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juejueliu t1_jdjt156 wrote

I am not an expert but I always found that it cost much more money to get speakers to sound as good especially in clarity as comparatively cheaper ear or head phones.

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ultra_prescriptivist t1_jdk4cqd wrote

You have to mess around with room treatment and stuff as well.

Besides being cheaper, headphones are a lot less hassle when it comes to achieving optimal sound.

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fuzeebear t1_jdk8cg4 wrote

In my home office my Koss KSC75 sound almost identical to my Pioneer SP-FS52 speakers. I have corner bass traps to the ceiling in front, bass traps on the back wall, and broadband panels on the sides

Take from this what you will LOL

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VisceralVoyage420 t1_jdlhvk6 wrote

That's crazy, my KSC75x sounds like something that came with a tape player in the 80's. They can't hold a candle to my Elac Debut Reference speakers and I have terrible acoustics and zero room treatment. Very rarely even bother listening to the speakers because they sound bad.

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Tiedyeinstein t1_jdkdudo wrote

The problem is you don't get any cross feed with headphones, that's why music mixed on headphones can often end up very muddy on a system. The most reliable and translatable sound will come from near-field or mid-field monitors set up properly in a good room.

It's not even monitors that are that much more expensive than good cans, it literally the cost of setting up a proper space to optimize them.

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VisceralVoyage420 t1_jdlhyo1 wrote

Then just.. add crossfeed? I use the meier crossfeed on Foobar2000.

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Tiedyeinstein t1_jdnbz2m wrote

That essentially just distorts the signal out of each driver to achieve artificial cross feed.

good in, good out. I've honestly never heard of anyone putting fx on their master signal until joining this group. if the track is mixed and mastered properly and your gear works as it should, it shouldn't need bandaged.

This is also why all of the best music is at least mastered on monitors. Headphones are great, but you will always get better sound from monitors.

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wankthisway t1_jdkalt3 wrote

You also have to have a home that's suitable for speakers too. It's a whole nother level of luxury IMO

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ugury3806 t1_jdkowae wrote

Good speakers are really expensive. But at the same time there are bad speakers too at the same price and even higher.

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QueasyFailure t1_jdkrdul wrote

Not only that but how would he feel if he went to his buddies house and they had a great set of headphones but no other audio reproduction? They just going to sit there with headphones ignoring each other? Don't get me wrong, Bose systems are fatiguing as hell. But I'd rather share that with a friend than critically listen to music on a wonderful headset.

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