I'm not great with audio, but even I learned my lesson long ago, that cheap headphones are shit. If my ass can instantly notice a difference (not even in comparison, which is always easier), then yeah, there's an insane difference.
The $1200 headsets, are they that much better? I don't doubt they are, but like are they "I can never go back" tier? I've always wondered, because the most I've spent on headphones is a little over £110.
Expensive headphones sound hype af, but alas my funds currently can't survive copping them lol
get a decent upper midrange set of sennheisers and you're set.
for the vast majority of even critical listening cases, extremely expensive monitoring headphones are overkill. know what response you're listening to, and reference be others, that's the game.
..unless you're professionally mastering.
they’re certainly very good but imo the meaningful improvement of quality happens between $100 and $300 and the vast majority of people hear/feel no benefit past $400
Personally, from $100ish there's diminishing returns, and beyond $500 it plateaus and there's minimal objective improvement anymore so it's more about the sound profile and fit that you prefer. I have a $1000 custom fitted pair that sounds amazing with great passive noise reduction