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[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a huge metalhead and bass is really the most important frequency in metal. But I hate the sound of my favorite bands in bass-forward headphones like Beats. I never could understand why people like to hear the music in a sound that's different than the one your favorite band intended it to be. I love flat headphones, but it's so hard to find them nowadays.

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

What you have to realize is the final mix of tracks that generally end up in the public's hand are tailored towards what the average person is going to be listening to them on and unfortunately that usually means phone and laptop speakers that simply do not have the frequency range and dynamic range to reproduce what the band intending.

Another thing is some people just really enjoyed their music bass heavy where as others might enjoy more midbass to get that kick drum that slaps you. It's all down to preferences.

It's not that difficult to find flat EQ headphones, the keyword you are looking for is "reference headphones" and "mixing headphones". Personally I use the ath-m50x although after about a decade of hard use the highs on mine are starting to sound pretty harsh.