07-Oct-2015, 00:10
(03-Oct-2015, 22:29)ChalleB Wrote: I will be keeping my Phantom for all the other music I listen too, which sound really impressive, buts its going to be headphones for Mahler!
Headphones for classical music?
I think that's a fine alternative if you want to listen under circumstances where headphones are needed -- on the go, or when you can't turn up your speakers too loudly.
But they would hardly be my first choice for critical listening. No matter how good the headphones, unless special techniques are used in the recording of a large, live ensemble, you will end up with a much less convincing soundstage and stereo image (or none at all) using headphones. To me, that is an essential part of enjoying large scale orchestral music (and even chamber consorts, for that matter). If you really don't like the Phantoms on classical music (and you should try a pair, for very similar reasons, as opposed to one), I'd hope you'd consider another pair of loudspeakers, and not listen exclusively through headphones.
