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Many expensive headphones are overpriced, but there is a very obvious difference in sound quality between very cheap headphones and medium priced ones. Either t
by rb808 9y ago
Many expensive headphones are overpriced, but there is a very obvious difference in sound quality between very cheap headphones and medium priced ones. Either they're measuring the wrong thing or their headphone sample isn't what I'd expect.
- 09bjb 9y agoYeah I'm not losing any sleep over the obvious subjective difference between crap headphones and medium- to high-end ones. If the metric du jour isn't picking up any difference then, sorry brother, probably not a good metric. "New study shows no difference in speed of blue vs. red light!" We always ascribe waaay to much importance to what we can measure easily.
- GuB-42 9y agoThey still say that : "However, the variance in low-frequency response seems to decrease with increasing price, indicating an improved bass response measurement consistency across headphones in the higher price range."
- crispyambulance 9y agoFWIW, it looks like half of the prices were within $10 to $100 USD, the bulk of the rest were >100 and <1000. About 1 was <10 and a few were >1000. I don't think they're measuring the wrong thing, although a human might be interested in more things than frequency response. Just goes to show that perhaps the most important thing in selecting headphones is comfort and the context in which they will be used. For "audiophile listening experiences" an equalizer and CA-style cans might be a good idea and give a lot more bang for the buck than shelling out several hundred just for the cans.