6 months review of the open-source Ploopy Headphones
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- čas přidán 10. 04. 2024
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Something I should note is that not long after publishing this video, one of the headband springs snapped in half, so I had to replace it, but I was sent 2 extra pairs with the headphones, so that wasn't a big deal.
I had to look up the documentation to figure out how am I supposed to do it.
Now they work fine and Ploopy Headphones are my daily driver :)
Yeah you’re alive hooray!! 👏
I mean of course you are
Alive and kicking :D
Just not super active regarding videos. I put most of my free time into Liblast (a game I'm making, link in desc.).
Love the video, thanks for making it. Hopefully everything's going well for you. Take care!
Thanks, I'm better and better
👍 This is a very good summary. Thanks.
You're welcome! I don't think there's any other place where you'd have so much info about how these headphones are day-to-day, and that's why I wanted to make it so much.
I only found out about them because a member of my community DM-ed me a link. If not for them, I'd have no idea these existed. And I think a lot of people will be glad to learn about them, especially the FOSS people since Ploopies are hackable :D
Good to see you on screen, unfa!
Thank you :) It felt great to be in front of the camera again!
@@unfa00 \o/ Cool. You are the king.
Yes! Another unfa video! 👌
The power consumption is a limitation on these headphones. Aside, I think the active noise cancelling only works on low frequencies because the wavelength is low enoigh for processing to be able to keep up.
I suppose it might be possible to have active noise cancelling of low bass tones with open back headphones, but You would never be able to counsel anything above 300 Hz. That's why soundproofing a.k.a acoustic isolation is required.
A bit unrelated to Ploopy specifically, but given they were able to turn a pi into a DAC strong enough to drive planars (well, really I think these are more of a hybrid between a dynamic driver and a planar but, whatever) it got me thinking if it'd be possible to put some mic's on them and add noise cancelling to open-backed headphones. Typically headphones rely on having a natural seal because noise cancelling can only do so much, but when you're hardwired into a power source and don't care about any of the traditional limitations I'm really curious if it'd be possible to have virtual "closed-back" toggle.
It wouldn't be the exact same as a closed back, but it would inherit some of the benefits. Sometimes there is some annoying ambient noise, something going on, etc. and you still don't care about sound-bleed or anything but you'd want to be able to block out all of that nonsense so if you can just jack-in (you'd probably be looking at a dedicated power adapter at this point to be fair) and get noise cancelling even on open backs it'd be pretty bloody cool.
It could be totally impractical technically speaking, but it's something that'd be cool if it were possible to do.
Hello! Glad to see you!
ok so given the drawbacks here, for an 'easy mode' alternative in a similar price range... my own considerations was thinking towards the beyer tigr300r headphones. because they are basically a no-hassle and generally reasonable option also for gaming too. while perhaps for audio production purposes etc. others tend to gravitate towards the sen hd560s...
but my question for you is can you yourself compare these ploopy planer ones in some sort of head 2 head comparisons against those other regular headphones? i mean for overall real world usability, and actually reaching for them on the desk on a daily basis. as a workhorse drivers. makes sense?
sorry perhaps you dont have other suitable reference headphones in order to actually do that. but just in case... if at some future time. then those are the type of very valuable insights here for persons such as myself (as a broader audience whom isn't so comitted to any 1 headphones). if that makes sense unfa. and also thanks for these deep dive video here today, appreciated it. for all those specific details things we needs to know about these ones....
haha actually you got to this point at 54m50s mark. when you started talking about your prior at headphones. & the glasses issue too i sympathize having (glasses as a backup when not using contact lenses). it's basically answered my question now.
Thanks for the recommendation! I used borrowed DT770s a bit years ago, so I can't comment on how the sound compares, but comfort is in my opinion on par.
I use my Ploopies as daily drivers really. They live on my desk and usually al day on my head too. Need a quiet-ish environment, but are awesome
hey dude, sorry for offtopic. Can you make a short video on how to make a sound of the alloy or marble ball rolling on a wooden surface? or any real world sound without using a rerecorded sample. Just a quick tutorial on your take . ty bro
Hey. That's a good question. I don't really have an idea how I would approach such synthesizing such a sound, other than recording it and then inspecting the spectrogram, trying to pick up on patterns I can replicate with a synthesizer.
You might want to check my shell casing sound video for a similar workflow.
Re: losing the resistor when soldering. Soldering iron is not the best tool for surface mount soldering. You should be using a hot air station and/or hot plate. Soldering small surface mount components with an iron can be a real pain unless you have a very expensive JBC with the micro pencil or something like that.
@@KG4JYS Good to know it's not just my shaky hands at fault here :D
Thanks!
What's the file extension at 0:21 for?
Asciidoc.
Hey unfa, did you ever encounter a weird power cycle issue with any interfaces on Linux? Basically interface powers on and off a couple times on boot causing loud cracks, no idea how to deal with this.
I would check the power consumption and how much power does the USB port deliver. I had a power cycle issue with these headphones until I changed the USB port I plugged them into.
Sorry if my question is not about the music but it’s about the freedom and open source too. Are u using a PinePhone or other Linux system smartphone?
Hey! I'm not. At least not yet. I was looking into Fairphone, but so far I'm keeping my OnePlus 5T alive to save it from landfilling as long as I can. Phones are too expansive to last less than 5 years IMO.
My next phone will probably be a Linux device, but I hope that wont happen for at least 3 years still.
Thanks for ur answers. Please can u make review on Osirus and OsTIrus free vsts for the Linux? They r sick vsts. I installed them on my Linux.
@@unfa00 Not to derail too much from the headphones but if that's the timeframe you're looking at it might be worth keeping the librem 5 from purism in mind too. Due to the chip shortage, general supply chain issues, shipping issues, (cough cough) and other crap that happened the librem 5 has been wildly slowed, price hiked, etc. but they did have a second major hardware revision planned (Fir if I remember right, the current revision is called Evergreen) and lots of work is still being done on the Librem 5 to make it better overtime, so 3-5 years down the line it seems feasible that they'd have a second major hardware release and the software side would probably be up to snuff by then too.
Not trying to shill or anything here, just mentioning it might be worth keeping them in mind if you're already looking at a 3-5 year timescale. As it stands I probably wouldn't recommend them to anyone not already invested in switching to a linux phone and willing to take the hits of being an early adopter, but over the next few years I have a feeling we're due for some hardware revisions and we're already near daily drivability for software, so it's worth keeping in mind. I've heard that the pinephone pro is also solid HW wise ( *_especially_* for the price ) but frankly right now no linux-first devices seem like they'd be daily drivable when it comes to hardware. The Pinephone Pro and Librem 5 are approaching it, but IMO neither are quite there yet. I think most people would be okay with subpar rendering performance or something, but they even miss calls, texts, etc. from what I've heard which makes them kind of fail as phones unfortunately. (again though, if you're already aiming for a 3-5 year timescale, it'd probably be worth keeping an eye on them, especially if you want to switch to a linux phone anyway)
Doing a review of headphones "off the top of your head" makes a lot of sense
I didn't see that coming. Nice.