I'm really not sure if this is the case, it sounds more like a bad contact noise/crackling to me. Moreover, why is not constantly present in the same way during the whole song or why is not on any previous Tool albums? Regarding the difference when listening through speakers or headphones – of...

Yes I can hear all of the distortions on all versions – Spotify, CD, HD from Qobuz (not sure if this is different than HDtracks). Are you sure these HD sources are not just upsampled standard versions anyway? Nevertheless, it's clearly not a matter of final encoding, but bad mixing/recording...

Interesting, do you also have access to the regular CD or streaming to confirm if there is any difference?

I have also noticed bad crackling/statics in most of the new songs, for example in Pneuma at 0:33, 1:28, 1:31, Descending 2:06 popping in left channel etc, actually there seems to be small multiple distortions in almost every song. These are very distracting given the crystal clear nature of the...

Hello,   so I have Benchmark DAC with headphone amp with 1/8 jack inputs. My headphone has cable with remote control and mic for iPhone which has 4 pole jack connector (I believe these are called TSSR).  With standard 3.5mm to 6.35mm adapter, the sound is distorted as the poles just won't...

Thank you guys for all the suggestions, I will definitely try the apps for my iPhone.   It's real pity that more manufacturers aren't using this kind of technology to make the headphones better. I understand that there is no golden standard of the true natural sound, but it would be no problem...

Hello,   so with todays digital technologies, why aren't all the headphones perfect? I mean, if you can precisely measure the output of the driver and its frequency and phase responses, why don't manufactures employ some kind of digital preamping or equalizer which would completely eliminate...