SchiitMjolnir2 t1_ja4ck2o wrote on February 26, 2023 at 7:21 PM

I define detail as small things in songs that literally disappear when going back to worse transducers. I have a reference track that only the better transducer can reproduce:

The intro lyrics from The Chainsmokers - Closer has buried detail that a decent headphone (at least a Drop DCA Aeon X Open or maybe even HD6XX) or a decent IEM (IEM that don't come as a freebie) can easily reproduce

Here's the lyrics with the extra detail:

>Hey *hey*, I was doing just fine before I met you
>
>I drink too much and that's an issue but I'm okay *okay, I'm okay*

the ones with the * are the extra detail. The *okay, I'm okay* part will be easier to hear than the *hey*

Try with any inferior headphones first as a baseline then try again with the best headphone in your collection

thatcarolguy t1_ja8rdtf wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:05 PM

I find it very interesting that you have such a specific example but I don't really understand what I am supposed to be listening for or what the buried detail is.

SchiitMjolnir2 t1_ja96c9a wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:39 PM

As a baseline, use your quarks to listen to the song until the "I'm okay part"

Here's the original lyrics (no additional details) >Hey, I was doing just fine before I met you >I drink too much and that's an issue >But I'm OK

As you can see, there's only one "hey" rather than two before the "I was doing just fine" starts, and that's because only the better transducer can reveal that second "hey" in the mix. The same with the "I'm okay" part where the better transducer will reveal that there's two repetitions of "okay" after the original line in the form of "okay, I'm okay"