I get that different headphones are geared toward different types of music or tastes. But I don’t understand why there isn’t a generic set of headphones with “normal” everything that is just all around realistic, has enough base, has sound stage. I feel every headphone I read about is good but has significant drawbacks that you have to look past? Like why can’t the HD 800s have a version that isn’t cripplingly low on bass? That’s just one example but it seems every time I get excited about a pair of headphones there is some massive red flag whether it’s wierd trebel, bass, tone, being unrealistic, etc.
Because those “drawbacks” are not drawbacks but rather differences: not only we hear things differently (for example 10 db of bass can be loud for you but quiet for me) but we also like different things (you might like loud bass, I might like quiet bass). The way these elements are described can make them sound like they are drawbacks, but that’s just the reviewer’s opinion.