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206Red t1_j62d3s3 wrote

Reply to PC Audio Switcher by mikerapegoobies

What are you using as output for these devices right now?

Windows let you select different outputs with the right-click on the sound icon on the task bar.

It's useful if you have a lot of different audio outputs listed such as USB DACs, HDMI, headphone jack, etc.

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D00M98 t1_j62cvka wrote

Reply to comment by blargh4 in Are macbook air can drive the HD600? by KapToIIIe4Ka

Don't confuse average with peak. There are easily 20-30 dB of dynamic range in the music. And can be more for audiophile recordings. If you are listening to peak SPL 75dB, then your average SPL is like 45dB, which is very unlikely.

Most people are listening to 65-85 dB average, with peak SPL reaching 105-115 dB. That is why power calculators defaults at 110dB.

https://www.audeze.com/blogs/technology-and-innovation/sensitivity-impedance-and-amplifier-power

https://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/more-power.html

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TakoMakura t1_j62bi5l wrote

Reply to comment by dadu1234 in Tried Oratory EQ on multiple headphones and prefer the default sound. by wiggan1989

AFAIK oratory has access to a measuring rig and people send him their headphones to have their specific unit measured. He creates EQ presets manually based on these measurements to equalize them to Harman and shares it with the community. People who like Harman use it, otherwise EQ by ear or don't EQ at all; it's entirely preference.

The goal of the Harman curve was to define what the average listener would prefer. A headphone that matches Harman should sound and measure like a pair of flat speakers in a studio. The bass on that target is entirely subjective and something they've adjusted through revisions. Love it or hate it, it's important to have reference curves like Harman/Free field/Diffuse field so that we have a point of comparison between different sets.

Every measurement has context, yes. It's why graphs made with the newer B&K rig are not 1:1 compatible with older GRAS rigs, causing people to rebuild their measurement database. I don't think it's the margin of error that is the issue, the rigs are plenty precise. Accuracy is what is questionable; how certain are we that a measurement represents sound in the real world? Even if you control placement and seal, there will still be unit variance and differences in physiology. Even then FR graphs are mostly reliable for telling you the overall tonality of something.

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blargh4 t1_j62ajy2 wrote

Reply to comment by D00M98 in Are macbook air can drive the HD600? by KapToIIIe4Ka

“Sufficient” is a question of what you listen to and how loudly. My normal listening level with loudly mastered music is about 75db peak spl and I can’t remember the last time I needed more volume than what a dongle could drive into the HD600s.

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xtel9 t1_j627do8 wrote

Reply to comment by StardustNovaSynchron in HD600 = absolute Endgame by xGuacamolly

Absolutely they really are a remarkable feat of headphone design as essentially they just should by all relative standards of sound design driver action - their open back construction be able to so precisely focus the attention of the listener to the most important element of any material that you evaluate them with & somehow the concept of what open back headphones allow for insofar as the allowance of space a sense of separation by function of their build somehow goes to a place where the most perfect sense of their actually being “true air” in the space that occupies a near perfect sense of the depth that is usually so minimal most never comment on the quality that all open backs should provide. And the AKG’s do it effortlessly and perfectly. It’s really a sense of magic in those headphones

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Incarnation139 t1_j622j60 wrote

Reply to comment by MaverickO7 in Tried Oratory EQ on multiple headphones and prefer the default sound. by wiggan1989

Yeah I thought my take was reasonable lol. Yes, oratory most likely tweaks some stuff, such as making sure the algorithm doesn't try to compensate for the dip at 10khz, not going overboard with weird treble peaks, or trying to correct resonances. Again, correct me if am wrong, but I am pretty sure Oratory's EQ is generated by some algorithm that tries its best to match 2018 Harman, with his own tweaks. However, I have never seen anyone with an HD650 who boosted the subbass by nearly 10 decibel and thought, yeah this sounds appropriate and not distorted. My bad I guess.

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