joespride
1000+ Head-Fier
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Background. I'm comming from home systems that consisted of SET amps, and horn speakers (namely oris horns using 8" AER md3 drivers) tube disc player and tube per-amp, also spun vinyl on VPI TNT rig) we lost our house thus I lost my system. I tailored the system over many years to achieve what I felt was the best system I could afford to put together . It was very detailed and balanced across the whole spectrum. And soundstage was at times wider than my room and as deep as you would want to make it. This soundstage was my favorite part of the system as it allowed for the illusion of being there and placing each performer in there own spaces
Now I'm trying to achieve something similar with headphones but to my ears all I'm hearing is a closed in stage as though all recordings are near mono. I can hear some facets from each ear and the performers tend to be centered but nothing seems to go beyond the phones. I've read several threads where people speak of wide and tall stages but I'm wandering if soundstage with headphones is more perceived/imaginary
My headphones are sennheiser hd439, and hd 650 (just showed up today) , i have a nuforce amp/dac on the way should be here tomarrow, sources are a portable Sony discman, and iPad with 192 kb files
I'm not sure I can adjust to this type listening, what I need to do is retrain myself to not analyze and just listen. The headphones do sound good I just feel like I'm missing something:rolleyes:
Now I'm trying to achieve something similar with headphones but to my ears all I'm hearing is a closed in stage as though all recordings are near mono. I can hear some facets from each ear and the performers tend to be centered but nothing seems to go beyond the phones. I've read several threads where people speak of wide and tall stages but I'm wandering if soundstage with headphones is more perceived/imaginary
My headphones are sennheiser hd439, and hd 650 (just showed up today) , i have a nuforce amp/dac on the way should be here tomarrow, sources are a portable Sony discman, and iPad with 192 kb files
I'm not sure I can adjust to this type listening, what I need to do is retrain myself to not analyze and just listen. The headphones do sound good I just feel like I'm missing something:rolleyes: