[kiteki]

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Nice post.  Yeah, some people are tone-deaf, like I am food-deaf.  As long as there is enough salt, fat and carbohydrates, with some alcohol on the side, it's 'quality' lol.

 

[BillsonChang007]

I don't claim to have 'golden ears', but I can usually tell in the first 5-10 seconds of listening whether I'm going to like a headphone or not. 

Lol...it takes me more or less 10min... xD

 

[obobskivich]

Lol...it takes me more or less 10min... xD

Yeah 5-10 seconds is a pretty spectacular claim to be honest...

But I agree with the central thrust of his argument.

 

[fuzzyash]

try putting on some apple earbuds first
then compare them to the klipsch or ath
and do it in a quiet environment so you wont get distracted
that should do the trick!

 

[zalbard]

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Yeah 5-10 seconds is a pretty spectacular claim to be honest...
But I agree with the central thrust of his argument.

Yeah, rushed decisions are no good. You can't even get a minimal scope of all the frequences in 10 seconds.
But the rest of the post I can also agree on.

 
I think carefully choosing test tracks and trying to pay close attention to them, and also not taking long breaks between headphone swaps should help to hear the difference.

 

[GREQ]

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Yeah 5-10 seconds is a pretty spectacular claim to be honest...

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Yeah, rushed decisions are no good.

 
I didn't say I fully understand all the characteristic of a headphone in 5-10 seconds, merely that I know if I would LIKE it nor not. I always use a short list of tracks/songs I'm extremely familiar with. 

I don't think it takes much longer to know if the sound is your 'taste' or not - naturally the finer details come later which I fully agree with.
I don't think anyone can claim to fully understand a headphone in such a short time span.