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I got the Aiaiai TMA-2 STUDIO WIRELESS+ headphone and here's what I think (waveform.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For a set of headphones that is so extremely visible online and offers quite a unique feature, I couldn’t find much information on it that wasn’t hyperbolic. So here I hope to provide a nuanced view.

Note that my current set of cans and therefore comparison are the Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro. I realise this isn’t a fair comparison as they are not only more expensive and not wireless. They are also open back.

Wireless

Wireless low-latency headphones are awesome. Yeah it’s noticeable to me but barely. The range is pretty much studio range. Don’t expect to wear them into a different room but walking around your studio without getting tangled in a long cable works very well. I can keep them on and hop from drums to piano without any interruptions.

User Experience

Getting set up was easy. No installations or software packages. Just plug in an analog signal, pair the transmitter and the headphones and go. There is volume control on the headphones which was set really high to begin with causing a hiss due to the high amplification. After turning the headphones down and the input signal on, it works fine.

There is no battery level indicator. Would have been a useful addition.

Audio Quality

Now here’s the downside. They don’t sound anywhere near as good as my current DT 1990s. I’d describe the quality as nasal and slightly boomy. It’s really disappointing but in hindsight to be expected.

Keep it?

  I will live with this set for about a week and use them in the studio. I will decide whether or not to keep them after then. I suppose the big question is: Can I live with the reduced audio quality just because they allow me to hop onto my drum kit without switching headphones?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just made a EQ preset in Bitwig for thr master channel with a proper correction for my akg k240 studio. This helps immensily with mixing. Or at least it sounds more balanced now. Cant verify if this is super correct but you may want to check out this page and throw the data in a eq. Found yours listed in the app too.

https://autoeq.app

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s convenient. I might take a look at that this weekend!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are some commercial soultions as well. I had to compare the results a little and then made an EQ+ preset in Bitwig that was plausible and fitted one of the measured curves as there are newer models from my headphones that are different in response. (AKG K240 Studio)

Parametric EQ worked better than convolution IR.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've decided to return the headphones and stick with my better ones. I will just pull some wires to common points where I sit in the studio and plug in headphone there.

Nice idea the wireless, but not so great execution.