Avocet wrote:
> How would you define "flat". If you put a mic in the ear
> canal it would change the response anyway. I suspect
> different shapes of ears give different results but there is
> no way of calibrating this without getting into someone
> else's brain. :-)
Peter Shute wrote:
> I meant the response curve. But how a flat response curve would sound, I =
don't know. I questioned that they have a hump because I thought I'd read t=
hat the response is flat. I may be wrong about that, or I may have misinter=
preted what I read.
Measuring frequency response and then applying this to "real world" experie=
nce is a particular problem when it comes to headphones. One has to decide =
what one means by "neutral". The excellent website headphone.com use a lab =
measurement system with a calibrated mic. And then subtract out the HRTF. S=
eems like a reasonable approach to me.
Ref:
http://www.headphone.com/learning-center/about-headphone-measurements.php
The graph for the Sony MDR-7506 seems to totally contradict reports of boom=
y bass:
http://www.headphone.com/headphones/sony-mdr-7506.php
Compare with the $2K Fostex TH-900:
http://www.headphone.com/headphones/fostex-th-900.php
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