Headphones like AKG K371 do sound quite good after EQ to the target plus some personal preference.
But it doesn't provide the spacial experience (or in ambiguous hifi words: Headphones' soundstage and imaging ) like HD800 or other "big soundstage" headphones (usually expensive).HD800 has some flaws in frequency response, but the spacial experience is just way better than AKG K371 plus EQ.
Note I am not talking about the effects you can tune on in many sound cards and music players, such effects usually try to mimic speakers but doesn't feel natural to me for headphones.
I remember there is some research shows that "big soundstage and good imaging" correlates with certain frequency response, but what is it? How do you tell the spacial effect of a headphone from frequency response? Any other factors like driver size, design have great impact?
Or is there any tool or trick that can give AKG k371 a big soundstage and precise imaging while not sacrificing its frequency response too much?
But it doesn't provide the spacial experience (or in ambiguous hifi words: Headphones' soundstage and imaging ) like HD800 or other "big soundstage" headphones (usually expensive).HD800 has some flaws in frequency response, but the spacial experience is just way better than AKG K371 plus EQ.
Note I am not talking about the effects you can tune on in many sound cards and music players, such effects usually try to mimic speakers but doesn't feel natural to me for headphones.
I remember there is some research shows that "big soundstage and good imaging" correlates with certain frequency response, but what is it? How do you tell the spacial effect of a headphone from frequency response? Any other factors like driver size, design have great impact?
Or is there any tool or trick that can give AKG k371 a big soundstage and precise imaging while not sacrificing its frequency response too much?