Out of respect for my girlfriend trying to sleep, i typically try to keep the computer room system down to a reasonable level at night. We have very different hours, so this can be a problem sometimes. The biggest problem occurs when listening to a recording with low bass content late at night. The speakers that i have in this system can go pretty deep even at low volumes. As such, she has complained that she could not only hear the bass at times, but feel it vibrating the bed. All of this two rooms away and at levels that i consider "background music" !!!
I can't even remember the last time that i used headphones. I have a set of Signet Electret Condensor's ( similar to e-stat's ) and a set of old "open backed" e-stat headphones too. Both sound pretty excellent from what i can recall. I remember others complaining that the open backed e-stat's were too loud, as they produced as much sound out of the back as they did the front. The last time that i used them, i think the power supply was arcing out due to the listening level that i had them at. That may be why i "buried" them so long ago, as they needed "help". Probably need to dig them up and give them a once over "just in case" : ) Sean
I can't even remember the last time that i used headphones. I have a set of Signet Electret Condensor's ( similar to e-stat's ) and a set of old "open backed" e-stat headphones too. Both sound pretty excellent from what i can recall. I remember others complaining that the open backed e-stat's were too loud, as they produced as much sound out of the back as they did the front. The last time that i used them, i think the power supply was arcing out due to the listening level that i had them at. That may be why i "buried" them so long ago, as they needed "help". Probably need to dig them up and give them a once over "just in case" : ) Sean