Headphone Heights

Plenty of people have been disappointed ...

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In Reply to: RE: Has anyone here been disappointed by "flagship" headphones? posted by Frihed89 on February 25, 2014 at 22:33:04

... chasing those last few percentage points of extra resolution. Many listeners have decided that some of these so-called "Flagships" are simply not worth the extra money.
Surprise, surprise!
Most "flagship" headphones have significant - and sometimes unforgivable - flaws. Even when a pair of Flagship headphones performs superbly on the test bench, there is no guarantee that they are going to pass our own subjective listening tests. Flat frequency response and/or vanishingly low distortion figures cannot mask the types of flaws that only show up after long-term, "real-world" listening tests have had a chance to leave their indelible marks upon our brains.
In the headphone world, price-to-performance ratio often starts decreasing gradually after the $600 mark. "Value" status in headphones often begins dropping precipitously at or around the $1000 mark. Sometimes, all you'll getting for your extra money will be more exotic materials and/or better fit n' finish.
Read all about it in this review (at least read the first few paragraphs of it), via the link provided below...
Are they worth it ? (Open in New Window)

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