[Ham Sandwich]

Fun/musical for me.

I don't want to listen to music like I'm an engineer in a studio listening for technical aspects in the recording. I'd rather hear music in a way that can get me emotionally moreso than technically.

 

[NapalmK]

Fun. I'm a bit of a basshead and listen mostly to trance. Ultrasones and Denons do the trick. Though I would like to try an AKG K701 sometime in the future.

 

[outlawdon]

Fun for me, as the music I listen are "fun."

 

[plonter]

the HD650 are the closest to "analytical" as I will get. couldn't stand any less bass than that.

 

[Soaa-]

I prefer flat response. I like to hear the music's characteristics, not the headphones'. Perhaps you should add a poll?

 

[SP Wild]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soaa- /img/forum/go_quote.gif I prefer flat response. I like to hear the music's characteristics, not the headphones'. Perhaps you should add a poll?

Yes a poll...and change "fun" to musical and "reference" to analytical.

 

[Roger Strummer]

Both, but if I had to choose only one headphone it would be a reference/neutral phone.

 

[subtle]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cAsE sEnSiTiVe /img/forum/go_quote.gif Actually, I happen to consider a revealing, "reference" headphone to be fun.

Precisely.

The truly ironic thing is that the majority of "fun" headphones get boring with time.

 

[Acix]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soaa- /img/forum/go_quote.gif I prefer flat response. I like to hear the music's characteristics, not the headphones'. Perhaps you should add a poll?

X1 The fun headphones are the reference headphones.

 

[Mad Max]

"fun" or "reference"?

Why not have both? Double the fun and joy!

 

[stang]

Reference headphones were designed to be just that, reference hadphones. It is up to you to make them sound fun and have fun whilst listening to them.

 

[luckybaer]

If I had to pick one from my collection, it would probably be the AH-D2000. Is that a fun can?

 

[stang]

The D2000 is definately a fun can

 

[MrGreen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SP Wild /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes a poll...and change "fun" to musical and "reference" to analytical.

No. These are crap terms that shouldn't be used.

Fun and reference are fine, "musical" and "analytical" are not - because even reference cans are musical (although I think reference cans are also fun).

Deficient and Proficient would be my preferred terms, but whatever.

RE: OP. "reference" cans are my "fun" cans

 

[KingStyles]

It depends what I am listening to. Fun for rock and pop and neutral for jazz and classical.