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Improvement rate on headphones over the years? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by TRAXXAS58@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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Do you guys think a headphone that cost £200+ over 10 years ago is still better than a cheap headphone brand new today?

I feel like the rate of quality increase isn't anywhere near as fast as something like smartphones & the old headphones would still be better? Anyone have any input on this?

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[–] Arnval0@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean planars are not new either, yamaha started making them in the the 70s and many others like fostex have been making them for quite some time. They just fell out of fashion for a bit.

[–] Flamebomb790@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I wish e stats were more common since the only ones I can think of are STAX, Koss, and He-1 lol . I know they are annoying since they require an electrolizer and have a bag on something like it around them to keep off the dust

[–] aceCrasher@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Audeze, Warwick Acoustics and DCA make estats too.

[–] gregtofu@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

And boi would I love to get my hands on a Bravura someday. Never has the opportunity to try out estats, and I really wanna.

[–] AdeptFelix@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I knew the tech was around for a long while, it was just so uncommon until recently. I guess that's an even bigger indication of how little tech advancements there have really been in headphones.