[Redcarmoose]

.......and as a result discount the performance of superior models?

 

[Redcarmoose]

We have seen it one hundred times. Maybe the members have never heard a really great set-up and are so used to uphonic color that they just do not recognize a superior signature when they first hear it.


Or?


The members are just in love with colored sound?



The sound masks faults upstream to generate an easy listen, where a more resolving set of cans sounds ugly?

 

[Head Injury]

What superior models and how do you know they're superior?

 

[cel4145]

.......and as a result discount the performance of superior models?

Maybe some people are more interested in listening to their music, and not the equipment, so they find the "performance of superior models" less significant?

That, and just because headphone A is technically better than headphone B according to a large consensus of people, that doesn't mean that the frequency response and other sonic characteristics of headphone A are more suitable to someone.

 

[Redcarmoose]

What superior models and how do you know they're superior?

I am just referring to the headphones which are loved but have glaring faults which can be heard and measured with devices.


Examples would be maybe the HD 600 and HD 650. Repeatedly members have walked away from more sonic detailed headphones and returned to rose colored glasses.

 

[cel4145]

Examples would be maybe the HD 600 and HD 650. Repeatedly members have walked away from more sonic detailed headphones and returned to rose colored glasses.

Maybe you need to ask yourself why you can't enjoy music without much more expensive headphones?

 

[Redcarmoose]

Maybe you need to ask yourself why you can't enjoy music without much more expensive headphones?

I really only own mid priced headphones, not owning any modern flagships. I do enjoy $100 headphones with stupid messed-up signatures. So your question does not apply to me.✌

 

[cel4145]

I really only own mid priced headphones, not owning any modern flagships. I do enjoy $100 headphones with stupid messed-up signatures. So your question does not apply to me.✌

So you know the answer to your question already

 

[Redcarmoose]

I have used the device of the headphone, still this concept could be used to describe folks falling in love with 15 year old DACs and uphonic distorted amps.

 

[Redcarmoose]

So you know the answer to your question already

I don't know the answer but understand clues to the paradox.


This thread does not refer to me in general as I like the flagships and understand their use and superiority. I'm just lazy to buy em.

 

[Redcarmoose]

It could be that members are just simply falling for the dynamic reality of the sound of headphones in general. They say love is blind. Science can extract chemical and emotional changes that result in the phenomenon we term love but does not have any other answers beyond that.

Darwin stated it is replication and perception still folks mainly fall in love with a persons faults and not always their glaring attributes?

This is maybe the answer to second tier headphone love. That or the fact that every flagship is not perfect?




Wikipedia states:



Natural selection acts on the phenotype, or the observable characteristics of an organism, but the genetic (heritable) basis of any phenotype that gives a reproductive advantage may become more common in a population (see allele frequency). Over time, this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches and may eventually result in the emergence of new species. In other words, natural selection is an important process (though not the only process) by which evolution takes place within a population of organisms. Natural selection can be contrasted with artificial selection, in which humans intentionally choose specific traits (although they may not always get what they want). In natural selection there is no intentional choice. In other words, artificial selection is teleological and natural selection is not teleological.

 

[ChavaC]

I would venture to guess they either can't afford more expensive offerings or only have experiences with higher tier phones that are inconsistent with their preferred sound sig.

 

[Redcarmoose]

I would venture to guess they either can't afford more expensive offerings or only have experiences with higher tier phones that are inconsistent with their preferred sound sig.

Great answer! I agree with that.

 

[Redcarmoose]

With the popularity and accessibility of "Beats by Dre" we see a change in the reproductive trajectory of the headphone species resulting in many bass laden offspring!

Thusly....

In a population (see allele frequency). Over time, this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches and may eventually result in the emergence of new species.

 

[cel4145]

I don't know the answer but understand clues to the paradox.


This thread does not refer to me in general as I like the flagships and understand their use and superiority. I'm just lazy to buy em.

As both ChavaC and I pointed out to you, they are not superior if someone prefers the sound signature of the headphones they have.