sugarkang
500+ Head-Fier
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I would love to see headphones classified into 5 basic sound signatures.
1. uphill (light bass, heavy treble)
2. downhill (heavy bass, light treble)
3. V (heavy bass, light mids, heavy treble)
4. inverted V (low bass, heavy mids, low treble)
5. flat
I just reject this notion that some cans are for audiophiles while some cans are just for less serious people. What a load of crap. Because let's face it, any "serious" can is not going to be bass heavy. And that implies that a "good" can must not have a lot of bass.
I wish we had a database of headphones and users could choose one of the above to describe a particular can. The aggregated info could be very useful for purchasers and we wouldn't have to rely on "artistic" descriptions of cans and have something a bit more akin to a focus group. It would also allow for the definition of "neutral" to change over time as more and more people vote and population demographics shift.
1. uphill (light bass, heavy treble)
2. downhill (heavy bass, light treble)
3. V (heavy bass, light mids, heavy treble)
4. inverted V (low bass, heavy mids, low treble)
5. flat
I just reject this notion that some cans are for audiophiles while some cans are just for less serious people. What a load of crap. Because let's face it, any "serious" can is not going to be bass heavy. And that implies that a "good" can must not have a lot of bass.
I wish we had a database of headphones and users could choose one of the above to describe a particular can. The aggregated info could be very useful for purchasers and we wouldn't have to rely on "artistic" descriptions of cans and have something a bit more akin to a focus group. It would also allow for the definition of "neutral" to change over time as more and more people vote and population demographics shift.
