[AutumnCrown]

   
I don't see the difference between "instrument" and "teleportation VR device" in this context. They are subjective descriptions and can potentially mean the same thing.

Specifically an uncanny valley effect of a perfect headphone is the difference that I am imagining. Perhaps people enjoy Audeze over more neutral TOTLs because they know at some level that it's not real, that their just wearing a device that makes pretty sounds on their heads, whereas the neutral ones are so real that it weirds them out.

 

[Music Alchemist]

  Specifically an uncanny valley effect of a perfect headphone is the difference that I am imagining. Perhaps people enjoy Audeze over more neutral TOTLs because they know at some level that it's not real, that their just wearing a device that makes pretty sounds on their heads, whereas the neutral ones are so real that it weirds them out.

 
I had actually never heard of the uncanny valley effect until now. Interesting. I guess it can go many ways. Due to the diversity of recordings, there are bound to be circumstances where a less accurate headphone would end up sounding more accurate. Audeze headphones have very low distortion, so there's that too.