Blueswyh
New Head-Fier
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No they don't. Even a cheapo HD 600 sounds comparable to $10.000 speakers from the commercial brands.
The Focal Utopia sounds better also than the flagships from the commercial brands. It's only when going to the uber expensive speakers when things start to sound really good, but those speakers costs way more than an Orpheus 2.
Well I have to admit the experience is a personal. For me, overall experience is elevated from IEM to HP to speakers in the same price range. Direct contact with my ear and head do pose some distraction like stress and heat after say 30 minutes even with light-weighted HPs link HD600, which I owned for around 2 years, while the speakers can help one focus on music without any burden as long as the audition room is free from ambient noise