> Regardless of how the bass response is tuned, higher total harmonic distortion is objectively worse than less total harmonic distortion. Headphones are a tool to enjoy audio experiences, and a good tool should get out of the way of said experiences.
This is why nobody buys tube amps for their guitars. Everybody just wants flawless clean sound with no breakup.
Being "objectively better" on some metric does not mean that the metric matters at all to the target audience.
This is why nobody buys tube amps for their guitars. Everybody just wants flawless clean sound with no breakup.
Being "objectively better" on some metric does not mean that the metric matters at all to the target audience.