KamijoIsMyHero
Headphoneus Supremus
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then if my goal is to have the most accurate music reproduction with a focus on accurate vocals, am I a midrangehead or a neutral lover?
then if my goal is to have the most accurate music reproduction with a focus on accurate vocals, am I a midrangehead or a neutral lover?
well I never understood why people would want coloration if the artist never intended for their music to sound a way other than the way they recorded it, except maybe for bassheads, at least when you have bloated bass you feel right at home when hearing the same songs in clubs with crap speakers
i've gotten to the point in audio equipment evaluation where i listen most critically to the voice to determine accuracy. i don't know exactly how that high frequency tinkling bell sounds in real life, nor how that deep booming drum actually sounds. the speaker or headphone just might be reproducing it accurately, or not. but i'm certain of what a human voice sounds like. there's no excessive sibilance, for example, in a normal speaking or singing voice. i know mics and mastering makes a difference. who knows what's gone on there. but in general, the more it sounds like a real human voice, the better i like the sound. i do also listen for some flat response at each end of the frequency spectrum, and delight in superior reproduction at these ends. but it's the reality of the voices that i enjoy best.
I have two issues with this, first is that the "as the artist intended" is a plug-line from the Beats advertising campaign (and quite honestly I don't care what the artist intended, because they're producing art - which is meant to be consumed and interpreted by the viewer, not dictated by the artist), and second is that the "artist" isn't the only person involved in the creative and technical production of a piece of music. The end-result is many people's work.
Oh, and not all PA is bad sound.
+1.
I have two issues with this, first is that the "as the artist intended" is a plug-line from the Beats advertising campaign (and quite honestly I don't care what the artist intended, because they're producing art - which is meant to be consumed and interpreted by the viewer, not dictated by the artist), and second is that the "artist" isn't the only person involved in the creative and technical production of a piece of music. The end-result is many people's work.
Oh, and not all PA is bad sound.
+1.
Solution: don't use a dap
Depends if you are in the subjective camp, I don't care much for high end stuff offering different sounds, I prefer accuracy up to the limits of human audibility