Then you do put the HD6XX in that system and, after listening for a bit, say “Oh, never mind”Some nights I hear myself say "Man, all you really need is an HD6XX to be happy in this hobby."
Then I realize the system I'm putting it through, and I'm like "Oh, never mind......"
…You’re backing into one of the things that I’ve been spouting about for a long time - the headphones don’t act alone. The key is putting together a system that works, and certainly the 300 ohm Sennheisers, when paired with an appropriate amplifier, are good enough to be ‘the one and only’ for many.Some nights I hear myself say "Man, all you really need is an HD6XX to be happy in this hobby."
Then I realize the system I'm putting it through, and I'm like "Oh, never mind......"
Great album. Hank Mobley doesn’t get enough credit. (Sorry for double-posting, but I’m old and I invariably screw up all attempts at multiple quotes in the same post).
Just no lol....you realize nearly every recording in the last 20 years has been digitally eqed more time than you can probably count before being released right?
That’s not how it works. A recording can get audibly worse and worse, even if it was EQ’ed multiple times before it was released. If you put more compression on it through digital EQ, it will sound worse. I don’t see how this is hard to grasp.
Granted, I am biased, and eq in the digital domain does seem to do less harm than old school analog eq (digital vs analog debate totally aside), I still tend to prefer no eq at all on playback. Just because the waitress already spit in my soup, doesn’t mean I want everyone sitting at the counter with me to do it too.
Except you said EQ not compression. Also you have built a strawman here.
That is not what he said. What he said, in effect, is that eq adds compression. I agree that any time you touch the signal, you add distortion (specifically what kind of distortion is, frankly, quite irrelevant to the discussion). IMHO, adding additional distortion is bad, do forgive me, but this kind of sophistry is not very persuasive. I do believe it is you that is attempting to build a straw man.
Adding distortion is irrelevant if it is not detectable to the human ear. Additionally not all distortion is bad, many if not most electric instruments sound the way they do because of audible distortion.That is not what he said. What he said, in effect, is that eq adds compression. I agree that any time you touch the signal, you add distortion (specifically what kind of distortion is, frankly, quite irrelevant to the discussion). IMHO, adding additional distortion is bad, do forgive me, but this kind of sophistry is not very persuasive. I do believe it is you that is attempting to build a straw man.
Just my $.02. Truth is, I don’t care how you enjoy your music, and I would never presume to tell anyone else how to enjoy theirs. If you like eq, great. If you don’t, also great. Nothing worse than one person who thinks he has a license to tell other people they’re having fun wrong. Or have I inadvertently stumbled into the ASSR forum?
Oh, please.
Raw means the stems of the tracks before mixing/mastering lmao. Pretty sure you are not doing that.
In point of fact, “Adding distortion is irrelevant if it is not detectable to the human ear” is exactly what you said. So now it’s my straw man? Before it was @dakanao’s straw man. Guess Plumbus is not so wise after all (and intellectually dishonest too).
Their definition of having fun, is hearing everything the same, and their fun goes away if someone else hears a sound difference in any sort of gear lolThat won’t stop him from telling us we’re having fun wrong.
