Submitted by Then-Effective5434 t3_ydamru in headphones
Not a native speaker, sorry for possible mistakes. I had this question for long time, previously I thought that of course Utopia is more technical than Elex, after all it driver have different material and so on so you definitely get better technicalities?
But than I read comment from one experienced guy here, that tonality is what really matters. Want more details? The more treble you have the more details you will hear. Also one time have read that Sennheiser HD800S have some special dip or what, somewhere in frequency response that can create this perception/feeling of the huge soundstage.
So looks like if you can eq something to Utopia FR graph you basically get Utopia? As I read again in comments somewhere, that usually impossible to recreate identical tuning, but I don't why and what science are behind it.
Before opening for myself this subreddit, I always believed in some 'technicalities', that usually audiophiles love to describe it as: punch, slam, soundstage, resolution, separation, imaging, speed, decay, much more other. So moving by price up to the TOTL headphones, you get not only good tuning, but also better details and other 'technicalities' because of driver implementation/material/design etc.
Now I'm confused, would two different headphones with identical FR graph sound the same? Can someone take Utopia pads and EQ Elex to the Utopia FR graph and call it a day?
For now I believe that some drivers can be more 'technical' than others, but maybe someday I would change my mind as that one redditor here
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Just search that question + reddit on google and you'll get dozens of the exact same thread, repeating the same arguments, with the exact same vitriol you would expect from audiophiles.