One of the best things about investing in audio equipment is getting your mind blown when you see how good it sounds. And that’s a feeling you’ll be able to share with every guest that comes into your house, as most people have no idea just good hi-fi sound equipment can sound until they see it in action.
In fact, visiting people who have great sound gear is how most audiophiles are born.
Big studios spend millions carefully capturing and mixing every single sound and soundtrack included in big-budget movies. And most of that effort goes unnoticed if you’re consuming content through a pair of $5 headphones.
A good sound setup can help you pick up and appreciate all of the sound design efforts that go into popular movies and TV shows. The result is an improved watching experience where sound effects sound more impactful, and soundtracks blend in better with the scene.
Better sound gear can even make it easier for you to understand dialogue in TV shows, as this guide on audio in streaming content discusses.
From crisper sounds in the high-end to more defined sub-bass, a good sound system can give more life to every sound frequency used in music. And it may even help you hear sounds in recordings that your budget gear just couldn’t reproduce or that used to be drowned out by the other instruments during playback.
On top of that, improving and fine-tuning your audio gear is a great way to create a more immersive soundscape. The result is a feeling that the music is surrounding you as you listen, which is something that both quality headphones and high-end sound boxes can achieve.
The best way to make people easier to understand on voice calls is to get them a better mic. However, if that is not an option, the second-best solution is to get yourself better headphones.
While premium headphones can’t magically turn low-quality recordings into masterpieces, they can make compressed voices and sounds easier to understand. Which can spare you from having to ask that one friend or co-worker who has a terrible mic to repeat what they said all the time.