/hpg/ - Headphone General

>t. SEETHING incel

sennheiser is a good allround brand but not very exciting @ mid and low cost level, and some will clam the head bands are a little flakey / brittle
since you mention it it might be better to go towards the entry level of the higher end/more reputable brands
they are sort of like the mid range products of the cheaper brands if that makes sense
AKG or Audio technica have a few like this @ 100$ or so
I could not try many headphones on before my local HiFi store closed down
its small town problems like no one haveing any record player needles or cartridges in stock

you ok dude?

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Thanks for the advice. Shame about your little town.

Here's the truth about STAX from an objectivist.

STAX electrostatic headphones are better than most dynamic headphones because they have lower distortion. It's like saying the JDS Labs Atom amplifier is a better amp than the Objective2 in every possible objective metric.

But guess what? The advantages these products have over its competitors aren't audible. Modern dynamic headphones like HD600 have such low distortion in the sub-bass (under 5% is considered to be good), that when you compare it side by side with a STAX (for example L700), you won't hear any distortion. Thus the differences in the two headphones can be attributed to the most important factor: frequency response. Based on the current diffuse field standard that we have, the HD600 is the more neutral of the two headphones, so there is a legitimate claim to it offering a higher fidelity experience, at least in stock form. With EQ, they both don't matter, the distortion is low enough on both and as a result it's easy to make corrections, theoretically with the STAX you will be able to do more advanced corrections because of its lower distortion in the sub-bass.

STAX aren't also the headphones with the lowest levels of distortion, the LCD-2 by Audeze which is a cherrypicked example by me (I'm sure there's others) has lower distortion than most Lambdas, virtually none. Again, this doesn't matter in real world usage, but it's nice to stroke you dick over it, that feeling of owning a well engineered product.

All in all, you really don't need to spend lots of money on headphones to get a high fidelity listening experience, just make sure to get something with extended frequency response, relatively low distortion and whatever other features you may desire.

80 years of frequency response tuning

so hol up
*smacku lipu~
art thou saying
that uh
stax are audiophool garbage?

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objectivist? you're drinking ayn rand koolaid?

not sealed