Pretty much any headphones are capable of revealing more about a recording than speakers can. You can hear things on phones that simply are not apparent otherwise, which is why they are an invaluable recording/mastering tool. As far as the limitations of the Stax set that I own...you might accuse them of being a bit light in the bass.
With regards to "soundstaging"...aside from a few well defined circumstances (dummy head etc) "soundstaging" is in the mind of the listener. It can be influenced by the mic techniques used (assuming that we are not talking about multitrack stuff, in which case it is completely artificial) and the ability of the replay chain to accurately recreate what was recorded in terms of ambience, levels etc. Remember that the ONLY tool one has to alter soundstaging is level. You can make a signal louder or quieter on the right channel compared to the same signal in the left. I'll ignore phase manipulation and EQ because those are "effects". -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38258 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
