I would've agreed with you if that's the only pair of headset i have. I was using Focal Elegia explicitly since the high freq wasn't so annoying.
I kept the 4XX to listen explicitly on 80's rock and guitar, which is rare and few. One day, I got lazy to switch headphone and listened to jazz and...
I feel like my Hifiman 4XX's high frequency is less pronounced after half year of use. Does that match the measurement?
Or could worn pad increase the low & the mid range to balance everything out a bit?
The point is subliminally your eyes are tricking your brain, so in your mind it does sound better.
Which is good, but in reality it doesn't. So what poor people want is to be good to their wallet too.
So for people who don't care about money and do not listen to music blind folded, you are...
So here is what happened with the burn in. I own Hifiman 4XX and Focal Elegia.
When I was listening to 4XX I find the phone come off as too bright for vocal and sound stage is quite small.
It's pretty painful to listen to any jazz or miles davis recording.
So I have been listening to Elegia...
I want to chime in on the review, I tested
Ad Astra and Modern Times and compared to another Brenno Ambrosini - Liszt and Academia Wind Quintet.
I'm listening for clarity, instrument separation, and ground noise.
The recording def. did a phenomenal job on these part.
I can tell the...