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I want to begin at Endgame.. (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by MindCavity420@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I'm sure this topic could potentially be offensive to true audiophiles, but as the headline states... I want my first pair of headphones to be all I need. For month's now I've become obsessed with closely following this community, and have spent dozens of hours watching every review possible of all the high-end headphones favored by this Sub.. What I have narrowed it down to, essentially, is the HE1000SE, Focal Clear MG, Arya Stealth Magnet.. If I purchase one of these, will I ever be truly satisfied with just the one pair? Or will I long for an experience that other pair's of headphones have to offer?

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[–] j0303030@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Personally I think most people are better off with two mid range headphones that excell in different areas rather then buying one totl headphone. It's much easier to appreciate a headphone when you have a consistent frame of reference, it stops it's intricacies from just becoming the norm. Personally my end game is the hd650 + sjy starry night v2, the hd650 for worse mixed tracks and the starry night v2 for better mixed tracks. It's allowed neither headphone to become boring to me and I've kept them for much longer then any totl headphone I've owned (zmf eikon, hd800s and hifiman arya v1). The temptation to get a third headphone is always there, but never to completely replace either the starry night or hd650.