What headphones come close? (BD-Design)
It may sound like a silly question at first. I keep rearranging my room, I
keep trying different amplifiers. Nothing stays the same I change so many
things I'm not making any progress.
This will never be different as the room and the placement of the system and connected equipment and cable will always have their major influence...
I wish to split my problem in half, then solve the first half with my
limited funds to build a good foundation for the second half.
This will be more like splitting it in 25%, the only thing you can determine with the headphone is how the source is doing. Connecting a headphone or a speaker to an amp will already result in something different as a headphone is easy to "drive" (hardly current, power and feedback).
If I have some reasonable headphones I can work on my DAC and preamp to
maximise detail and "flavour" (I can't think of a better word). When I'm
happy with the front end I can then work on the second half of the system
to match.
Get a ESL headphone or one with a ribbon (Alexander from RAAL has one made using his own ribbons and that sounded real nice!). It does not represent the reality when using speakers though...much more power is needed and problems to be solved to get that working the same (if possible).
So what headphones come close to the resolution of your BD horn systems
and high end amplifiers and sources? (I think I may be asking you to
compare an apple with a peanut).
Basically any high quality and neutral sounding headphone can be used to check the source and even the amps to a certain point but do not expect to get the same with speakers placed in a room, that is a completely different world...
Bert
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Complete thread:
- What headphones come close? - MikeH, 2008-01-24, 12:40
- What headphones come close? - Bert, 2008-01-24, 13:32
- What headphones come close? - MikeH, 2008-01-24, 22:33
- What headphones come close? - PeterSt., 2008-01-25, 10:53
- None come close. - MikeH, 2008-01-25, 11:54
- None come close. - PeterSt., 2008-01-25, 15:38
- None come close. - MikeH, 2008-01-28, 11:28
- None come close. - PeterSt., 2008-01-25, 15:38
- None come close. - MikeH, 2008-01-25, 11:54
- What headphones come close? - PeterSt., 2008-01-25, 10:53
- What headphones come close? - MikeH, 2008-01-24, 22:33
- What headphones come close? - Bert, 2008-01-24, 13:32