In a recent video I watched featuring DMS, he said (to simplify) that there are to types of experiences that people go after when choosing headphones. One of them being Maximum accuracy and the other a more lively and fun presentation. I don’t think that these are exact solar opposites.
But I do get what he’s trying to say, the problem I’m having is that a good big chunk of headphones tend to go the maximum accuracy route.
Am I wrong? For most headphones that I listened to my music (metal, hip hop, electronic) didn’t really stood out as much and sounds in a way lifeless. The only headphones that could actually bring some the excitement were the focal clear.
And for this reason I have kind of started to go towards speakers, but still speakers lack intimacy that headphones could bring. Is there a way to achieve an compromise here?
I have found the majority of hip hop to unfortunately be poorly recorded or just has the bare minimum effort, with the notable exceptions being Kanye and Travis Scott etc.
I bring this up to say high end headphones, even ones that aren’t exactly known to be the best at detail retrieval can make just ok music sound bad.
I tend to go for a focal clear or lower flagship headphone for this type of music.
That said I love my highly accurate phones too, unfortunately only the cream of the crop recording can really bring the enjoyment out of them through those means.