I remember in my twenties discovering things in old music when I purchased my first good stereo. I have recently started to make new discoveries again with Hi-Res audio files and improving dacs with better headphones.

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Way back in maybe 90's when I first got some better headphones, it was startling. Had to listen to all the records that I had or could borrow again because there was all kinds of new stuff I hadn't heard before.

First Sennheiser pair after Sony and the like was similar and Genelec brought the same level to speakers. But it's probably kind of plateaued there in that there's not so much new things to be found. Just good results. I wish I remembered some specific examples.

Sometimes there's a stereo or surround thing that only really stands out of you have headphones or are in just right spot in the room. And you can hear compression artifacts and distortion and hyping, so there's that. But I'm not overly good eared really. Adequate is adequate for me.