[hozo]

You always hear people say Grados for Rock, Sennheisers for Classical, Audio Technicas for Jazz/rock/pop. What about Country music

? It has the dynamics of rock, the detail and resolution of classical, and the instrumentals of jazz. If you think about it, Country should be the most difficult to reproduce.

It has voice (male/female and on many occasions, both). It uses electric and acoustic instruments. It has lots of bass beats from drums and generated notes. Which headphone would be most suitable? Assuming the typical brand generalizations.

Grado – has the punch, soundstage?
Sennheisers – has the soundstage and detail, impact?
Electrostats – has soundstage and detail, impact and bass?
Audio Technicas, Etys ….?

Your thoughts?
Btw, of the brands I’ve heard, country sounds good on all of them.

 

[jagorev]

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Originally Posted by hozo Btw, of the brands I’ve heard, country sounds good on all of them.

I agree. Looks like you answered your own question there. It doesn't take a specific headphone to do well with country music.

 

[hozo]

Lol, gotta love the results so far.

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Country? gag... 100%

 

[SprySpectre]

haha, well imo country sounds awful an any headphone...but that has nothing to do with the headphone itself...

Seriously though, country doesn't have the instrumentals of jazz, and nowhere near the detail or resolution of classical. The closest statement is the dynamics similar to rock...it'd be more appropriate to look at the most common and emphasized frequencies that are produced by country music.

This is basically intuition, but if you analyze the frequency ranges of country compared to the afformentioned genres, I'd say that it's closest to rock, with more emphasis on acoustic rock. So whatever phones sound best for acoustic rock would sound best for country...

 

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by hozo Lol, gotta love the results so far. 0% 0% ... ... Country? gag... 100%

Well there was no option for the DIY O-O-O-Orpheus.

 

[F107plus5]

The all-seeing being played a trick on me.

I was queried in my sleep about my music preferences so he could pick me a bride.

I dreampt my answer to be: "Good, Old Country,(as in old world)music. With the grandest of Old Opera." Webber is cool, but, no.

What happened next was predictable.

I got a wife and kids who prefer that good ol' country music and love the Grand ol' Opry.

.......consequently there's lots of country laying around the house; and ya know?! It don't sound half bad thru my MS-1s at that!!

Much of it has a lot of the same characteristics as early rock, so it comes as no particular surprize at all.

EDIT: I do miss the whole Alan Jackson band arrayed out across the entire listening room like I get with my speakers though. The poor MS-1s can't begin to produce that.

EDIT/EDIT: But then again, my speakers can't begin to pull the detail out of a recording that the MS-1s can either!! I'm listening to one of my Wifes' favorites that she listens to a lot, and there's lots of stuff that I've never heard before stuffed into a smaller piece of space right here between these yeller 414s.

 

[billinkansas]

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Originally Posted by SprySpectre haha, well imo country sounds awful an any headphone...but that has nothing to do with the headphone itself

Now if Sara Evans is involved, the impure thoughts would surely overshadow any audio concerns, for me at least!

 

[Gentleman]

Westone UM2

 

[Gaughtfried]

I've been using my K81Djs with some Jerry Reed tracks with good results.

IMO, Grado's house signature would benefit country the most.

 

[slwiser]

You need to remember that country has great variety.

There is country Rock--Grado

There is country Jazz vocals---check out which are best for female jazz singers.

Country Western--who knows

Country Bluegrass---your favorite drug I guess!

Seriously though I would think which genre is closest to the type of country that you want to listen too and go see what people use for those areas.

 

[mnhnhyouh]

There I was looking for the "Germany" option, then I realise you said

"Best Headphones for Country"......

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[c0mfortably_numb]

Country that's the music if you play it backwards you get the truck back, the women back, the home back and the dog right?

J/K

I listen to a little bit of country not allot!! But there are some decent country songs, the country I have listened to seems to sound fine with my Sen HD485 and my Beyer DT231...I don't think there is going to be a particular brand that is going to stand out for country music imo...

 

[saturnine]

My RS-1 does fine with Johnny Cash & the occasional Garth Brooks

Most of today's mainstream country is horribly recorded (worse than mainstream rock

) and may be better listened to through a headphone with a little less treble presence.. I'm thinking that the HD-580 or something comparable would be better with current mainstream country. Come to think of it, the Bose Triport should sound good, gotta give that a try.. (serious).

 

[c0mfortably_numb]

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Originally Posted by saturnine . Come to think of it, the Bose Triport should sound good, gotta give that a try.. (serious).

Bose?! Nah try the HD485 first

There Sen and they have a warm signature to them. Freinds don't let freinds by Bose....

 

[saturnine]

Eh, I already own a Triport (thanks again to MrSlacker). Might as well give it a try

Bose stuff does suck for the price though, can't disagree