Sean_MR
100+ Head-Fier
Hello! I know there are certain aspects of headphones that are more subjective and preference based, as opposed to technical, that don’t necessarily scale up with price. Like tonality and sound signature. In certain circumstances, can instrument separation and detail retrieval be one of these as well?
My intuition would say no. But I recently sold my Aeon 2 Open ($900) and Focal Clear ($1500) to buy the RAD-0, which is $2600. And on my usual test songs the RAD-0 doesn’t distinguish each instrument as clearly and cleanly, and also doesn’t seem as detailed. My gear is the exact same as it was with the previous 2 headphones.
I don’t want to jump to “I have a faulty unit,” because Rosson Audio says they have thorough testing process and I want to believe them. So can instrument separation capabilities, for example, be a decision an audio company intentionally chooses to tune differently (as opposed to just “better”)?
Thank you for any help
My intuition would say no. But I recently sold my Aeon 2 Open ($900) and Focal Clear ($1500) to buy the RAD-0, which is $2600. And on my usual test songs the RAD-0 doesn’t distinguish each instrument as clearly and cleanly, and also doesn’t seem as detailed. My gear is the exact same as it was with the previous 2 headphones.
I don’t want to jump to “I have a faulty unit,” because Rosson Audio says they have thorough testing process and I want to believe them. So can instrument separation capabilities, for example, be a decision an audio company intentionally chooses to tune differently (as opposed to just “better”)?
Thank you for any help