You're a headphones nerd when you know the answer to the questions without listening to the headphones.

Just dropping in to say the HD 800S has warmer mids than the HD 650, which could be responsible for homie calling it warmer.

The ones that I always found confusing were "honk", "shout", and "air". "Analytic" I kind of get, but I am very much listening in the budget space, so I doubt I have heard anything that counts as that.

Having normal people describe the difference between soundstage and image would be really interesting, also I'd like to see the headphones being used in more situations, like gaming or movies would be fun as well. These videos have been great, I hope you keep them coming

By the way, you defined warm as dark. Warm is more of a boost in the upper bass to lower mids. Dark is about rolled off highs. HD650 is slightly dark but seems darker than it is because of its added warmth when compared to hd600s for example.

Marvelous idea for a video, entertaining and educational! “PRAT” pace rhythm and timing- the toe tapping impulse :) “Vulgar level of treble” needs to be adopted - brilliant The banter is quite enjoyable too :)

This was fascinating! Really great stuff, Chrono!

Then you get warm/bright headphones and people be like “huh?”

resolution , imaging, speed ( the most controversial one)

"Attack" and "Timing" I've read those 2 terms quite a bit in various reviews, still have no idea what it means. Googling those terms didn't help either.

Respect to the pu Pu Pu Pu refering to punch 👊 😂

I looked up "prat" and felt stupid after.

Lol 5:00 “tactility” and “dynamics” are also words that will confuse folks 😂

Entertaining and for cultivating a better understanding of language and perception. I really do hope that in the future, that those like me can get a better understanding of this channel’s various reviewer leanings toward fav genres, albums and artist tastes & preferences; what we see with some non headphone centric reviewers who strike a good balance between the engineering / tech side and the music & relative productions they are passionate about.

Love this, taking notes.

"it has a shout" ok I'm using that phrase in future.

Hi an avid viewer from Tokyo here. Love your videos. Can you guys do a review on IEM cases? I recently bought an u12t but had trouble finding the right case that would protect them (from dust, water and other outside forces) and at the same time was easy/comfortable to use. Sorry if you guys already have released these types of video on your channel😂

Nice. I find the term warmth confusing for many because an emphasized treble response can sound hot and therefore can be considered to evoke the word warm.

It's a Chrono Mad Libs game. "Harsh and Sibilant" in the treble is always my biggest fear when listening to a New headphone

This is an interesting discussion. I don't know all these terms used to describe sound. After watching many reviews I have a slight sense of what the reviewer is trying to say, but definitely most of the terms are not intuitive. Just like they were describing the sounds from the saxophone and horns, I find it more useful when the sound is being described by talking about how a particular song the reviewer is listening to sounded like to them. Over all I am enjoying this series, I still don't think they are "normies", but nonetheless these videos are both interesting and fun to watch.

This was interesting that it popped in my feed. Also somewhat scary. We just listened to an IWI review of a product where he used the word lush. I told my wife that for anyone that doesn't have other words in their vocabulary that would align with what the video author means when using the word lush... You can't actually know what they mean when they use it. Commenting before watching. Looking forward to watching now. Peace!

This is proof that the hi-fi industry is doomed to niche nerds forever. :D

appreciate the fact that you brought in someone from the pro audio space.

Term IV: Sibilance. In the first frame where I saw the guy pulling of the DT 990 pros from his head I was like:“ yep THESE“

Do more of these.

@The HEADPHONE Show IMO, when doing ANY Headphone or Speaker REVIEW, you should decide on a consistent set of *5 Different Well-Recorded Tracks* that you ALWAYS USE in EVERY REVIEW to describe the "Sound Characteristics" of any Speaker or Headphone/IEM. That way readers/viewers/listeners of your reviews can always play and listen to those SAME TRACKS EVERY TIME so it is relateable. Then you can more precisely describe the characteristics of each instrument and/or vocal in the track as well as the characteristics of the Soundstage. For example, you could say that the individual Ride Cymbal Strikes and sticking in Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" were more clearly defined and present (or not) and were precisely placed in the soundstage with no smearing or vagueness as with such-and-such headphone. Or that "the 30Hz bass note in Lorde's Royals track was lacking its normal definition, impact and authority" on the headphones under review as oppossed to such-and-such other headphones. Or that "the Upright Acoustic Bass solo in the Steph Johnson Trio's *Summertime* track on the *Nature Girl* album were incredibly lifelike with excellent Dynamics and Resolution".

Needs more bump and fizz.

i was waiting for the term -> dark 😂

@The HEADPHONE Show The majority of people know what simple BASS and TREBLE controls do and how they affect the sound on their basic car or home stereos, so I would tend to stick with derivatives of those terms when describing the Spectral Balance or Tonality of a speaker or headphone/IEM. For instance, refer to the... Lowest or Deep Bass notes (45Hz & lower...Synth Bass, Low Pipe Organ, etc.) Bass (45Hz-80Hz Kick Drum & Bass Guitar, Acoustic Upright Double Bass, Tuba) Midbass region (90Hz-150Hz, Bass Guitar, Tuba) Lower Midrange (Baritone Male vocals) Midrange (male & female vocals) Upper Midrange (female vocals) Lower Treble Treble Upper Treble

Warmth always confused me. I thought it meant excitement in the high frequencies. Same with "cold", thought it meant what dark means

"Technicalities." As far as I can tell, it means "I have a lot of headphones and need to be able to justify that life choice." "Fast" and "Slow." Meaningless.

This was great . I've been listening to you guys for almost 2 yrs . I get all the terms . 😹😹😹

Mmmm. When the question of if sibilance was bad or not came up. I think it would have been better to leave it at, "it's subjective" at most.

Tying descriptions of experience with particular headphones doesn't really seem like a good idea as they might not be hearing those the same way as you do. Audiophile discourse uses a specific language and the way you learn a language is through exposure. Very simple A/B comparisons using a simple eq filter are probably helpful though, like the ones DMS did in his videos.

Maybe the difference sound between like mp3, AAC, FLAC and etc? That would be interesting i think 🤔

Having sibilance is not necessarily bad, I do like a little bit of it to add that nice sparkle in vocals. (sparkle is a nice word to ask about hehe)

Why did you render the video with chunky black bars at top and bottom? Use the correct aspect ratio so it show full screen on 21:9 monitors too. The content was great though, as always.

12:13 what happens to your mixing? I was using open back headphone, and I thought someone beside me at that exact time lol

Sadly there are a lot of Audiophile bullshit and terrible measuring headphones like Abyss for $5K and so called Audiophiles buy them. I'm amused by how many stupid people are willing to spend money for shitty headphones. Glad you can make a living out of that.

its wrong to tell someone more treble on a headphone is bad... bad for who? it can be perfect for older people or people with hearing loss. who made you the person to decide for all?

Wait, dynamics doesn't refer to dynamic range? I've been trolled.

"Treble region that I would describe as being very warm" - but warm/cold doesn't refer to treble at all, man. It refers to the lower part of the frequency response. What refers to the upper part of the frequency response is bright/dark. And what could also impact it is note weight, which is more independent of frequency.

Audiophile terminology is top tier for anyone to understand tbh. When trying to convey what you're hearing, I think audiophile vocabulary is amazing in doing that.

i know im going to get hate for this... use sound demo comparison if people don't know what term you referring to

Ask people who can't hear the headphones, THEN see how much sense it makes. People are watching a video, not A/B listening to the headphones themselves. If you really want to give people some kind of reference over KZfaq, you have to record each headphone as best you can. This will not really give viewers an idea of what each headphone really sounds like of course, but it will help establish what the differences are, through the mic, through youtube, and through the views headphones

Detail never made sense as a positive term, because for most music you are hearing more with a mid-fi headphone than any mastering engineer or musician did in playback in the studio decades ago, and what you hear will often not be pleasant and not what the artist intended, regardless of what else they may have intended.

Thanks for this, the terms I don’t like are: plucked & plankton. I mean, come on!

Detail and microdynamics and speed please :)

Detailed, spatiality, sound stage...

Maybe the reason why normal people don’t understand is because it’s all bullshit? 🤪

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It'd be great if you'd bring on some actual audio-engineers. But they are probably not as exciting, as they won't use 98% of the adjectives normally used by audiophiles......

Yeah, some audiophile terms are definitely nonsensical. Gotta be honest, I don't think you did a good job explaining these terms. Take "punch/slam" or "warm" for example... you just threw even more audiophile word salad at them (physicality, downshelfed past 5k, etc) to explain an already word salady term... Why not simply say "warm means more mid/low frequency..." Realistically, the terms themselves are not all that intuitive, but people can deduce the meaning given 2 sentences you provided for each.

No, they dont. Its a way for people to act pretentious by using unrelated words to describe something. It would be like me calling the taste of lobster as "loud" or "twinkly". There are better descriptors within the realms of hearing and sound. The reason audiophiles use them is to be purposefully obtuse so that they cant be called out on their bs descriptors. When they call something "dry" or "brittle", ask them specifically what part of the song sounds like that, and bet money they'll say, "well at least to me that's what it sounds like". Deflective pretention at it's finest.

No.

Dt 990 are atrociously bright. Garbage headphones

HAHAHA a vulgar amount of treble

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