HeadPhones: Best soundstage?


How about the Sennheiser HD 800's as the new soundstage champs? I need the sound to extend beyond the cans. Any other phones that do this well? thanks!!!
mythtrip

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With headphones sound is inside of your head and not in front of you as it is with speakers. It is because when you listen to speakers each ear receives also delayed sound from another speaker (right ear from left speaker). Same can be done in headphones three ways:
- By leaking sound from one cup to another
(special headphone design)
- by hardware cross-feeding with delay
- by software (DSP) manipulation

Often sound cards offer in menu separate choice of headphones that uses DSP cross-feeding and you can compare by switching modes.