Theremingenieur
Senior Member+
Absolutely. The mechanical transducers, be it speakers, headphones, or record pickups for example have always been the weakest part in the chain and thus required the most attention and investment. That’s something which today’s 5$ earplug generations will probably not understand, as long as it’s loud enough... An electrostatic headphone gives much more fine details but it does not allow not high SPL and it’s much more expensive - nothing for people who are used to radio and TV which is interrupted every few minutes by a meaningless jingle...