I disagree, it’s a stupid quip that people use to justify the point at which they bow out of the hobby. Financial constraints are typically the driving factor here, let’s not sugarcoat it. You could take away my nice gear and leave me with a pair of HE400i’s and Truthear Zero’s and I’d still love listening to music just the same. The difference between music and no music is too large to try and use a metric like this.
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It is foolish, you should just use your nice things. Sudden movements aren’t going to damage your gear unless you yank them cable or have them fall off. Your Sundara were already on their way out if they died from “the slightest tug in the cable” and it was likely an easy fix with some soldering skills - not that it should be required to fix gear at this price range.
Non Americans be so confused right now
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One would naturally assume that the 800s is a refinement of the sound of the 6X0 models but they have almost nothing in common. If you prefer the sound of your 660s you prefer the sound of your 660s and there’s nothing wrong with that. You certainly aren’t the first person to not be thrilled with the 800s.
It’s hard to sort through all the hyperbole in this hobby, especially regarding things like soundstage. I just try to find sound signatures that personally excite me and ignore the voices that wax poetic about aspects of a piece of gear.
If you don’t enjoy music on lesser gear then I feel sorry for you. The person that can’t afford more than a pair of Truthear Zero’s isn’t enjoying their music any less than we are with a piece of high end kit.
This metric is meaningless and all purchase justification. You can afford high end gear so your calculus is completely different than say the person that isn’t able to afford more than a pair of Hexas. You’re here justifying your expensive gear with your concept of diminishing returns saying that you couldn’t enjoy music with lesser gear and the person that stops at the blessing 3 will do exactly the same and say that anything more is a waste of money. People do this all the time on r/headphones.
I say this as a person that will always have at least a pair each of high end headphones and IEM’s on hand.