[OM hawk]

I have a couple of good "medium soundstage" cans, the Neuman NDH20, and the Grado RS1e. For me, coming from the non-hifi world, their staging(size and accuracy) was very impressive and enjoyable. I'm currently saving up to buy an HD800 S so I can hopefully experience that sensation taken to it's natural conclusion.

With that in mind, I've been told that a big part of soundstaging actually comes from the way music was recorded, so different recordings of the same symphony will have a different soundstage on the same headphone/amp/etc. I was hoping to get some recommendations of particular recordings that would be best suited to a large soundstage headphone like the HD800 S.

What albums/songs/symphonies/operas/whatever would you recommend I check out?
My musical tastes go all over the place, so any genre is fine.

 

[spacelion2077]

Current owner of HD800s. It's indeed worth saving up for. My next goal is RAAL SR1a. This piece sounds huge on a good soundstage heaphone. Youtube audio doesn't do it justice.

 

[OM hawk]

Current owner of HD800s. It's indeed worth saving up for. My next goal is RAAL SR1a. This piece sounds huge on a good soundstage heaphone. Youtube audio doesn't do it justice.

Oh wow. Just checked out some songs from that album with my Grado Rs1e from Hugo 2, sounds awesome. Thanks!

 

[Guidostrunk]

 

[Guidostrunk]

 

[spacelion2077]

Oh wow. Just checked out some songs from that album with my Grado Rs1e from Hugo 2, sounds awesome. Thanks!

You are very welcome. Check this out. It's a little different than the first song but I think your headphone is able to make it sound good.

 

[ehjie]

https://www.discogs.com/The-Cure-Disintegration/master/31755

I have the original year release & this one, any version is OK.
I never get tired of playing this back, the excellent production is dark (less on trebles) but will "show" on capable set, very analog & a very huge sound field on all axes (depth, height & width), w/ lots of 3d effects...

 

[FullBright1]

 

[gatorengineer]

thanks for the recommendations

 

[Kartewii]

 

[taffy2207]

Here's a couple I can think of, the Kauan Album is Name Your Price :-



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