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Originally Posted by dknightd
One thing I have noticed, lots of people have more than one set of headphones in the same room, but not many people have more than one set of speakers in a room.
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So True!!
I have phones that are great for rock, but fall flat for classical due mostly to the restricted soundstage and their pronounced foreward nature. My speakers are slightly foreward as well but they do classical beautifully!
And Rock! And everything else!!
....go figure.
Interestingly, as great as my speakers are, my new cans do a better job at inducing heavy toe tapping and head bobbing!! Even though the bass from the sub gives an advantage in rock presentation.
I have managed to correct some of the deficiencies in my listening room to eliminate some of the problem points, but the Wife is putting up some resistance to some of my more elaborate fixes. For instance, removing the fireplace or some windows and doorways is outside of what she thinks is prudent. A sound absorbant moose head above the mantle is maybe ok, but not in front of the opening where the sound absorbancy would be most benificial. That sort of thing.
But for rock, and other types of music where there are fewer instruments and vocals to track, I find the cans do a better job in giving me the sonic information my room is stealing from my speakers. For classical, where the instruments are intended to blend, the speakers stull rule for filling a real space.
I am going to try to come up with a set of phones to fill in the classical role, however, for those times where classical just sounds like a great idea, but the kids would rather watch cartoons with great sound!!
