I have a pretty nice sound system setup (see below), but I actually find that because it is located in my basement, I don't often find myself compelled to go sit down there and listen to music. Instead, it mainly is used for movie/tv enjoyment.
The sound system cannot be moved to a more common room (WAF).
While I've owned some good headphones and desk amps n the past (Meze Empyrean; Focal Clear; Noble custom IEMs), I've found that again practicality rears it's head in that I found I didn't just sit and listen to music with them (i.e. always moving around).
So, these days my headfi consists of Sony WF-1000XM4 IEMs where I'm bluetoothing from my iphone and I use them a fair bit especially for exercise(jogging), and yard work and around the house.
However, I really love music and appreciate audio fidelity immensely in music, but I guess my critical listening habits are lacking. I'm usually doing something else when listening to music rather than just sitting there motionless appreciating it.
I guess where I'm going with this is two-fold: to find out if anyone else finds they prefer music via loud speakers over headphones; and also, if anyone else is in a similar situation as me and have any suggestions to enjoy critical listening to music more.
My speaker system:
Revel F328Be towers (with Revel C426Be center and in-ceiling/wall surrounds)
2x Power Sound Audio TV2112 subwoofers
Anthem Power Amps (STR, MCAs)
Trinnov Altitude 16 processor
The sound system cannot be moved to a more common room (WAF).
While I've owned some good headphones and desk amps n the past (Meze Empyrean; Focal Clear; Noble custom IEMs), I've found that again practicality rears it's head in that I found I didn't just sit and listen to music with them (i.e. always moving around).
So, these days my headfi consists of Sony WF-1000XM4 IEMs where I'm bluetoothing from my iphone and I use them a fair bit especially for exercise(jogging), and yard work and around the house.
However, I really love music and appreciate audio fidelity immensely in music, but I guess my critical listening habits are lacking. I'm usually doing something else when listening to music rather than just sitting there motionless appreciating it.
I guess where I'm going with this is two-fold: to find out if anyone else finds they prefer music via loud speakers over headphones; and also, if anyone else is in a similar situation as me and have any suggestions to enjoy critical listening to music more.
My speaker system:
Revel F328Be towers (with Revel C426Be center and in-ceiling/wall surrounds)
2x Power Sound Audio TV2112 subwoofers
Anthem Power Amps (STR, MCAs)
Trinnov Altitude 16 processor