SoundFreaq
Headphoneus Supremus
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I'm looking for a good sounding, isolating, durable, portable solution. I pulled the trigger on the MS400.
While I love the headphones for their size, and their tone and SQ are just fine, the soundstage is - as one reviewer put it - congested. I think that's the perfect word for it. For me, it renders classical music absolutely unlistenable. It is just a complete mess. Cheaper headphones do a better job. While the frequency response, tone, and clarity are great, the congestion jumbles everything together. In fact, it puts the music so inside of my head, it nearly makes stereo recordings sound mono! I have 10 hours on them. I doubt more burn-in will open them up to what I need.
So now I'm back looking at the Westone 4. But will that drive me equally insane? Or is it going to be better? Any other ideas for a portable solution?
Thanks guys
While I love the headphones for their size, and their tone and SQ are just fine, the soundstage is - as one reviewer put it - congested. I think that's the perfect word for it. For me, it renders classical music absolutely unlistenable. It is just a complete mess. Cheaper headphones do a better job. While the frequency response, tone, and clarity are great, the congestion jumbles everything together. In fact, it puts the music so inside of my head, it nearly makes stereo recordings sound mono! I have 10 hours on them. I doubt more burn-in will open them up to what I need.
So now I'm back looking at the Westone 4. But will that drive me equally insane? Or is it going to be better? Any other ideas for a portable solution?
Thanks guys