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....to a reasonable degree, at least.

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[-] ___@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

Headphones. Once you get to the $300 range, the more expensive ones sound different, not necessarily better. I have some electrostatics that have great extension, but the “real” sound is so harsh after a few hours.

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not sure you should "cheap out" on headphones per se. The really cheap ones are usually horrible, both in terms of sound quality, usability and comfort (well, except for wired Apple ones, allegedly, though they never fit me right). It's just that it makes no sense to go for really expensive ones, unless you're really into audio and love hearing the tiny sound reproduction differences between them, or enjoying the different tech etc. The middle ground of $50-$100 for in-ears and $100-300 for over-ears will often offer you good/great/excellent sound quality and the same usability&comfort as more expensive ones.

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, I've noticed this too. I'm not an audiophile, but I do enjoy quality audio. Everything seems to plateu around the 300$ price point. At that level, the sound is reproduced with as much accuracy as reasonably possible, and the build quality is pretty good. Anything beyond that point is basically added "features" and does not reflect improvement in sound reproduction.

I don't want "Tripple bass rumbler", or "Crisp treble supercharger". I want my headset to reproduce the audio as perfectly as possible, without altering it.

Come to think of it, adjusted for inflation, the Roland headsets I've had for the past 20 years have all been around 300$

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

How can you reasonably enjoy Subwoofer: The Movie without the $1600 triple bass rumbler?!

[-] sntx@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mostly agree with that, I would even go as far as saying that the reproduction quality starts to plateu with good $100 devices. A vast majority of the audio recordings isn't just good enough in quality for a good headset too make much of a difference. All of the music if you're using spotify xD.

That said, I don't have a lot of things, but I consider the outrageusly expensive Sennheise IE 600, I typically wear 10h+ daily, worth it.

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I'm in pretty much the same agreement. As long as it's tuned well, comfort takes top priority for me. Sometimes though, the right combination of things can cost a bit more.

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I can't say I necessarily agree on this one as I really enjoy my nicer headphones, but $300 is probably the price where you hit some serious diminishing returns. It could also be argued that many (most?) of the more expensive headphones have no business being priced like they are.

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