TrantaLocked
100+ Head-Fier
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Actually, experiencing the same feeling, a person will write down they hear new sounds thinking they never existed before, but actually find them when listening for any thing BESIDES what they know. Listening to a few Unexpect songs there are sounds I didn't notice for WEEKS until listening to a Grado SR80i at a local hi-fi shop. And what do you know, I go back to my HD 201s AND my CX300-IIs and hear those sounds, crystal clear! And I would say the Grado SR80i is a very detailed and relatively high end phone according to audiophiles here. Guess what: these headphones really put emphasis on the treble, and the GS1000 (which I've heard) even more so. It's an allusion that headfiers all seem to fall for, thinking the piercing feeling is worth the "detail." The Grado lineup effectively makes music brighter and thus seemingly clearer and detailed. There may be a refinement but there are literally no "new" sounds to be heard of that any headphone I've used can't reproduce.
Not to state headphones are all the same though; far from that. Refinement of detail, frequency response, imaging and sound stage all matter and are the reasons why we upgrade.
Not to state headphones are all the same though; far from that. Refinement of detail, frequency response, imaging and sound stage all matter and are the reasons why we upgrade.