Well, it all depends on your perspective. Usually it's the room acoustics that prevent the "perfect" soundstage you get from headphones. But, that's where the benefits end for headphones.
The soundstage is not life size in front of you (just as live music would be) like speakers give you.
You don't get the heart pounding thump that vibrates your body like you do with speakers. (unless you want to cause yourself some hearing loss) (you have to be more careful in what level you listen to headphones at)
The soundstage is in your head, very unrealistic (in other words you can't imagine your in a concert hall and believe it like you can with a good system with speakers.)
Frankly, my Grados give me more detial then my Senn 600s (I use senn for classical and grado rs-1 for rock, jazz, etc.)
And after all of that my stereo still gives more detail and sparkle than the headphones anyway.
So, it's probably your system or acoustic setup of your room, or both.
Rob
The soundstage is not life size in front of you (just as live music would be) like speakers give you.
You don't get the heart pounding thump that vibrates your body like you do with speakers. (unless you want to cause yourself some hearing loss) (you have to be more careful in what level you listen to headphones at)
The soundstage is in your head, very unrealistic (in other words you can't imagine your in a concert hall and believe it like you can with a good system with speakers.)
Frankly, my Grados give me more detial then my Senn 600s (I use senn for classical and grado rs-1 for rock, jazz, etc.)
And after all of that my stereo still gives more detail and sparkle than the headphones anyway.
So, it's probably your system or acoustic setup of your room, or both.
Rob