Headphones vs speakers

Holy cow, @fire_water. My post wasn’t about your original post at all. I was commenting on the responses. I think your post makes complete sense, and in fact I’m in the same situation you are. I recently lost my listening room and am pondering a headphone system. I was simply saying that the comments aren't really getting at the complexities. I’m genuinely sorry that you took offense. Heck, I'm sorry to anyone offended! I hate the toxicity of the internet and I never want to contribute to it.

@northman Thanks for clarifying this.  My apologies.  I'm not downsizing not now that's for sure ;) A relative of mine is though so we are now trying to figure out how he can still enjoy music.  This could be me in 30 years. 

With the right headphone and the right DSP ( i use Foobar dsp components)  there could be not  so much difference between 2-way speakers especially  in an acoustically uncontrolled room (living room)  and headphone...

By the way i feel the bass with my body almost  as if i had speakers through the K340 ...

I could just imagine the Choueiri filters paired with a top headphone ...

 We all grew older. We all downsize. And many cannot transform their living room in a dedicated controlled acoustic room.  Very good headphone coupled to DSP  can be enjoyable...

Anyway i prefer by far my K340 as it is to any speakers in living room... Why ? because i know first hand what can deliver an acoustically controlled room...

Back at you @fire_water. I would say that I'll be waiting here in 30 years ... but that would be truly wishful thinking on my part. 

For what it's worth, I think the world of headphones is quite exciting. There are a few solid forums to check out. I don't know where you and your relative are located, but there's a big headphones show (Canjam) in NYC next month. I find the hardest thing about buying headphones is auditioning them. They're a more personal purchase than speakers, in part because it's not only sound but also comfort. Good luck to your relative!

@northman Actually 30 yrs would be a stretch for me, 25 yrs is more realistic unfortunately :(

Anyways this past month I had the horrible experience of demoing and Audience FrontRow USB and Furutech JumperFlux-S spkr jumpers. Time and money wasted.  These Furutech jumpers are beautiful so I'm really disappointed that they didn't work out for me. XLRs are next as well as spkr wires.  I'm starting to think headphones are the real deal myself!