Justin Maynard
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I just realized something. As far as I know, the only sources indicating that some headphones have greater resolution / detail retrieval than others are subjective reviews. Oftentimes from the same people who would have you believe in benefits of multi-thousand $ cables, 192+ kHz audio and other such nonsense.
My question is... Perhaps, just perhaps, might it be possible that the differences in resolution between various headphones are also mostly imagined? The fact that headphone blind testing is complicated to say at least only adds to my concerns.
What objective proof do I have that something like a Stax SR009/S, an Abyss Phi TC or a Raal SR-1A have greater resolution than something like this: https://drop.com/buy/drop-hifiman-he4xx-planar-magnetic-headphones ?
Anything other then ''I compared them myself and heard a clear difference'', because as we know, in the world of audio, people swear to hear all kinds of differences which objective measurements prove to be imaginary.
My question is... Perhaps, just perhaps, might it be possible that the differences in resolution between various headphones are also mostly imagined? The fact that headphone blind testing is complicated to say at least only adds to my concerns.
What objective proof do I have that something like a Stax SR009/S, an Abyss Phi TC or a Raal SR-1A have greater resolution than something like this: https://drop.com/buy/drop-hifiman-he4xx-planar-magnetic-headphones ?
Anything other then ''I compared them myself and heard a clear difference'', because as we know, in the world of audio, people swear to hear all kinds of differences which objective measurements prove to be imaginary.