sloomingbla
500+ Head-Fier
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I mean, I will add that a lot of this stuff is mental as much as it is technical. Diminishing returns sure, but a lot of the time the perceived sound quality can be greatly reduced if I'm not in the mindset to actually enjoy the music I'm listening to.Yeah. I'll get used to it. Then A-B in a week or two. Realizing what you don't have is a real thing for sure. Because when I put on my old HD560s I'm like "damn this thing sucks in almost every conceivable sense. No amount of electronics will "add" to what it wasn't doing.
There's a reason so much snake oil exists in this field, and it's because you can't really listen to music without feeling it. Being in the space to feel it comes and goes, sometimes without much cause. Sure, you can listen to the noises and figure out the difference in fidelity. But the noise has to become music for the magnitude of difference to become apparent.
Every pair of headphones, and every piece of equipment I've ever had either sounded "meh" or sounded great at some point.
Placebo, mental biases, mood and mindset are all playing a key role in music quality. I'm sure you probably know this already, but I figure I'd share my two cents on why you should give it some time. The best way to listen is not when you are thinking about how much money you've spent on it and how it should sound, haha
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