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Why can’t companies make headphones without significant drawbacks? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by PetrichorAndNapalm@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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I get that different headphones are geared toward different types of music or tastes. But I don’t understand why there isn’t a generic set of headphones with “normal” everything that is just all around realistic, has enough base, has sound stage. I feel every headphone I read about is good but has significant drawbacks that you have to look past? Like why can’t the HD 800s have a version that isn’t cripplingly low on bass? That’s just one example but it seems every time I get excited about a pair of headphones there is some massive red flag whether it’s wierd trebel, bass, tone, being unrealistic, etc.

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

They can come up with a headphone that most people would consider perfect, say great extension on both ends, good slam/dynamics, wide soundstage with precise imaging and instrument separation, and someone, somewhere, will still complain that it doesn't sound intimate and that they'd rather listen to the HD600.