zareliman
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Hi headfiers:
I consider myself a flat response headphone enthusiast, I prefer them as flat as possible (unlike females).
I just prefer my audio to go as untouched as possible from binary to soundwave in the most accurate way possible (I don't own analogue sources).
Now I've tried a couple of headphones considered flat myself, the ATH-M40x, SRH-440, Tascam TH-02 and Sony MDR-7506. All of this headphones are below $100 and they're pretty much endgame for me. While going from the TH-02 to the M40x is probably an upgrade in terms of build quality and features, one can't objectively say the M40x actually sound much better (or worse), they're marginally different and practically as flat.
And beyond the M40x and SRH-440 what do you get ? The M50x and SRH-840 deviate from their flat little brothers to do stuff to the sound (which you might like) but ultimately make them less accurate to the source. I haven't heard a lot of higher end products ($200 and above) but to me it seems its like they all start deviating from perfect flat to achieve wider soundstages and that kind of stuff which, in the end, is something that a DSP also does, an eq that alters perfect flat.
What do you think guys ?
Are really the endgame flat headphones at the $100 range ?
Should we make a ranking or top 10 ?
I consider myself a flat response headphone enthusiast, I prefer them as flat as possible (unlike females).
I just prefer my audio to go as untouched as possible from binary to soundwave in the most accurate way possible (I don't own analogue sources).
Now I've tried a couple of headphones considered flat myself, the ATH-M40x, SRH-440, Tascam TH-02 and Sony MDR-7506. All of this headphones are below $100 and they're pretty much endgame for me. While going from the TH-02 to the M40x is probably an upgrade in terms of build quality and features, one can't objectively say the M40x actually sound much better (or worse), they're marginally different and practically as flat.
And beyond the M40x and SRH-440 what do you get ? The M50x and SRH-840 deviate from their flat little brothers to do stuff to the sound (which you might like) but ultimately make them less accurate to the source. I haven't heard a lot of higher end products ($200 and above) but to me it seems its like they all start deviating from perfect flat to achieve wider soundstages and that kind of stuff which, in the end, is something that a DSP also does, an eq that alters perfect flat.
What do you think guys ?
Are really the endgame flat headphones at the $100 range ?
Should we make a ranking or top 10 ?