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onee_an OP t1_iwcicjo wrote

Like many remind us, we often forget about the music we listen to when we get obsessed with our headphones. And it seems like many of us have specialist headphones that we love for some genres more than others. So I'm curious: what headphones do you guys own and what's your favorite album? If you own headphone that I own and love a specific album, hit me up with some recommendations too!

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Jackstraw335 t1_iwcjb20 wrote

My favorite album with anything is Fear Inoculum by TOOL. The thing is MASSIVE it terms of, well, everything. It's truly a masterpiece.

As far as headphones, I'm moderate. I rock the Hifiman Edition XS at my desk, driven by an ifi Zen CAN with a BTR5 that I use as a USB DAC. On the go, I rock the Etymōtic ER2XR and my BTR5 or just my Galaxy Buds Pro 2.

Edit: I hope one day I get experience Fear Inoculum in its entirety on a hi-fi sound system, in someone's listening room that costs almost as much as my house.

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onee_an OP t1_iwcjv4r wrote

Wow, you're absolutely right. I'm currently listening to it, and the percussions are already one of the furthest sounding I've heard on a nonclassical album. Love it!

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Jackstraw335 t1_iwckedc wrote

Fantastic. Enjoy, it only gets better! A few highlights that are some of my favorite moments on the album:

- The breakdowns in Pneuma, as well as the instrumental jam later in the song

- A heavy groove at 9:35 in Invincible

- Every aspect of Descending. It's my favorite song of all time, and a composition of epic proportions

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LucasRunner t1_iwck6wy wrote

Same here. Currently on very entry level stuff but I can't wait to put my hands on something higher end to listen to tool. The drumming is addictive.

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Jackstraw335 t1_iwckoxc wrote

Their sound is so massive. I've seen them live 4 times, 2 of which were on their most recent tour, and I would love an opportunity to hear something even remotely close to the power of their live shows.

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LucasRunner t1_iwclczo wrote

Well, I've never seen them. Discovered them quite recently to be honest.

But yeah... I get the idea.

From their songs they seem to be quite interested in recording quality, the way their songs are mixed makes the drums feel so holographic, crisp... there's an excellent sense of imaging in their stuff.

And yeah, a pair of high end speakers might do the trick

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MRRaptor71 t1_iwe7a36 wrote

Currently I've got the DT1990s which I mainly use at the desk, the LCD-R and Verite Closed as dedicated music open and closed backs respectively and the focal Bathys for out and about.

DT1990: Brightside - The Luminiers This is one of those Albums where the slightly bright beyer tuning just absolutely shines. The way the 1990s present vocals also works so well on this album, it honestly seems more natural here than the presentation on the Verite or LCD.

Verite Closed: [Self Titled] - Sir Woman The album is generally well mixed, but the Verite manage to strike such a wonderful balance between punchy powerful percussion and intimate soft vocals that I've not really heard on any other headphone.

LCD-R: Dance Fever - Florence+The Machine Whenever I listen to this album on these Headphones, I'm just blown away at how huge this very "pop-y" album can sound. Everything is also sooo well seperated, the bass is insanely tight and the speed and beauty of the LCD-Rs treble is really highlighted perfectly.

Room for sqares - John Mayer I could not choose just one album for the LCD-R so I'll just mention this one aswell. This can only be described as a detail fiesta. There is so much information here that the LCD-R just present to you with such clarity it is genuinely astonishing. John Mayers earlier songwriting is also quite nice.

Bathys: 30 - Adele Once I eqd out the awful dip at 1k and the overbearing bass, these turned into what I can best describe as a baby Clear. So naturally I absolutely adore female vocals on this headphone. So much detail and emotion comes through, I almost forgtet im using Bluetooth!

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