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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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[–] PutPineappleOnPizza@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only drawback is that they're much more expensive it you live in Europe :(

Customs fees, man. These import laws are nothing more than theft.

Might get a ZMF pair once I'm done with uni.

[–] BashCarveSlide@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got hit pretty hard in Canada as well.

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

Rip.. I will get a pair as soon as I'm done with university.. Maybe even while still at it, I don't know. Pretty rough to save up for something that costs as much as a pretty good vacation trip.

The Auteur classic costs about 1700-1800€ here and the Atrium goes for 2500€ minimum. ZMF November is probably always the best option, but eh, my gf would probably kill me if I'd blow my tax return from when I was still working full-time on a pair of high end headphones lol.