

When poorer quality sound is heard then I realize it sounds poorer because the recording is poorer. The plot below thus sounds good to me with well made recordings. Therefore this is what I chase and hope to find.

At least for me this helps.įor me otherwise ‘ flat‘ (+ that small bass boost) sounds as perfect as can be expected with well made recordings and my personal taste in music. This ‘lack’ of sensory input can be more or less compensated by adding some extra bass.
PIONEER STEREO MASTER SLANTED SCALES SKIN
Believe it or not but low frequencies are also picked up by nerves in the skin which ADDS to the low frequencies we hear with the ears. That being said, my personal preference lies in ‘flat’ with a few dB (sub)bass boost to compensate for the lacking tactile ‘feeling’ of bass. What others might find ‘perfect’ may sound as an abomination to others/you. One should chase their OWN personal preferences/sound signature and not those of others. This thus is a very good reason to own 2 or more headphones with a different tonality so you can pick one based on your taste.Ī one headphone does all perfect solution does NOT exist unless all recordings were perfect and all tastes were the same. Headphones like that, however, may sound ‘exaggerated’ in certain aspects or ‘veiled’ with well made recordings though. Some poorer recordings may sound somewhat better on headphones with a specific coloration such as ones with elevated bass, ‘warmer’ or ‘colder’ sounding headphones or headphones with a dip between 1kHz and 5kHz (takes the ‘edge’ of recordings).
