{"id":1185,"date":"2013-11-05T09:42:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T07:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2013-11-07T21:32:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T19:32:35","slug":"some-interesting-reading-about-headphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/05\/some-interesting-reading-about-headphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Some interesting reading about headphones…"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is something interesting going on in the world of headphones. There are more and more expensive headphones being sold (and, as a result, people appear to be spending more on things like headphone amplifiers and high-resolution recordings…) However, there is some debate (as there has always been since the dawn of the “audio industry” – whatever that is…) whether “expensive” (or “popular”) means “good”. \u00a0(Actually if you ask \u00a0professionals<\/em> in the audio industry, I don’t think that\u00a0they’ll have much of a debate – “expensive” certainly doesn’t mean “good”.)<\/p>\n

“Quality, or Something Like It<\/a>” by Stephen Mejias in Stereophile Magazine, May 2013<\/p>\n

“How do you like your headphone sound: Accurate or bassy?<\/a>” by Steve Guttenberg on CNET.com<\/p>\n

“Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story of How Monster Lost the World<\/a>” by Sam Biddle on\u00a0gizmodo.com<\/p>\n

Once you’ve read those, you might be interested in some preference work that’s happening at Harman which shows that Bassy is certainly not the preferred choice.<\/p>\n

“The Relationship between Perception and Measurement of Headphone Sound Quality<\/a>” by Sean Olive at\u00a0seanolive.blogspot.com<\/p>\n

Makes me wonder how “Bassy” captured 64% of the >100$ headphone market. Must be because\u00a0conformity<\/a>\u00a0is more important than quality\u2026<\/p>\n

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