Recent comments in /f/headphones

Titouan_Charles t1_j5sjnk1 wrote

Reply to comment by No-Tune-9435 in what information an impulse response graph provides about headphones? by MEGA_AEOIU792

This is legit on paper, thanks to your Fourier transform but it doesn't help with actually understanding headphones here. The graph we see helps us seeing if something is wrong with the resonances/reflections inside the earcup, or if the open/closed back design manages what it intended to. No need to expand into theoretical Fourier transforms of "whole song FR" and Hz ranges outside of human hearing.

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Titouan_Charles t1_j5sja2p wrote

Reply to comment by aknudskov in what information an impulse response graph provides about headphones? by MEGA_AEOIU792

The membrane will only vibrate at the speed of the signal it is given, so a Planar will replay 1000Hz the same way a dynamic Wil lvibrate 1000Hz. They both play the same source. What we can observe here are the decay, reflections, resonances involved with the headphon'es design (closed back, ported back, good seal/sound leak from the pads, etc) and this affects the sound signature significantly.

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The_D0lph1n t1_j5si4bn wrote

Reply to What do you do while listening to music? by _Deh

I often browse Reddit or Head-Fi, or just the Internet in general. Other times, I open a real-time spectrum analyzer (e.g. Voxengo SPAN) and watch the spectrum of the music I'm listening to. It's quite mesmerizing to see the lines rise and fall with the music.

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aknudskov OP t1_j5sea09 wrote

Reply to comment by prymortal69 in Headphone stand for large Planars by aknudskov

Thanks. Yeah I'm not sure if what I want exists. The stand, at least for a he-4xx + pads, would need to have more less radius/more lateral width to force the earpads apart a bit. Not sure on XS yet, they arrive later this week

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prymortal69 t1_j5se15t wrote

Reply to Headphone stand for large Planars by aknudskov

Rooms & Woo make good ones for the taller Hifimans (arya, ananda & Edition(X's)) to keep them up without the cable being smooshed, Lamicall Headphone Stand is a cheaper option. They will all work for the HE4XX but might not be what you had in mind.

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CelibateCarl t1_j5s51rt wrote

Reply to comment by PhoenixRisingtw in HIFIMAN Sundara + Fiio K7 - My recent introduction to planars has 100% lived up to the hype by DanforthJesus

TL;DR - heard a part from a fav song while testing the 560s and basically threw my money at him

I did yea. Had my S22 Ultra and a usb c dongle and buddy let me try em there. Played a few of my fav tracks real quick and I was pretty much sold.

I don't know if you've heard, but its a Ave Maria mix/remix with the Vengeance track from the new Batman movie. There's a part towards the end where the orchestra pauses and "bursts" back into life with a lot of energy and its got this..rumbly, satisfying bass behind it along with the instruments. I was shocked to hear the 560s give me that feeling like I was almost there while testing it. I've heard that part a bunch of times on my airpods, car system, my KZs and it didn't feel as good as it did there.
I'd love to hear the DTs off the Zen DAC Air that I got with them today to see if that would change my mind in the future. But for now, I'm super happy.

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