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Good headphones are essential. I've had a number of tracks/albums where I've listened to them on my computer with nice headphones, then gone to the gym with my
by thebigspacefuck 10y ago
Good headphones are essential. I've had a number of tracks/albums where I've listened to them on my computer with nice headphones, then gone to the gym with my portable headphones or driven home listening over the speakers and the songs sound terrible.
I've often wondered if the rise of some genres has been due to shitty mp3 quality and even shittier earbuds.
- rudolf0 10y agoVery true. I've also had the opposite experience. Bad speakers/headphones can hide flaws. On good headphones, sibilant frequencies, compression artifacts, and muddy bass can all become really apparent and annoying.