thefitz
Headphoneus Supremus
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I have purchased zero headphones after listening. All of them sound unheard. Everything I own I purchased without listening. You can tell a ton from FR graphs.My conclusion from that article is that measurement tools aren't up to snuff. If they were, we should all buy the best measured gear and forget about listening evaluations. This could apply to all gear, not just cables. Do you listen to headphones that you buy or just look at frequency and waterfall plots and make your buying decisions based on measurements?
Different headphones measure differently. Those graphs are the most damning thing I've ever seen. If every single headphone ever made measured the same, I'd agree.
If cables make a difference, it's not in the frequency response or impulse response.
Someone once theorized the difference is harmonic distortion, which sadly no single person had thought to measure. That, and can you really hear the difference between 0.5% THD and 0.3% THD?
The whole "the tools must not be up to snuff" angle really sounds like the logic of social justice warriors these days - "this data doesn't match my subjective opinion, so the data is wrong"
Placebo is one helluva drug.