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                      Why Sennheiser HD 480 Pro Plus is

                            the red pill of studio monitoring

                                                                                                       where an artist sings or records instruments right
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                                                                                                       next to a highly sensitive condenser microphone,
            I                                                                                          passive isolation is paramount.
               noticed that when it comes to consumer tech,
               for most of us, design is all about aesthetics. But
                                                                                                          I  realised  that  after  listening  to  tracks  using
               in the professional world, I think design is pure-
                                                                                                       this driver, casual music listening started feeling
                                                                                                       sterile, dry, and uninspiring. Old or poorly mas-
            ly utilitarian, engineered to solve the brutal laws of                          Login|Register with your eMail then
            physics. The HD 480 Pro Plus weighs 272 grams                                              tered songs like 70s rock or lo-fi indie tracks sound
            with an exceptional chassis balance, but I wanted to                                       flat. This means that if you want to chill and relax
            focus on how this physical structure dictates acous-                                       while listening to your favourite tracks, the HD
            tic parameters.                                                                            480 Pro Plus will disappoint you. It is brutally clin-
                                                                                                       ical. I could hear all the background hiss, bad mic
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            cially bloat the mid-bass to let you feel that power.                                      placement, and mixing errors. After a point, I felt
            It’s not the case with the HD 480 Pro Plus, which                                          that I was not enjoying but auditing these songs.
            behaves with absolute, disciplined restraint. The                                             Though built for professionals, the Sennheiser
            sub-bass extends cleanly down to a subterranean                                            HD 480 Pro Plus is a much-needed reality check
            3 Hz, resulting in the low-end bringing immense                                            for anyone who is trapped in the loop of all these
            texture and physical presence.                                                             consumer audio marketing gimmicks. So look
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            digital surround tricks. It brings out a soundstage                                        headphone to romanticize your music and hide the
            that is intimate and mimics a tight, well-treated                                          flaws of a poor recording.
            control room. Its imaging and instrument sepa-  ing vocal, and ambient effect in the mix, making it     MY RATING: 4/5
            ration are precise. The lateral panning across the   a definitive tool for diagnosing phase relationships
                                                         and tracking placement.
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            exact spatial coordinate of every instrument, back-  Since these headphones are built for tracking,   ogy, lifestyle, and auto. Views shared here are personal
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