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In this process I learned a bit about various technologies and audiophile jargon. Basically the last words tend to be soundstage, bass, mids and lows, bright and neutral. That's about it. Even I can find a lot of difference between 'Lifestyle' headphones and audiophile ones. But where does one go from there?
I just kept moving the cost ladder without adding much proportionate value to my listening pleasure. I became obsessed. Starting with Audio Technica MX50 to Sennheiser 650 to Beyerdynamics T series to Audeze EL 8s to Audeze LCD, the money kept on increasing without my discovering anything substantially different. I forgot all about the music and started to look for sounds, in the process losing a few years of listening to good music to enjoy the music than the sounds of music.
Then I got a Focal Elear. Now that was sort of transformative for reasons I cannot articulate. A few Audeze LCDs later I got the Holy Grail - Focal Utopia. Boy, did I do cartwheels in the joy of Utopia. Sadly no. The Wow! factor that I got from the Elear, I did not find here at five times the price. Maybe I over-anticipated. Actually I had this sinking feeling that perhaps the Elear is actually better than Utopia.
The Utopia did one good thing. It cured my obsession and I will not buy another single headphone (or DAC for that matter). I will enjoy my music on any good headphone that is wired and obviously in the higher end of my collection.
I know I am dumb (or rather deaf) not because I cannot distinguish minor tweaks and 'brightness' or 'neutrality', but because of my insane obsession for the pinnacle of sound technology, I nearly lost my capability of enjoying the music.
Will I vote for the Utopia? No. Will I buy the HD 800s? Certainly not. Which DAC will I use? Maybe a trusty ifi ican Black Label or an ifi xDSD (both of which I have). Will I buy a Chord Hugo? Certainly not.
Am I an Audiophile? I hope not.