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Gah_Duma t1_j1uln2t wrote

Yeah, because most people use headphones for portability, where audio quality is not a priority. Why use headphones at home? They'll never sound as good as a hi-fi speaker system. I've tried.

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chrews t1_j1uo9t9 wrote

It’s the other way around for me. I want the music directly between my ears, also there’s the convenience of seamlessly going from listening to music to talking with friends without switching the audio device.

I’ve tried fancy studio monitors but returned them again because I just didn’t use them very often. Maybe I need to try again some time.

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Gah_Duma t1_j1us0qp wrote

> there’s the convenience of seamlessly going from listening to music to talking with friends without switching the audio device.

So you have headphones on when talking to friends? In this situation wouldn't speakers be better so everyone can hear the music?

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Cannonaire t1_j1usx76 wrote

No one wants to hear music blasted through someone's microphone in mono over Discord or Zoom or whatever voice app you use.

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Gah_Duma t1_j1v0b5u wrote

Oh he meant talking with friends over the internet, not in person.

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chrews t1_j1usrav wrote

I mean discord and stuff, sorry should have worded that better

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TheFrator t1_j1uqhbt wrote

> Why use headphones at home? They'll never sound as good as a hi-fi speaker system. I've tried.

Disagree with your subjective impression but in no way is it "wrong" nor do I mean to imply it is. Just speaking from my own preferences.

Obviously, headphones won't deliver the chest feel of a stereo system nor will they deliver a soundstage on the level of stereo. But on pure sound quality, my headphones eek out my 2.1 system. Both cost roughly the same (LCD-5 vs. Philharmonic BMR towers) and both employ DSP (convolution to measure "flat").

There's something to the immediacy of music notes when you have a planar driver 3" from your ear drum that the stereo lacks. And that in turn changes the perception of sound.

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c0ng0pr0 t1_j1uq5jg wrote

Oddly most TWS users I know are actually using them to block out the daily sounds of city living or their job site’s noise.

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olqerergorp_etereum OP t1_j1upllr wrote

it's a matter of preference, I also have an studio/monitor pair of headphones and don't use them too much nowadays, I mostly use them when I watch movies/play games, or when I'm so high that I actually want to listen and enjoy to my music with my whole attention. everything else, I go with wireless...

I argue the other way around, I think hifi speaker systems are good and all that, but i still prefer headphones because I feel as I can listen to way more detail and isolate myself from outside noises. also you need to invest big bucks in hifi speakers if you want to match the detail of headphones 🤷

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