Headphone random conversation

[anort3]

How the heck did you spot that???

Even if I did pay attention to this thread, I'd never remember a post from hundreds earlier.

Nuke launched

I was a mod on Tom's Hardware and Tom's Guide from 2013-2021 and a mod on What HiFi from 2020-2021. I killed a BUNCH of spammers over the years. lol

 

[Colif]

Unless it was a copy of your own post, i don't see how you spotted it. Its not the first time someone copied something to post it here...

 

[anort3]

It was a single post from a new user with a spammy username and it was completely out of context to the ongoing conversation. They're always copy/pastes and 99% of the time it's from page 1 of a thread. Seen it a thousand times.

90 out of 100 will be edited with a spam link or a spam link will be added to their sig. The other 10 are testing an IP range.

 

[Brian Boru]

@anort3 Excellent detection!

 

[ZedClampet]

I don't want to start a fight, but I was thinking about the charge that some reviewers only use the 80 to 100 part of their review scale, but that's okay if they are only reviewing quality headsets. A lot of people will pretend to disagree with this, but headphone driver tech has improved so much in the last 10 years that a $100 headset is nearly indistinguishable, sound-wise, from a much more expensive set. And by indistinguishable, I mean they should be scored in the same general ballpark. To be sure, in most cases a $1000 headset will get you a little better sound, but $100 headsets also have good sound so long as they aren't gaming headsets, which tend to struggle a little, but even those should probably be no less than an 80 on a 100 scale.

 

[anort3]

I don't want to start a fight, but I was thinking about the charge that some reviewers only use the 80 to 100 part of their review scale, but that's okay if they are only reviewing quality headsets. A lot of people will pretend to disagree with this, but headphone driver tech has improved so much in the last 10 years that a $100 headset is nearly indistinguishable, sound-wise, from a much more expensive set. And by indistinguishable, I mean they should be scored in the same general ballpark. To be sure, in most cases a $1000 headset will get you a little better sound, but $100 headsets also have good sound so long as they aren't gaming headsets, which tend to struggle a little, but even those should probably be no less than an 80 on a 100 scale.

I disagree. I've owned the meat of what's considered 'audiophile' headphones in the $150-$1500 range. There's a HUGE difference. Has the low end improved over the years? Absolutely. The Sennheiser 560S is as low as $120ish on sale and it's absolutely entry level audiophile. But it's not as good as the $300 HiFiMan Sundara. Which isn't as good as XXX.....ect. There are distinct price range steps. Resolution, dynamics, soundstage, bass and treble extension, comfort, build quality......all get 'better' as the price goes up. Not in every case of course. There is certainly some overpriced stuff on the market that's beaten by much cheaper stuff.