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For you what’s the best headphone/IEM and what genre you listen with them? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by DinhoSauro_@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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Going through this journey I got a lot of recommendations claiming those things are THE HEADPHONES and nothing can beat it and... And sometimes I get a little disappointed for spending loads of bucks at a “meh” headphone. But I can’t blame them, I know that one thing that is good for one may not be for the other.

I see people asking this question about the “best”, but audio and music are very subjective. That’s why we get many different answers and there is no “better headphones”. So for YOU, what’s the best audio device and you love to listen in them?

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[–] leftlanespawncamper@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In a word? Comfortable.

They're easily the most physically comfortable-to-wear headphones I have first-hand experience with. I can have these on all day without thinking about it.

The sound signature is warm, think basshead easy listening. They're not the most analytical/detailed headphone, but not in any sort of distracting way, it's just the corners are a bit rounded off. To get super subjective, it's like after you have that first hit and the world keeps it's saturation, but the edges calm down a bit.

I HATE how they sound with the Oratory EQ settings. Just ruins their sound (in contrast, using the Oratory EQ settings on Sundaras make them easily 10% better across the board). I don't know if it's a case of the Blues not taking well to EQ in general, or just those settings not working with the driver/enclosure/resonance/snakeoil/etc/etc.

I think they'd be a potential upgrade for someone who likes the sound of Portapros with Yaxi pads.

[–] ALucaRd_hellsing_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks.

[–] ALucaRd_hellsing_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you tell me how's the imaging and staging on blues.

[–] leftlanespawncamper@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

They're my neutral for those things, so I can't really give you much of a description. The Sundaras are perceptibly more open and more pinpoint when compared in a back-to-back listen, but I don't notice the Blues being narrow or vague.

At the end of the day, they're just a better looking T50 that comes with Dekoni pads.