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Looking for headphones that sound similar to a pair of low-volume speakers around my ears (alien.top)

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

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I've noticed that for some reason, if I put regular stereo speakers next to both of my ears and play music at low volume, it sounds better ("more 3D") than regular stereo headphones (probably because the brain interprets the sound in a "real-world way", using the shape of the ear etc). This is particularly apparent when you listen to stuff light Nightwish but the effect really varies from song to song. So I'm trying to find headphones that would have a similar effect.

I've looked at the different standards for spatial audio (dolby atmos, etc) and I know some headphones have this weird physical geometry where they go around your head and have 5.1 channel input but I don't know which ones I should look at for my specific need.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

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[–] shadowpapi9890@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Closest I’ve heard are grados and nighthawk carbon

[–] GamePro201X@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

No headphone will sound like speakers

Closest I’ve heard is the Warwick Acoustics Aperio, but that’s $36k lmao

Otherwise, some “cheaper” headphones that have that sort of speaker feel include the Raal Requisite SR-1a, the HEDDphone ONE, and many STAX headphones (STAX even calls their headphones “ear speakers”)

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

Air conduction earphones, neck speakers. Look into these. I know what you're talking about