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Non-tube DACs are pretty darn linear 20-20K. So are decent solid state amps. They are not going to make something magically appear in the FR that isn't there (though some tube amps do round off a bit.)
Graphs don't have to tell you what you're "supposed" to hear - but since they are consistent, they can serve as a "north star" to triangulate your own preferences in a general sense. In other words, it can greatly help you figure out what it is you like subjectively. Otherwise you're just buying blind all the time.
Agreed, nothing wrong with liking fun or colored headphones. There's a reason AT has such a large following here.
It's objective to a point. Yes, if the graph says it did that at this point - then yes it did it. But on what amp, with what DAC. Was there a converter of some kind. To many variables.
I don't let graphs tell me what I'm suppose to hear. I let my ears tell me that.
He doesn't like a flat headphone - that's understandable. Maybe he likes a more fun headphone with some color to it. Nothing wrong with that.
Non-tube DACs are pretty darn linear 20-20K. So are decent solid state amps. They are not going to make something magically appear in the FR that isn't there (though some tube amps do round off a bit.)
Graphs don't have to tell you what you're "supposed" to hear - but since they are consistent, they can serve as a "north star" to triangulate your own preferences in a general sense. In other words, it can greatly help you figure out what it is you like subjectively. Otherwise you're just buying blind all the time.
Agreed, nothing wrong with liking fun or colored headphones. There's a reason AT has such a large following here.