I'm s relative newbie to hifi. Main music interest is classical. (Listen mainly to Flacs via usb to denefrips ares 2 to schiit asgaard to lcd2 or 6xx)
Question: when using speakers, both ears hear the sound from each speaker, but with a delay. Of course, this doesn't happen with headphones, unless one utilizes dsp of some sort on the player to mimic this effect. (As a newbie, im not certain what that type of dsp is called, but I'm pretty sure it exists in some of the players). I try to listen bit perfect. But what I'm wondering is, if most classical recordings were mastered using monitor speakers in listening rooms, then is listening through headphones never going to replicate what the engineers wanted it to sound like, unless I use dsp to mimic that effect? In other words, by listening through headphones without dsp, am I by definition NOT going to get a realistic image of the music?
Question: when using speakers, both ears hear the sound from each speaker, but with a delay. Of course, this doesn't happen with headphones, unless one utilizes dsp of some sort on the player to mimic this effect. (As a newbie, im not certain what that type of dsp is called, but I'm pretty sure it exists in some of the players). I try to listen bit perfect. But what I'm wondering is, if most classical recordings were mastered using monitor speakers in listening rooms, then is listening through headphones never going to replicate what the engineers wanted it to sound like, unless I use dsp to mimic that effect? In other words, by listening through headphones without dsp, am I by definition NOT going to get a realistic image of the music?
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