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>I wouldn't be surprised if the software could give at least a general sense of what hd800s sound like.

If it could then you would just use the software on all your music and have high end audio for free.



The difference is between raw performance and "voicing".

You can say "this model of headphones produces peaks at 4kHz, 11kHz and 26kHz compared to a flat reference model" and add that effect with a DSP or pre-rendered sound clips.

That will give you some of the "voice" but it won't add the performance aspects-- power handling capacity, responsiveness of the drivers, sharpness of the crossovers, etc.

TBH, it's a fascinating idea and I wish it had existed last time I bought speakers-- I recall going all over town to Best Buys and Fry's back when they still had stock to listen to floor samples in rooms completely unlike the ones I would be listening in, using sample media and amplification unlike what I was going to use.




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