Stoney
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Acoustic music, well recorded, is easier to use for determining reproduction quality, and easier to discuss conceptually. For artificually created music, from a multi-track pop or rock album to purely synthesized, the accuracy of reproduction cannot be assessed easily, but perhaps "quality" can. In any case, accuracy isn't merely about "brighter" or "darker"... it has to be by finding a more revealing gestalt experience, more insight into the artists' intent, more startling of an illusion of space and texture. There are moments that transend analysis and concepts, and you can just "get" on a holisitic level that something more advanced has been achieved. Such as listening to the soundstage and extension of the HD800 vs HD650... it is clearly better in these respects, to anyone. Doesn't mean that it is better in every respect, and that is a simple concept and a simple thing to hear... if you don't get lost in subjectivity.
In practice, the comparison experiments are very difficult to do rigorously and effectively. No matter how clear the conceptual framework, the practice is much more complicated. But that can make it more fun, such as discussing the various notes and noses of interesting wines... except that our senses are trained by "absolute" recognition of real sounds, whereas wines are purely about sensation of something without reference, not something intended to be reproduced.
In any case, I hope I can hear some of your setups in which the HD800s don't have that band of brightness, assuming that they in fact don't. Maybe it will open up a new purchase opportunity for me....
In practice, the comparison experiments are very difficult to do rigorously and effectively. No matter how clear the conceptual framework, the practice is much more complicated. But that can make it more fun, such as discussing the various notes and noses of interesting wines... except that our senses are trained by "absolute" recognition of real sounds, whereas wines are purely about sensation of something without reference, not something intended to be reproduced.
In any case, I hope I can hear some of your setups in which the HD800s don't have that band of brightness, assuming that they in fact don't. Maybe it will open up a new purchase opportunity for me....
