smarrad
New Head-Fier
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2007
- Posts
- 24
- Likes
- 0
is it worth spending $200 on a pair of good cans - A900s's, D2000's, ES7's etc. - when the majority of my music is mp3's imported at between 180k and 256k?
Originally Posted by Nagasaki_Kid /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would have to say it depends on the complexity and type of the music and if they're LAME mp3s. |
Originally Posted by smarrad /img/forum/go_quote.gif is it worth spending $200 on a pair of good cans - A900s's, D2000's, ES7's etc. - when the majority of my music is mp3's imported at between 180k and 256k? |
Originally Posted by DesmondDavidH /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yep, definitely. While it's not exactly easy to spot the difference between lossless and mid range lossless (192k) it's very easy to appreciate the qualities of a high end headphone. Even in the first seconds. |
Originally Posted by Logistics /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just don't listen to the same song ripped directly to WAV afterwards because that will make you sad*. *because you'll want to rip EVERYTHING to WAV after that. |