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I agree with @obobskivich in that the words we audiophiles use to describe differences are quite dissimilar to the way we would describe other things in nature. I often times (when writing a review for my blog) made a point of stressing that fact. We talk about minute differences that are only readily confirm-able through seasoned ears and listening as BIG. If we were to talk about other things in nature I do not think we would call these differences so big.
I would like to add a bit of fuel to the fire. I often remark to my local audio geeks (with whom I have enjoyed countless listening sessions) that in my main speaker based system, often changes to supports under equipment on my rack has a bigger change than swapping out dacs! They agree!
And then there is the room, don't even get me started on how many times I have moved speakers around a bit to discover a whole new perspective.
But back to headphones, I often marveled when trying to get a desktop computer based system to sound very good, at how effortlessly my cell phone an a little HRT dac would do with my middle of the road full sized cans. I have since figured out how to get the great sound out of the desktop setup such that I would not go back to a phone, but it took a lot of walks down audio equipment paths with dacs and amps to realize if you can get the source right that is most of the battle.
I would like to add a bit of fuel to the fire. I often remark to my local audio geeks (with whom I have enjoyed countless listening sessions) that in my main speaker based system, often changes to supports under equipment on my rack has a bigger change than swapping out dacs! They agree!
And then there is the room, don't even get me started on how many times I have moved speakers around a bit to discover a whole new perspective.
But back to headphones, I often marveled when trying to get a desktop computer based system to sound very good, at how effortlessly my cell phone an a little HRT dac would do with my middle of the road full sized cans. I have since figured out how to get the great sound out of the desktop setup such that I would not go back to a phone, but it took a lot of walks down audio equipment paths with dacs and amps to realize if you can get the source right that is most of the battle.