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• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hot take: They’re IEMs, so they’re garbage nonetheless. For a proper soundstage, over ear open- or semi-open-backs are the only way to go.

  That said, I understand the need for a smaller headphone if you just need something playing in your ears during exercise or at work, which is perfectly fine so long as you’re not making them your primary pair of headphones.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Primary pair of headphones? I think we live in different worlds…

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  • KingOfSuede@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Headphones do not provide soundstage.

    headphones.com/…/soundstage-is-much-more-complica…

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t toss your articles at me; I may not have phrased my comment the way you wanted me to (due to ADHD), but I know what I’m about, son.

      If your pinna is being bypassed, you can’t get proper 3D audio without faking it in software. Plain and simple. That’s the point I’m making. Nothing more.

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      • KingOfSuede@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Doesn’t matter if the pinna is bypassed or not. 3d audio (soundstage) requires both ears to receive signal from the same point source. The time delay between the two ears receiving the signal is the crux of the entire premise. Headphones inherently defeat that entirely by having the entire ear subjected to one side of the audio.

        Ergo, headphones do not provide any 3d audio or soundstage.

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      • flubba86@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I know what I’m about, son.

        Lol. Okay Ron Swanson.

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