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Should you tune room to headphones

I have Grado PS500 headphones and a Project SE headphone amp and Ohm 5000's run with a 600 watt bryston. I hadn't listened to my headphones for a long time and when I did there was an absence of bass. Every thing else was better tonal wise. Smoother and clearer . My speakers are about 18 inches from back wall about 7 feet apart in a 20 ft long 12 feet wide and 8 feet high. I have 3 bass traps and 4 24X48 acoustic panels with 4 acoustic blankets covering windows and doors. I have placed them up to 4 ft from walls but high frequencies seem a little harsh so I moved them closes in. My girlfriend likes them closer to walls as she likes the dance club sound. Do I need more acoustic treatment?
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Mapman, Sound from each speaker comes to opposite ear with some delay creating image in front instead of the image in the center of the head. Some headphones have acoustic feedback from one cup to another but it can be also done by creating analog delay/crosstalk in the headphone amp or by DSP processing in computer playback.

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