What's the point of getting decent headphones/speakers when

it's pretty easy
you listen to stuff that sounds good
done

>>73528588
>>73528588
But what if you wanted to listen to something like bedroom hip hop or black metal?

>>73528569
Maybe you shouldn't listen to top 40. That's where producers unanimously prefer limiting all dynamic range.

>>73528681
From what I know, it's spread to basically all genres since the 90s. The biggest offenders are RHCP and Metallica.

>>73528721
You know full well what Metallica did in the 90's and RHCP is a very popular band, although not a pop, so it only makes sense to use production techniques other popular contemporaries were using at the time. If you can, find remastered version of albums you like which are produced in the 80's.

>>73528569
Dynamic range isn't the only thing that goes into a good listening experience, it's a bit silly to think that's the only thing. Clarity, desirable frequency response, coverage (in case of speakers) or comfort (in case of headphones).

The loudness war is silly but it's only ruining music when it's at its worst. And it's going out of style too.

Those are the waveforms of digital information. When it gets converted into analog it gains a little dynamics. If you listen to pre-1994 stuff or classical music then it's worth having nice speakers.

>>73529229
only then?

>>73529248
Depends on how you define decent. $80-$120 headphones would be worth it since you can get balanced, comfortable over-the-ear open models with a warranty. Don't get a snake oil audiophile setup though.

>>73528645
Hahaha

>>73529308
but you don't want that for anything post-1994 or non-classical? I don't really get it