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

I don't think this is a good option imo. If I were just getting into this and wanted to know what I liked I'd buy a modest DAC/amp, a pair of 6xx and a pair of iems that are completely different to the 6xx. You could opt to not do either the 6xx or the iems but not both.

For me I came into headphones the opposite way most ppl on this sub did it seems, I am a 2 channel person first and foremost and didn't pay too much attention to headphones. Well I was gifted a pair of Denon D2000 as a graduating gift from high school. Me being the picky person I am, I asked to go into the store with my mom to listen to the other options. I narrowed it down to the Denon and the Sennheiser hd599 (was comparable in price), and walked away with the Denon's. I used those cans for nearly a decade and didn't think of another pair until I dropped the headphone jack on them and bent it so I was without until I repaired them.

After reading/watching numerous reviews they all said essentially the same thing. Everyone should try a pair of 6xx (or similar Sennheisers) to get a feeling for what they liked. Even though at this point I had experimented with 2 channel setups fairly extensively (for a broke student putting too much into audio) I still thought I needed another reference point within headphones before I ventured into the deep end. The Denon's and Sennheisers are vastly different headphones in most ways.

Since moving and having no option to demo things anymore It was through this journey that I found that ZMF headphones were likely my endgame.

One last thing, unless you just have money to burn and this is a really minor purchase for you, than without being able to KNOW (not just regurgitate) what soundstage, width, sub bass vs mid bass, sibilance, warm vs dark vs bright, etc is I think you're setting yourself up for failure. I guess anyone is different but I personally find it enjoyable to be on a journey and I'll get there when I get there.