On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:42:39 +0000, Audio Empire wrote:
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:23:43 -0700, RichD wrote (in article
):
http://tinyurl.com/wsj-headphones
Seems pricey to me.
Is it necessary to spend this much, for good headphones?
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Rich
Good headphones, like good speakers, are fairly expensive. OK headphones
can be had for a lot less but don't expect them to perform like the
expensive ones, some of which sound spectacularly real (Stax, HiFiMan,
AKG, Sennheiser, etc.)
I find it remarkable that even the most expensive ones have rather poor
specs. The frequency response it not flat, they have a lot of overshoot
and frequency response above 20 kHz is mostly not shown, strange!
Any suggestion for searching and finding for the best headphone?
I am not looking for the most expensive but the best sounding AND the
best specs.
I heard a 1000 Euro senheiser with disappointing specs, but it sounds really
really good.
Edmund