moogoob
Headphoneus Supremus
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Hi all. Recently I've been thinking of something while listening to my 325is. Now, I tend to listen to a wide volume range, with the majority of listening taking place at what most would probably call "not loud". Maybe "medium". Now, I know many people have stressed that phones like the GS1000s are especially suited to listening at certain (read: low) volume levels and sound unbalanced when played loudly.
I've often had trouble understanding how folks can describe the 325is as "piercing" and thought maybe it had something to do with my hearing, maybe my ears' highs are rolled off?
Or, (so I thought, five minutes ago after turning the volume down on a Cranberries song to ease the guitars a bit) was I simply constantly adjusting my volume to keep the 325is inside what I felt to be their ideal volume range, bringing the highs more in line with the mids?
So, while there's so much talk of the effects of amps, DACs, interconnects etc. why do we ignore the massive changes in presentation that can occur in any phones simply by turning that dial on the front of our amps an eighth turn?
I've often had trouble understanding how folks can describe the 325is as "piercing" and thought maybe it had something to do with my hearing, maybe my ears' highs are rolled off?
So, while there's so much talk of the effects of amps, DACs, interconnects etc. why do we ignore the massive changes in presentation that can occur in any phones simply by turning that dial on the front of our amps an eighth turn?