Whenever I've bought new headphones, even lower-quality ones, I've discovered new things in songs that I had never consciously noticed before. I'm pretty sure it's because I listen more intently for a while after getting new cans. As you've discovered, all those details are audible on any decent pair of headphones. You don't need to spend $1,000 to hear them.
There's a lot of utter nonsense that gets passed around as conventional wisdom in the audiophile world.
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Reply to How do I listen for "detail" in music? by West-Cheek-156
Whenever I've bought new headphones, even lower-quality ones, I've discovered new things in songs that I had never consciously noticed before. I'm pretty sure it's because I listen more intently for a while after getting new cans. As you've discovered, all those details are audible on any decent pair of headphones. You don't need to spend $1,000 to hear them.
There's a lot of utter nonsense that gets passed around as conventional wisdom in the audiophile world.