Lupin
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I hardly ever reply in headphones recommendation threads as I find it too personal to be able to really say anything about it.
For example a lot of people recommend the Sennheiser HD6XX as being good sounding and comfortable.
I agree that they're pretty good sounding but they're not comfortable at all for me. Maybe it's my weird head, ears, combination of both or that I wear glasses but I've tried the Sennheiser 6xx, 7xxx and 8xx series and none of them were comfortable to me. First 30 minutes it's ok and then it slowly starts to get "annoying" and after an hour or so it gets downright uncomfortable. Yet a lot of people are praising Sennheiser for how comfortable they are.
Sound is the same imho, very personal.
I've modded my Fostex T50RP MK3 in such away that it has a bit more bass response but nothing major, just a little bit to make it sound right to me. A friend of my borrowed the Fostex for a couple days and he didn't like them at all. According to him there was not nearly enough bass and they sounded like tin cans.
I would recommend the modded Fostex as I think they're very good sounding in their price bracket. My friend wouldn't even accept one for free as he dislikes it a lot... which opinion/recommendation carries more weight?
Above is just to show how personal sound is, what is great and enjoyable for one is perceived as terrible to another.
From what I read I get the impression that people recommend headphones based on what they find comfortable and good sounding. But that doesn't mean that another has the same opinion. So how much value does that recommendation really have then..?
Sound is such a personal thing like taste, 1001 people will have 1001 different tastes and will like/dislike 1001 different things.
Recommending headphones is like recommending food/drink. Some whiskey expert was recommending a certain bottle so I went out and bought one. I tried it and found it rather bad, I much more liked another bottle that was half the price and didn't score so well with the "experts".
This is not aimed at anyone personally this is just something in general I'm always wondering when people ask to recommend them headphones and how helpful it really is. You can fill pages with text and graphs but how does one describe taste.
For example a lot of people recommend the Sennheiser HD6XX as being good sounding and comfortable.
I agree that they're pretty good sounding but they're not comfortable at all for me. Maybe it's my weird head, ears, combination of both or that I wear glasses but I've tried the Sennheiser 6xx, 7xxx and 8xx series and none of them were comfortable to me. First 30 minutes it's ok and then it slowly starts to get "annoying" and after an hour or so it gets downright uncomfortable. Yet a lot of people are praising Sennheiser for how comfortable they are.
Sound is the same imho, very personal.
I've modded my Fostex T50RP MK3 in such away that it has a bit more bass response but nothing major, just a little bit to make it sound right to me. A friend of my borrowed the Fostex for a couple days and he didn't like them at all. According to him there was not nearly enough bass and they sounded like tin cans.
I would recommend the modded Fostex as I think they're very good sounding in their price bracket. My friend wouldn't even accept one for free as he dislikes it a lot... which opinion/recommendation carries more weight?
Above is just to show how personal sound is, what is great and enjoyable for one is perceived as terrible to another.
From what I read I get the impression that people recommend headphones based on what they find comfortable and good sounding. But that doesn't mean that another has the same opinion. So how much value does that recommendation really have then..?
Sound is such a personal thing like taste, 1001 people will have 1001 different tastes and will like/dislike 1001 different things.
Recommending headphones is like recommending food/drink. Some whiskey expert was recommending a certain bottle so I went out and bought one. I tried it and found it rather bad, I much more liked another bottle that was half the price and didn't score so well with the "experts".
This is not aimed at anyone personally this is just something in general I'm always wondering when people ask to recommend them headphones and how helpful it really is. You can fill pages with text and graphs but how does one describe taste.