Why You NEED Monitoring Headphone? Why you WANT a TAKSTAR Pro 82?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- Let's find out if you would want to have a monitoring headphone...
Sections:
00:00 Intro
00:54 What's the deal with monitoring headphones?
04:31 Why, when to use monitoring headphones?
07:22 TAKSTAR Pro 82, My new favorite monitor
10:18 Monitoring headphones for music?
16:03 Reflections
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Watching this with my 2 year old Pro 82 lol. Yeah the first great thing about this headphone is how comfortable it is. I wear glasses and have big ears and yet they don't hurt me. Plus the cups fold to the side so you can lay them on the table. The second great thing is how great they are for gaming - that's the reason Cooler Master used them as the basis for their MH751/MH752 headsets. For competitive games you can use bass port at 1 or 2, for adventure/atmospheric/racing games 2 or 3. Pro 82 picks out details like a king!
Sadly, you HAVE to take good care of the earpads since apparently no one sells replacements. Cooler Master used to, but not anymore. This is because the earpads are "clipped" to the cups with clips, yes they are easily removable but kind of proprietary. After 2 years of daily usage, my 82's earpads are falling apart; still usable tho.
On the sound, I find them too bright, especially as there's a big treble peak somewhere around 9~11kHz. But it's fixable with EQ and besides, the reason I daily drive them is because comfort is king. There's no point in buying a better headphone if they hurt my ears/head.
I will try to see what other earpads may work with Pro 82. Usually you can find something off AliExpress that has similar dimension and may fit
@@donglemadness Yes, it's possible to use aftermarket earpads, I myself tried some from Misodiko. Brainwavz also fit. However, the way of fitting them is by forcing their back "cap" behind the cup. And 99% of the earpads you'll find that fit have more distance between ear and driver, so that changes the sound (and that's before accounting for different materials yet, like velour). Anyway, try removing your 82's earpads to check out how their work, it's pretty interesting tho also annoying. Also, the earpads have a removable extra padding inside them, you can take them off and use them somewhere LOL.
You are very persuasive! I just ordered one, thanks for the heads-up!
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Great video, Andy! I am going to put these on my list!
Thanks!! 🙏😊
The Takstar Pro82 is a classic headphone that is very comfortable to wear. Thanks for sharing this for all to benefit, Andy! 😃👍🎶🎵
My pleasure!
Another great topical video. I might soon need headphones for DJ mixing (mainly Techno). Just a hobby. 👍🏻
Go for it!
Thumbs-up for Geoff. 😺👍😺
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@@donglemadness, just found it on Ladaza for the equivalent of USD$34.💲
Would you mind measuring the inner dimensions of the case?
@@JagadguruSvamiVegananda The TAKSTAR carrying case inner dimension is 22.5cm X 18.5cm X 11.5cm
@@donglemadness , Andy, thank you ever so much for posting the dimensions of the case!
Hopefully the case will suit my own monitor headphones (OLLO) or at least my Sennheiser 6XX.
I put this one on my shortlist for sure. Thank you Andy you rock..!
Rock on! And thanks! 😁🤘🏼
i have some audio technica headphones for mixing drums, but im definitely curious about these now.
One of the very key reason for any audiophile , or just music lovers who routinely enjoy contents on Headphones is simply a fact that one cannot judge any track if one do not even know how the track is like as it comes , a start point, a ZERO position ... a good Monitor headphones inform the listener how the material , the track should be like as it is , then one can judge how one would want to be able to enhance the listening experience by choosing a proper setup , or applying the EQ . or ...
I don't have the Takstar Pro 82, but I do have the HyperX Cloud Core which is essentially a Takstar Pro 80. I'm sure it doesn't sound the same, but I enjoy it. Comfortable, good sounding headphone. I bought one for my nephew for Christmas when he asked for a goofy RGB headset. 😂
Better than a goofy RGB headset for sure! 😂😂😂
I have the Audio-Technica M40x with angled pads and the OneOdio Monitor 60. Honestly, I would enjoy a little more warmth on both ❤
The problem is, if they are classified as monitors, they tend to sound a bit brighter due to speed and resolution emphasis
Geoff approved. ❤
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wow! oval pad comfy shape and similar construction also like sony, and freq. response like a better tuned mdr1a etc that i have here old one, already headband taped etc and many pad replacements...sadly sony doesnt make them or any of the successors so this one should be great will order one now
I keep buying products tht u r reviewing since i m rock & metal music lover and ofcourse i like ur way of describing d products.
From past 1 yr i was considering takstar pro 82 but i cud not convince myself to buy n now saw ur review n comparison with legendary headphones so my curiosity got more n gonna buy soon. 😊
Hey hey thanks man. Yes to me Pro 82 is a worthy monitor which have started to use more regularly over my beloved Sony MDR7506
@@donglemadness, are those the Sony that have a loud hiss?
Andy…. What have you done again lah… now I have to save up more fund as I find this headphone useful for me. 🙈
Lovely Geoff.
Hahaha sorry bro. But I really digging this Pro 82. Come over when you free, Geoff would like to see you and Agnes
Try 75 ohms adapter + bass-1, more bass but less than bass-2.
I might try that!
What is the purpose of 75 ohms adapter and where can i find it ? Sorry I'm a newbie to this new hobby
@@tri86 Audio Tech Talk. Impedance Adapters [
AndyAudioVault] - th-cam.com/video/9NuKzkBOTWE/w-d-xo.html
@@tri86 Purpose of the Impedance Adapter
- Reduce Hiss Noise and reduce Distortions of highly sensitive Headphones/IEMs when connected to a High Power Source/Amp.
- Reduce the loudness, can adjust the level more precisely.
- Change Sound Signature depending on the Impedance response of the Headphone/IEM.
If the Impedance response of your Headphone/IEM is almost Flat, there will be almost no change except for reducing Hiss Noise, reducing distortions, and reducing loudness.
If the Impedance response of your Headphone/IEM has LOW higher than MID and HIGH, it will increase Bass when listening at the same loudness.
You can check the impedance response of your headphones/IEMs from Reference-audio-analyzer, Audio Science Review and Diy-audio-heaven, etc.
@@mkocz thank you so much for detailed explanations. How do you rate this headphone ? Recommend or not ? I'm tending to order it for my very first monitoring headphone
Added to cart on shopee 😂
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hi andy, I don't pretty like wearing headphones, can you recommend any monitoring IEMs for about the same price range with this? price can be elastic to +10% of this takstar. thank you 🙏
Just have a look at my review for Tanchjim 4U, set to monitoring mode that IEM is what I would use instead
@@donglemadness, yes I just go to see the video and come back again, so when the tanchjim 4U is set to monitoring, what bore of the silicone tips shall we use the wide or the narrow? and cable do we use the copper or the silver plated? please 🙏 answer.
Bro can u recommend best headphones for long time user for movie/music n a bit game(android phone)
This Pro 82 is what you need then. Switch to option 2 or 3 when listening to music/movies and perhaps to 1 when gaming. You just need to consider the 2.2m long cable if you use your phone. Otherwise FiiO JT1 is also a very solid option, and you get MIC support with JT1
Hi Andy, how bout movies? Netflix Dolby and non Dolby. Or will you review headphone for movies?
Usually, a headphone or IEMs that I classify as holographic will be great for movies as well as gaming, which means they will work superb when you turn on Dolby on any type of devices that have Dolby. Somewhere down the line I might do a video on this. Thanks!
Andy, i buy today the Takstar Pro 82 (my 1st monitoring headphone) and Jcally JM6 Pro (my 1st dongle) because of you. Lastime i bought Tanchjim Zero (my 1st iem) because of you too. OMG bro u got my V.. Hahahaha. I trust you and i really like your explanation is very well understood. You are very good reviewer. Tell me if you got drop at Penang, surely fetch you and really wanna meet you in real life. Keep it up! Make sure to contact me if you come here ok?
The headphone last minute informed no stock 😡🤬
I own JT1 , takstar pro82 and aune ar5000. Imo best is the ar5000.
AR5000 is a special headphone and also more expensive to reflect the refined tuning and build
@@donglemadness agree. How does the aune ar5000 compare with the sundara? Initially I wanted to buy the sundara. Since I already own the he400se. And like the sound signature. But than I read the sundara lack of bass.
And also QC and build issues. And also another problem of sounding too similar. After all the consideration I only bought the aune ar5000
the things about transperrancy, Analytical u said about this headphone. Same apply for in your collection, why don't use iem for monitoring?
Sometimes I use Etymotic ER4S for that purpose, or Kinera Idun Golden, those two are the only IEMs I consider as truthfully transparent and uncolored. But wearing ER4S is a hassle really. Headphones with closed back offers much better comfort for as long as they isolate properly. It is easier to attach detach than any IEMs
@@donglemadness wat abt tanchjim 4u ultra monitoring mode?, is it transparent as I hear very neutral flat sound from that mode?
@@shaikhfaridh4269 Yes Tanchjim 4U in monitoring mode works perfectly for this purpose, so does CVJ Assassin. But as noted I prefer to use over the head, headphones for comfort and easy attac/detach
Hi Andy , is my tpz ep50 powerful enough to drive this headphones?
If you run from the 3.5mm SE High Gain, yes more than enough
@@donglemadness thank you Andy
Andy I hate to hijack your video here but I have a question it's not related to this. Right now Hi-Fi go has a sale for the SA6 Mark II for like 400 bucks but I'm very interested in the night oblivion and I can't make my mind up as to which I should get I need some help brother
I wish I can help but I haven't even tried SA6 MK2. And I will not be able to give insights on what I haven't tried personally, sorry
@@donglemadness haha np. Enjoy
Why not just EQ down to flat like Sonar works offers?
Yes you could do that. But some people like me prefer not to use EQ for playback. I only do EQ during edit stage, not after
@@donglemadness hmm interesting. Any reason why you prefer not to use EQ for playback?
Too big