Recent comments in /f/headphones

Lckzboy t1_j9b3ren wrote

I started from the HD 650 and then LCD 2-classic and now I have the focal clear OG, and I really do miss the dynamic sound after using my planar for awhile and I really have to say that the focal clear is my favourite headphone currently because it suits the music I listen to. It is just a much improved version of the HD 650 and the imaging is so good especially when gaming I can almost pinpoint exactly where the sound is coming from

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Basilr1 t1_j9b1z4o wrote

I've had good speakers, K-horns. I have good headphones HD800S. I was trying to replicate the speaker experience with the 'phones. Impossible! I realized that there is no meaningful comparison.

They are two different means to the same goal. The reproduction of live music. Compare speakers to speakers and 'phones to 'phones. Like Ferraris and F110s. Both competent means to the same goal, but totally different experiences.

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thatcarolguy t1_j9b14ea wrote

Reply to comment by smalg2 in ER2XR way too dark? by smalg2

They are not natural sounding. They are very dark, especially if you insert them as deep as they are supposed to be which not all people who measured them and made graphs for us have done.

When I had an ER2SE it required a 10 dB boost of both bass and treble. Luckily it has very low distortion and can take EQ like a champ.

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radrod69 t1_j9b00hq wrote

I was just here to echo this sentiment. I've never really been impressed by speaker soundstage, or speaker anything to be frank (at least in comparison to headphones); even listening to a 90k Vandersteen system in a perfectly treated and measured room was underwhelming right after the LCD-5.

That being said, I'll agree with cunt - they're two different experiences and for the most part incomparable, but who is out here comparing the two? lol

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