There are several issues with headphone design - they have to be lightweight, they have a tiny area to fill with sound, so those long wavelengths have trouble developing in that tiny space, and most buyers choose headphones based on cost. In addition, close back headphones can be more fatiguing than open air but open air headphones have even greater problems developing deep bass. So, in a very general sense, you do get something for your money when buying a more expensive pair of headphones.
I have an old pair of Stax electrostatics headphones with the Stax amplifier to drive them. They do sound spectacularly clean with awesome definition, but deep, subwoofer style bass is not their strong point. One engineer I know used to use high quality headphones and left only the subwoofers powered on in his system. It worked for him, just no one else!
I have an old pair of Stax electrostatics headphones with the Stax amplifier to drive them. They do sound spectacularly clean with awesome definition, but deep, subwoofer style bass is not their strong point. One engineer I know used to use high quality headphones and left only the subwoofers powered on in his system. It worked for him, just no one else!