Shilling is not at all what I meant.
If you don’t own anything above $600 then you’d seemingly have to borrow or take on loan a lot of stuff to actually get a feel for it. I’ve kept “ho-hum” headphones for months or years to properly evaluate them with different types of music. This involved marathon sessions, and using one set alone for several weeks on end.
I’m guessing this could be why I routinely disagree with you.
The speaker guy Steve Guttenberg has these reference headphones:
