Hey, everybody I havent posted in a long time, but I had this thought in mind.
I myself know that headphones arent always practical as I dont like wearing them for hours and being wrapped around a cord, even wireless ones can make people fell uncomfortable after a while
However, rather than spend $15,000 for a pair of speakers, shouldnt a $1,000 set of grado headphones be just as good.
http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/gs1000.htm
Note that headphones have shortcomings such as tricking your brain into thinking that sound is coming from the center as stereo recordings havent been designed for headphones.
However, besdies rooom acouastics, localizaion of sounds and factors in which sounds are dependent as to wheere you put the speakers and subwoofer.
Are headphones a bad idea, or even earphones.
Bass on headphones has gotten great over the years, you can even feel your ears shake on some of the high end headphones such as the sennheister hd 280- for $100 playing test tones, however the $1,000 grados may be much better.
Although audioholics has reviewed a few sets of headsets and headphones , I do not see any headphone reviews on the site- atleast the professional ones costing over $100 ie, the engineered ones used in studios rather than most bluetooth or cordless headphones. How about reviewing a $1,000 grado headphones.
From an audiophiles perspective, why are headphones a bad choice, atleast for stereo recordings.
Of course while watching movies I would rather not be wearing headphones and would prefer open space.
