what is the *deal* with Headphonesty?

[krabapple]

Please use a Seinfeld voice when reading the subject

The internet machine keeps pointing me at this effing site, with its buzzfeedish clickbaity article titles and questionable claims mixed with good audio science. For example, they recently claimed quite correctly that you can already hit transparency in a DAC at the $100 price point. But the same article describes headphones with audiophile subjectivist bargle like this: "micro-detail, imaging coherence, and transient speed continue to improve through roughly $300."

WTF is the deal with that joint? Where did it come from? I don't recall it existing even a year or two ago, but maybe it just ran under my radar.

(Looking at its 'About' page (and from its name) it looks like it began as a headphones site? In 2016? Run by a bunch of 20-30 year olds from Williamsburg circa 2005 (judging by their whimsical cartoon avatars)?

 

[Robin L]

It's clickbait all the way down.

 

[Somafunk]

Been done, it’s a.i. content that been scraped/collated from numerous sites.

The equivalent of a.i. generated music on Spotify

 

[voodooless]

Been done, it’s a.i. content that been scraped/collated from numerous sites.

The equivalent of a.i. generated music on Spotify

Don’t forget a sprinkle of pseudoscience from Goldensound.

 

[krabapple]

Been done, it’s a.i. content that been scraped/collated from numerous sites.

The equivalent of a.i. generated music on Spotify

So these 14 'team members' aren't real, or don't have real jobs there?

https://www.****************/meet-the-team/

I notice that their main office is in Singapore.

 

[Keith_W]

Not to mention, they misrepresent people for their clickbaity articles: exhibit 1.

 

[izeek]

came across this article while doomscrolling reddit this afternoon.
makes sense to me, but iont no jack, so.
if nothing else, it makes it easier no worrying about fomo.

https://www.****************/2025/11/tests-measurements-reveal-price-range-diminishing-returns/

 

[krabapple]

That's the article I was referring to in the first post.

 

[xray]

It started showing up in my google news feed a couple of months ago. It didn't take very long before I used the "Don't show content from ****************" option. What a bunch of noodle heads.