2 channel vs headphones


Just curious how many of you have both a high end system but also listen to high end headphone systems as well? 

maprik

How about a PORTABLE solution like a DAP with a high quality headphones/earphones/iem/ciem.  I have an Astell&Kern SP2000T.  

@limomangus - why would the same number of decibels hitting your ears from headphones be any worse than the same number of decibels coming from speakers? The SPL? The speakers in headphones are miniscule compared to those in loudspeakers. I've been deafened by speakers in homes and venues, but can't say the same about headphones. 

Headphones would be like having two speakers on the side of your head. YES its not the Headphones its the decibels .Like sitting in the front row of a Heavy metal concert, when you leave you can't hear correctly. If you live in NYC and then take the Subway  home ,your ears are really killing you....then you put on Headphones...and blast your ears out .forget about it.....next you need the emergency room when you can't hear.....

People now go to live concerts with Earplugs ...I see it all the time at concerts. I don't have the money to sit close anymore anyway...lol.

@limomangus - I could be mistaken, but you seem to have never listened to headphones because they are not 'like having two speakers on the side of your head' unless you've got the tiniest loudspeakers ever created or even conceived of. The trick is to get one of those headphone amps with a volume control... laugh

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