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Originally posted by Matthew-Spaltro
I just want to make sure that I have got the concept. Expensive high end headphones should make bad recordings sound even worse? Am I correct? |
The good part: Great headphones make good recordings even better, or reveal that a recording is good in the first place.
I had a problem with Patricia Barber's Summertime Samba, she seemed to be ahead of the band a lot, tensed, out of sync, on all of our stereo systems (and we have some nice stuff here at my place, nothing serious, but no lo-fi) and portables.
Now, with the ER-4S and the TAH (again, the TAH is not high-end), the timing is perfectly relaxed and in tune, and that even with 320kbps MP3, not limited to CD.
On the other hand, I now tend to avoid overly distorted guitars on the go (e.g. Bush), as much of that music seems to be made for massive bass-shakers (as in KOSS PortaPro), it is not as much fun with cans that allow you to follow each little melody-line or sound that ist there.
To your question: It depends. You can have quite expensive equipment that will make about everything sound more or less great, but might lack the analytic qualities of other equipment able to push excellent recordings to the max. It depends upon what you want.
Personally, I am crazy for details and stereo-effects, so when I feel like blunt rock, I just pick up another pair of phones.