@sdecker, while those panel speakers might be somewhat better at time and phase coherence than most typical speakers, they don’t really qualify, as it still takes time to cross the surface of those drivers. The Quad ESL’63 are a notable exception with their time coherent concentric rings. The somewhat more typical dynamic single drivers, again can be better, but still usually don’t qualify. It takes a concerted effort to achieve true time coherence that can be verified with an appropriate step response.
I do not usually share your appreciation for headphones. The in your head presentation just sounds weird to me. I can appreciate that for some studio productions made without musicians present, that headphone listening might indeed be a more accurate reproduction of the music’s genesis. Such listening for me is very infrequent.
I do not usually share your appreciation for headphones. The in your head presentation just sounds weird to me. I can appreciate that for some studio productions made without musicians present, that headphone listening might indeed be a more accurate reproduction of the music’s genesis. Such listening for me is very infrequent.