obobskivich
Headphoneus Supremus
I want music to sound like it would live, otherwise known as accurate or real. Not sure why anyone wouldn't want music to sound this way, but most headphones don't and they still sell...so what do I know...
The problem with this quale is that you never know what it sounds like live, because you aren't listening to it live, you're listening to a studio recording (or a recording of a live presentation), it will NEVER match a live playback scenario (the actual media on the disc or master is already "wrong") - and I view this as the same problem as chasing "flat" or "neutral" as a quale as well - because that also is basically unknowable and unattainable due to variations in processing and recording and so on. Go for high quality playback that does a wide variety of material justice and can translate recordings well (I agree that detailed/accurate doesn't have to mean boring!) and you can enjoy "live sounding" recordings all night, but it will never "sound like it would live."