darcyb62
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I guess I would call myself a relative noobie when it comes to headphones and quality audio. I have been meddling with computer based music composition for quite some time an recently have been getting more serious about the listening experience. I have been asking questions to various product vendors and I will often get asked I am looking for or what's more important: accuracy, naturalness, soundstage, types of music, etc. With the exception of music genre (which is better represented by music I will not listen to) I have a difficult time answering. The reason for this is that I don't really have a baseline by which to compare. The other problem is that there aren't really a whole lot of places I can go to demo this stuff.
So my question is this, where does one start?
Going through the equipment I have I can hear differences and I do have preferences but I have a difficult time to understand the why. For example, on the headphone side I have a pair of Grado SR125s with which I am quite happy with the sound. For in-ears I have a pair of Shure 310s Monster Beat Tours and V-Moda Vibes. In order of preference from best to worst it would Grado, Monster, V-Moda the Shure. So how do these phones compare in terms of listening parameters?
I've also realized the importance of DAC in sound quality but again have a problem in qualifying what I like about the sound. As an example I had been using a Presonus Inspire for my audio in/out functionality from my Mac and tried switching over to Line6 UX1 and was shocked that (1) that there was a significant difference in the sound and (2) that I very much preferred the sound of the Line6 device. But again I can't really explain why.
So what do I do or where do I go to better understand the subtleties behind this stuff? It seems to me that I need a baseline for comparison but how do go about doing so?
Darcy
So my question is this, where does one start?
Going through the equipment I have I can hear differences and I do have preferences but I have a difficult time to understand the why. For example, on the headphone side I have a pair of Grado SR125s with which I am quite happy with the sound. For in-ears I have a pair of Shure 310s Monster Beat Tours and V-Moda Vibes. In order of preference from best to worst it would Grado, Monster, V-Moda the Shure. So how do these phones compare in terms of listening parameters?
I've also realized the importance of DAC in sound quality but again have a problem in qualifying what I like about the sound. As an example I had been using a Presonus Inspire for my audio in/out functionality from my Mac and tried switching over to Line6 UX1 and was shocked that (1) that there was a significant difference in the sound and (2) that I very much preferred the sound of the Line6 device. But again I can't really explain why.
So what do I do or where do I go to better understand the subtleties behind this stuff? It seems to me that I need a baseline for comparison but how do go about doing so?
Darcy