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Discussion on: How much does audio quality matter to you with your headphone music?

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Tomek Buszewski

Hey,

At the office, I use Sony XM3, they are okay, but nothing really fancy. Just – fine headphones for a decent price. I use Spotify or Qobuz as a source.

At home, there's a different talk. I listen to high quality sources (think 24bit music) and spent couple of months trying different pairs of headphones. So I got Focal Elegia, a DAC and a preamp for them. And I have to admit – there is a huge difference. I even have these stupid situations when I listen to something at home and loving it, and then listening to the same thing with a different hardware and it's all like "why is this so boring?" :D

BUT

It's all subjective. When buying headphones at a certain range, there is no "better" or "worse" models, there are just the ones that suits you.