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Headphoneus Supremus
Said debates cannot come to any useful conclusion as long as each side is talking about their own arguments and not seeing that there is a chasm in understanding/hearing/enjoyment...
A headphone (or every other audio component) is not its sound alone but a plethora of features, technical, visual, haptic etc. that gives each of us a different impression, based upon our likings, wants and needs. Not the sound signature alone decides whether I like a headphone... it has to fit me, it has to fit the intended use, my technical surroundings, my musical taste... so the final answer may well be different for each of us. And I, for one, will not abstract sound out of that whole impression... to me the thing as it is has to appeal to me. Including, of course, its sound.
And to come back to this specific instance, the HP50... I own quite a lot of headphones. Because of that, among other reasons, I did not even listen to the HP50 in the last few days... nevertheless I like it, I know I like its sound, its comfort, that its easily fed by my iPhone... its quite a feat to stand up so well against the many others I own (which also offer some unique combination of features that attract me interest).
I can even enjoy a nice cable (not because it sounds better when compared with a technically sufficient cable -- that I can prove by DBT), but because I might happen to like its look, the handling, whatever. That overall may be worth its price to me. A decision that is not easily transferred to the next person though... I can describe the thing and explain my reasoning but will always accept the other persons decision, may it conform to my own feelings or not, as long as this decision includes the same acceptance in reverse (otherwise I might not be interested in continuing the discussion).
Yes, its interesting why this discussion once again comes up in this context...
A headphone (or every other audio component) is not its sound alone but a plethora of features, technical, visual, haptic etc. that gives each of us a different impression, based upon our likings, wants and needs. Not the sound signature alone decides whether I like a headphone... it has to fit me, it has to fit the intended use, my technical surroundings, my musical taste... so the final answer may well be different for each of us. And I, for one, will not abstract sound out of that whole impression... to me the thing as it is has to appeal to me. Including, of course, its sound.
And to come back to this specific instance, the HP50... I own quite a lot of headphones. Because of that, among other reasons, I did not even listen to the HP50 in the last few days... nevertheless I like it, I know I like its sound, its comfort, that its easily fed by my iPhone... its quite a feat to stand up so well against the many others I own (which also offer some unique combination of features that attract me interest).
I can even enjoy a nice cable (not because it sounds better when compared with a technically sufficient cable -- that I can prove by DBT), but because I might happen to like its look, the handling, whatever. That overall may be worth its price to me. A decision that is not easily transferred to the next person though... I can describe the thing and explain my reasoning but will always accept the other persons decision, may it conform to my own feelings or not, as long as this decision includes the same acceptance in reverse (otherwise I might not be interested in continuing the discussion).
Yes, its interesting why this discussion once again comes up in this context...