Comma20

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If you had to break it down by percentage, how important would you rate source, dac, amp, and headphones/IEMs, in creating the best sound possible? in c/headphones@hi-fi.community
[โ€“] Comma20@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Spotify VBR => Corda Stack => HD800.

I can only tell the difference on songs that I've extremely familiar with and am specifically looking for rather than general listening. So I don't think it matters in a meaningful way once you hit a well encoded VBR. The specific characteristics are probably more exacerbated at 192kbit (and 128kbit), but I don't I would be able to do it in a statistically significant way on unknown tracks for 192kbit either.

Maybe I stand a chance at 128kbit.

How much all of you spended on headphones throughout your entire lifetime of existence? in c/headphones@hi-fi.community
[โ€“] Comma20@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

HD800, Corda Stack comes in at 3100 AUD retail. So probably a bit more on top of that, given entry level, in ears, gaming headphones, whatever.