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Nobody is saying headphones can’t deliver a good experience, but you can’t cheat physics when going below a couple hundred hertz.
by baq 1y ago
Nobody is saying headphones can’t deliver a good experience, but you can’t cheat physics when going below a couple hundred hertz.
- crazygringo 1y agoNot sure what you're saying -- you know that in-ear sealed headphones (like AirPods Pro) have phenomenal bass? There's no leakage path, and no destructive interference issues. All the issues with driving bass in speakers just... don't apply with sealed headphones. It's basically perfect bass. The only thing you don't get is the full-body shaking sensation that massive speaker bass provides. But that's not even audio. That's more like amusement-park ride stuff. (Not to say it isn't great too.) I mean, tell me what you think of the frequency response below 200 Hz here: https://storage.googleapis.com/headphones_com_blog_files/app2ndgen8.png https://storage.googleapis.com/headphones_com_blog_files/app... (from https://headphones.com/blogs/reviews/apple-airpods-pro-2nd-gen-impressions https://headphones.com/blogs/reviews/apple-airpods-pro-2nd-g...)
- majormajor 1y agoI have AirPods Pro (and like the B&O EX much better, personally), but I wouldn't use them for bass-heavy stuff even compared to over-the-ear ones, let alone a system with big woofers. It's just not the same as filling a room, and not just in an "amusement-park" way.
- crazygringo 1y ago> but I wouldn't use them for bass-heavy stuff I mean, it's whatever you enjoy, but it's definitely got nothing to do with the frequency response or clarity. If you want to "fill the room" for bass-heavy stuff that's more of a psychological thing. I personally like the bass-heavy stuff way more on the AirPods Pro precisely because it's so much clearer, without the muddiness. Because there's nowhere near the level or distortion, reflection, etc. you get with room speakers.