Headphone Heights

Posted by genungo (A) on July 25, 2013 at 14:21:49

In Reply to: RE: I want to believe. posted by Travis on July 24, 2013 at 15:35:02

The last fifteen years or so have brought us way more (and better) headphone designs, way more (and better) compact audio systems designed for nearfield and/or headphone use, and way more headphone audiophiles than the previous thirty-five years combined. High-end headphone systems are the thing for the newest crop of audiophiles, simply put. Of course, this will always be a "niche hobby" by most standards but the equipment needs and the need for headphone specific recordings are changing, accordingly. Binaural has never had a better chance of succeeding than it does today.

I'm betting that the demand for things like binaural recordings will only continue to grow in the near future - but I also think that more of us need to start bugging the bigger recording labels (labels much bigger than Chesky!) about it. The "bigger labels" that have shown an interest in producing great sounding recordings might be Blue Note, DG, Hyperion, Decca, Naxos, Channel Classics, ECM, Harmonia Mundi (for starters)...

Edits: 07/25/13   07/27/13   08/10/13