Wow, thanks man. That helps alot. I have been looking all around the net for that. Some great information there. 10 band EQ also in the review, like mine.Originally Posted by Bit_reaper
If you are after a neutral and natural sound then you need to emphasis the frequencies that your headphones has trouble reproducing. Basically your EQ curve should be the opposite compared to your headphone response curve.
Don't know how accurate this is but it was the best I could find.
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hmmm that's interesting. i figured we were all striving for a flatline response.Originally Posted by chinesekiwi
With headphones, the best most 'neutral' frequency response is not flatline like it is with speakers.
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The beyerdynamic T1 is the closest frequency response wise to neutral there is.
EQ your headphones to how the T1 is.
Quote:Originally Posted by Porter_
hmmm that's interesting. i figured we were all striving for a flatline response.
Nothing to do with (perceived) limitations of headphones. It's to do with the outer fleshy part of your ear (the pinnae) influencing the sound. When you are wearing headphones, you are effectively listening to two separate rooms for each ear with the room shaped like your ear with the shape of it being the ceiling. 'Flat' is what the T1 is.Originally Posted by ramicio
You do strive for flat response. It's just that headphones don't do it, so you strive for the closest to flat as you can get.
That's a pretty great way to explain it, CK!Originally Posted by chinesekiwi
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Quote:Originally Posted by Porter_
hmmm that's interesting. i figured we were all striving for a flatline response.
Nothing to do with (perceived) limitations of headphones. It's to do with the outer fleshy part of your ear (the pinnae) influencing the sound. When you are wearing headphones, you are effectively listening to two separate rooms for each ear with the room shaped like your ear with the shape of it being the ceiling. 'Flat' is what the T1 is.Originally Posted by ramicio
You do strive for flat response. It's just that headphones don't do it, so you strive for the closest to flat as you can get.
You cannot apply speaker psychoacoustics to headphone psychoacoustics. 'Neutral' with headphones is not flatline (unless you don't have ears!)
lol they do. Here read this: What we hear at the eardrum is really different to what is ideal measurement wise:Originally Posted by ramicio
We have ears whether or not the speaker is a speaker or it's a headphone. Your point would be pointful if they used some sort of artificial ear that mimics the human outer ear to measure the headphones, but they don't.
Basically this. In general, the EQ is going to look like a bowl. I.e. the Lows and Highs will have large +db values, while the mid area will be relatively low (near +0). I personally like my stuff bass heavy, so I've got the 31, 62 and 100hz response settings set as high as they can go WITHOUT causing 'buzzing'.Originally Posted by Bit_reaper
If you are after a neutral and natural sound then you need to emphasis the frequencies that your headphones has trouble reproducing. Basically your EQ curve should be the opposite compared to your headphone response curve.
