1000 seems like a lot and it feels like diminishing returns. Or is it really that much better?