wesbed
New Head-Fier
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KAuss:
I'm with you. I'm a long-time listener to loudspeakers. I'm not yet sure that the headphone experience is for me. My ears and brain are too tuned to external speakers.
Here is my post about my first high-quality headphone purchase, the Sony CD3000s. >link<
I read so much 'good' about the CD3000, on more than one internet bulletin board, that I've been, mostly under-whelmed by the performance, so far. As my post says, to be fair to the CD3000s, I will admit that mine are not properly amp'd (yet) and I'm not accustomed the headphone style of listening.
I'm still trying to decide if I should keep the headphones, return them, or determine which headphone amplifier to purchase. I do like the headphones in that they enable me to hear certain detail that I'd never hear through external speakers. At the same time, I don't like the headphones because they make the music sound/feel small-worldish. Whereas, the loudspeakers make the same music sound/feel big-worldish. I realize this may be the difference between headphones, which are attached to your head, and loudspeakers, which are spread around the room.
From what I'd read, the CD3000s have a large soundstage. I've learned that the way jazz was recorded, even the in-stereo recorded jazz, it didn't necessarily have a large soundstage per design. The CD3000s can't make a larger soundstage than that offered by the original source tape.
In defense of the CD3000s, they sound much better, to me, with rock than with my preferred 1950s/1960s jazz. I believe, as was suggested in the thread I started, the CD3000s are very revealing of the source tape of old jazz recordings.
Good luck to you... from my experience, you need to listen to the 'phones for a period of time to see what your ears/brain decide. I'm still listening and trying to make up my mind about my purchase.
I'm with you. I'm a long-time listener to loudspeakers. I'm not yet sure that the headphone experience is for me. My ears and brain are too tuned to external speakers.
Here is my post about my first high-quality headphone purchase, the Sony CD3000s. >link<
I read so much 'good' about the CD3000, on more than one internet bulletin board, that I've been, mostly under-whelmed by the performance, so far. As my post says, to be fair to the CD3000s, I will admit that mine are not properly amp'd (yet) and I'm not accustomed the headphone style of listening.
I'm still trying to decide if I should keep the headphones, return them, or determine which headphone amplifier to purchase. I do like the headphones in that they enable me to hear certain detail that I'd never hear through external speakers. At the same time, I don't like the headphones because they make the music sound/feel small-worldish. Whereas, the loudspeakers make the same music sound/feel big-worldish. I realize this may be the difference between headphones, which are attached to your head, and loudspeakers, which are spread around the room.
From what I'd read, the CD3000s have a large soundstage. I've learned that the way jazz was recorded, even the in-stereo recorded jazz, it didn't necessarily have a large soundstage per design. The CD3000s can't make a larger soundstage than that offered by the original source tape.
In defense of the CD3000s, they sound much better, to me, with rock than with my preferred 1950s/1960s jazz. I believe, as was suggested in the thread I started, the CD3000s are very revealing of the source tape of old jazz recordings.
Good luck to you... from my experience, you need to listen to the 'phones for a period of time to see what your ears/brain decide. I'm still listening and trying to make up my mind about my purchase.