Fluffy
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You're talking like there is one type of people\audiophiles in the world and everyone like the same exact thing. Why hasn't anyone made the "perfect headphone" for every person than? Because each listener is different, and an average score can't tell you if a specific person likes something or not, just the probability they will. Hell, by your logic everyone should be listening to hip hop because it sells the best out of all genres, and The Shawshank Redemption should be everyone's favorite movie because it scored highest on IMDB…
Furthermore, my opinion about the Meze 99 is not some singular outlier. I have talked and read about many people (Tyll Hertsens among them, who also put them on his wall of fame) who also appreciate their sound signature, for the same reasons I did. You can say that you don't like their sound (have you even tried them I wonder?), but trying to "prove" that they sound bad is a fool's errand. I listened to plenty of headphones that are considered "the best" and "universally loved" like HD650, and I hated them to my very core.
I admit that pads make a lot of difference with these cans, and when I tired different pads with them it didn't have the same appeal. But pads are easy to swap on these, and I'm sure anybody can find pads that makes them sound how they like. This says absolutely nothing about the headphone itself.
And by the way I just wanted to add that I don't think these headphones are special or something. My fierce defense of them is solely meant to push back against Erik's misguided thought that he can prove a given person would not like a given headphone because someone else said they don't like it, or because they don't conform to some target response. Human psychology is so much more complicated than what a single graph/study can claim.
Furthermore, my opinion about the Meze 99 is not some singular outlier. I have talked and read about many people (Tyll Hertsens among them, who also put them on his wall of fame) who also appreciate their sound signature, for the same reasons I did. You can say that you don't like their sound (have you even tried them I wonder?), but trying to "prove" that they sound bad is a fool's errand. I listened to plenty of headphones that are considered "the best" and "universally loved" like HD650, and I hated them to my very core.
I admit that pads make a lot of difference with these cans, and when I tired different pads with them it didn't have the same appeal. But pads are easy to swap on these, and I'm sure anybody can find pads that makes them sound how they like. This says absolutely nothing about the headphone itself.
And by the way I just wanted to add that I don't think these headphones are special or something. My fierce defense of them is solely meant to push back against Erik's misguided thought that he can prove a given person would not like a given headphone because someone else said they don't like it, or because they don't conform to some target response. Human psychology is so much more complicated than what a single graph/study can claim.