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Headphoneus Supremus
I looked at my speakers and said, nope, those things are way to heavy for my head so
But the hard truth to face is -- speakers aren't nearly as resolving as high end headphones, and getting than the center image from loudspeakers takes an optimal room geometry that most people don't have. My speakers sound like veiled trash next to my HE-6, TH900 and Utopia.
Comparing the two is kind of a waste. They are different experiences. If you want to try to reproduce what a live performance sounds like, speakers are the only thing that comes close. Headphones just don't produce the sense of a band arrayed in front of you or the body thump of a bass drum or guitar. If you want to hear the micro-detail of every snap, crackle, and pop no speaker will do what headphones can do simply because of the physical distance between your ears and the HF drivers. Mix engineers often use both. If you insist on comparing, you need to be comparing systems in the same fidelity range, not price range. Speakers are more expensive to make. Thousand dollar headphones are approaching the state of the art. Thousand dollar speakers are not. Other than the portability, the main reason for the popularity of headphones is the bang for the buck. You need to spend 5 to 10x the amount on speakers to get equivalent fidelity.
[1] If you want to hear the micro-detail of every snap, crackle, and pop no speaker will do what headphones can do simply because of the physical distance between your ears and the HF drivers.
[2] Mix engineers often use both.
[3] If you insist on comparing, you need to be comparing systems in the same fidelity range, not price range. Speakers are more expensive to make.
[3a] Thousand dollar headphones are approaching the state of the art. Thousand dollar speakers are not. Other than the portability, the main reason for the popularity of headphones is the bang for the buck. You need to spend 5 to 10x the amount on speakers to get equivalent fidelity.
[1] agree, work a lot with a sound engineer, that to switch around from cans to actual speakers. they said for detailed purposes they will be using cans instead. but for the actual sound coverage analysis, they will use speakers instead because its simply for refined sound when you hear from another source that not stick to your ear. I've tried $5000 cans it makes such a big difference from $500 cans.
[2] but when i compare the full specs speakers $4500 vs $2000 I simply cannot compare it.