They offer indisputable sound and build quality around USD 500. For a couple of years now, I have set my mind - and ears - on the Sennheiser HD-600. I've been trying different headphones for 20 years. Compared to closed headphones, open headphones offer a flatter frequency response too, and are much less fatiguing during long working sessions. An open design represents the best choice in such a case. Rather, I want to understand someone talking to me occasionally, without removing the headphones. I am lucky to be working in a quiet environment: so, my headphones do not need to block external noises. As I am often wearing headphones several hours a day, comfort and durability are key factors for me. Lower listening levels are the secret for sustained hours of work. If they depart for the ideal flat response, I can tolerate a little emphasis on both the bass and treble extremes: this means that I can listen to my source material at lower levels, and have the headphones simulate the sound I would be hearing if the levels were higher (the human hearing sensitivity at both spectrum ends drops drastically when the sound becomes quieter). In my opinion, headphones should sound transparent.
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As this page seems to be the starting point of most inquiries, I will post my answer below.Īs an engineer and professional sound designer, I am looking for a flat frequency response. If your headphones are mono, the out-of-phase signal - the so called "Twisted" file above - will likely be silent (the sum of a signal and its anti-phase version is zero).įrom time to time, I receive emails asking for advice on new headphones. Testing for polarity issues only makes sense with stereo headphones. It happens more frequently though, when your headphone has been serviced and the four drivers’ wires have been messed-up during the replacement of a worn cable or broken jack. That would be the last straw if your headphone's manufacturer made wrong connections, but it sometimes happens as reported with very cheap brands, or counterfeit replicas. If it feels like the opposite, suspect faulty cabling in your headphones or earbuds. The "Twisted" file should be harder to locate in space, sounding like it is being twisted inside your brain.
To test polarity, use the audio files labeled "Center" and "Twisted." When polarity is preserved, the "Center" test signal will play either from a well defined spot between your ears or in front of you (depending upon how your brain interprets our test signal). Use this test to find which insertion depth gives you the flattest frequency response. Depending on how deep you insert them into your ear canal, their frequency response will change drastically. This test is of particular importance for earbuds. If the test tone sometimes disappears, or gets too loud, you know you have a problem, either with your hearing or your headphones. If your hearing is imperfect, this then means that your headphones are simply matched to your ears. If your hearing is perfect, this also means that the headphones have a flat frequency response.
If the sweep keeps playing at your hearing thresholds, your headphones are matched to your ears. Our compensation only works at hearing threshold levels: turn your computer level down so that the test tone plays as quietly as possible. It embeds an inverted hearing sensitivity curve that turns it perceptually flat. With a prominent sensitivity bump around 1–3 kHz, humans are not good at judging flatness: frequencies in the upper medium range will always sound louder than what they are because of the increased hearing sensitivity. Frequency responses are measured using sine sweeps and special test equipment.
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