[apaar123]

Which do you prefer and for what music? Which headphones are a good choice for both wide and narrow seperately? Is there some affordable option for wide Soundstage rather than arya or hd800s

 

[gooeyrich]

Is there some affordable option for wide Soundstage rather than arya or hd800s

Beyer DT 990 or AKG 7xx/712/702. Not 100% sure on 712/702 but they are in the same lineage as the 7xx which is said to have a massive soundstage.

 

[apaar123]

Beyer DT 990 or AKG 7xx/712/702. Not 100% sure on 712/702 but they are in the same lineage as the 7xx which is said to have a massive soundstage.

what about 1990?

 

[gooeyrich]

what about 1990?

Sure, depending on your definition of affordable.

 

[apaar123]

Sure, depending on your definition of affordable.

still 1/3rd price of arya and 800s. How much narrower are they compared to them tho

 

[Kammerat Rebekka]

Soundstage and imaging are effectively buzzwords for audiophiles that can never be measured or verified. In short: it’s all in your head....but generally speaking:
Big cups/distance from driver to ear = big stage
Low distortion and an even frequency response = good imaging

Anyway I see you are fishing in all these different threads...just bear in mind that every thread you visit will be biased towards that particular headphone...so if you ask about imaging in the Arya thread, you’re going to get a bunch of people heralding it’s imaging..likewise with the Clear and so forth.
The only way for you to find out what will float your boat...is to try on some headphones and see what you like. If that is not a possibility, then the next best thing is learning how to decipher a frequency response and ultimately finding out what kind of tuning you’re into.
As it is you are basically shooting buck shots and hitting all kinds of wildly different types of headphones (closed, open, neutral, bassy, bright).