Ollo S5X Headphones Review, S4X comparison + EQ Profile

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Ollo's S5X are designed as a headphone for mixing immersive formats, but appear to be rather excellent for a 'work on anything' headphone for stereo too.
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0:01 - Intro
0:54 - Immersive Headphones
1:53 - S4X comparison
3:19 - Frequency Response
6:29 - Timing Changes
7:52 - EQ Correction
10:40 - Round up
EQ Profile shown on Video.
31Hz. +1.0dB. Q0.6 Peak
122Hz +1.5dB Q1.0 Low Shelf
830Hz -1.2dB Q1.8. Peak
3800Hz +2.5dB Q1.5. Peak
5700Hz. -6.0dB. Q5.0. Peak
7000Hz +6.0dB. Q4.0. Peak
8300Hz. -6.0dB. Q9.0. Peak
10500Hz +2.5dB. Q7.0. Peak
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@rokgulic3095 8 ай бұрын

Hi Tom, I am the founder of OLLO Audio. Enjoyed watching your review. There's an update with the USC, calibration for every individual unit. Also possible to upgrade your current units. Thanks for all the support! RG

@tomwatson283 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. As always.

@SuspiciousPixels Жыл бұрын

Welcome back, been a while

@glennloopez Жыл бұрын

I did pick up these on a chance as so many very talking warmly about the 4sx and I am getting into dolby atmos. I must say these sound great, are easy to drive and comfortable to wear. The can opener plugin is a fantastic tip, I also have the Heddphones which MUST have this plugin to make good mixes. Thanks for giving me some great settings for the plugin.

@ClevrGrl Жыл бұрын

Nice review

@banterbanter Жыл бұрын

Brilliant thanks 🍻🥇

@QFXmusic Жыл бұрын

Hi Tom interesting review :-) I have had the Ollo s5x for about 6 weeks now and find that spacial audio recordings sound awesome on these head phones. I am about to start using them in my new Atmos Studio and the S5x will be used as my go to headphone for checking my Atmos mix check... I will of coarse still be using my Hedd Headphone which i got from you guys and have done many stereo mix's. Best wishes in 2023

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

Hi Kirk. I’ve always loved the HEDD for binaural recordings, especially after the EQ. There seems to be so much depth.

@musicxtech6680 Жыл бұрын

been a long time bro

@LucasPulcro Жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, what a thorough and interesting review. I have seen that there are some stores where you can still buy the LCD-1, considering that the price is the same, would you choose it over the Ollo S5X? Regards.

@ChrisKeyman 9 ай бұрын

Hi, I hope you didn't buy the lcd1. I have it and I am thinking for the s5x.

@azamat19 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the eq profile. Are the made for fabfilter q3? I ask because fabfilter uses non standard q values, so knowing that, I could translate the q value to my eq plugin. Thank you again.

@anatol1204 Жыл бұрын

hi there..You don t say much for the instrument separation that is very important for some genres..thanks..

@ChrisKeyman 9 ай бұрын

Hi! Do you prefer the edition XS over these?

@tozzlin2964 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Sry ...English is not my native language, so I would like to confirm if my understanding of the contents in video at 8:00 is correct. Are these EQ curves intended to correct deficiencies in the headphone's frequency response itself? If so, can I apply this method in my monitoring chain to achieve a more accurate mix?

@Metall1ac Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if you could share your Pro-Q curves for the Ollo S4X as well? I’m now shooting out my friend’s S5X against my S4X. They’re close without any EQ applied but your settings for the S5X make them much better. I want to make a fair comparison though!

@ChrisKeyman 9 ай бұрын

Hi, which one sounds better without eq?

@Metall1ac 8 ай бұрын

@@ChrisKeyman I find the S4x 1.2 nicer to listen to and even mix without EQ: It has this low mid emphasis that sounds nice, but is actually farther from flat than the S5x. The S5x has an icky resonance around 8kHz which I just can't tolerate without EQ. It also sounds a bit thinner in the bass/low-mids vs the S4x, but I guess it's closer to being "flat" there. You can see these reflected in the measurement PDF Ollo provides (just google "Ollo measurements PDF" to find it). The catch there is that Ollo doesn't exactly use the Harman curve in their graphs, but a modified version of it. At least the charts have some competitor headphones and you can compare them with the Ollos if you own any of them.

@kyntral-dn Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review :) One question, I'm thinking of buying these Ollo S5X or the Neumann NDH30. What do you think would be a better option for studio mixing? I mix techno music so "feeling" the bass is very important to me. Another point is that I would like to get as much juice out of them as possible, do you think that using them with a dac/amp like Apogee Groove (the most portable solution i found) would be a good idea? Thanks again! 👍

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

You would def want the apogee to run the Neumann, the Ollo is more forgiving. Both of these headphones are very neutral for bass, which although technically correct and even isn't the most inspiring level for writing with. I think the Neumann just edges the detail level, but it is a touch warmer in tone overall than the Ollo.

@dharmaone77 Жыл бұрын

@@ScanProAudioTV Also find the NDH-30 bass light (for writing). What's gonna give me the best accurate freq response + plenty of subs for writing bass heavy music like dnb? LCD-X?

@scanpreview2664 Жыл бұрын

@@dharmaone77 What you want is the Audeze Maxwell. Ignore that it says it is a gaming headset, it’s a bass production headphone transformer. Tons of detail, perfect midrange balance and a killer dirty sub. I took one on holiday with me for a week and it was amazing for hotel room type writing, tons of detailed, yet punchy and controlled sub. Was smashing out VIP’s and got most of a remix done by the pool! DAC and amp are great and built in, plus the wireless works great with a usb-c computer, otherwise you can run it with an analogue cable too.

@dharmaone77 Жыл бұрын

@@scanpreview2664 nice! It’s on my shopping list but no UK availability! Unless you have a connect? 😉

@ChrisKeyman 8 ай бұрын

Hi , have you decided between the ollos and the neumanns?

@literalghost929 Жыл бұрын

11:50 How much detail are you losing vs the Hifiman Edition HX? Hard time choosing between these vs HX, the response of these sound much better, but yeah if you're loosing too much because of the dynamic driver...

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

Consider the Ananda as well, as it's easier to drive, main issue with edition x is that it needs a good amount of power to drive properly, most interfaces won't have enough as standard

@thebouncers Жыл бұрын

Do you recomand the settings shown in this video as well on canopener? Thank your for the answer!

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely

@ainnelrosirrosias3338 Жыл бұрын

Is the post eq curve q a real measurement ? Or a simulated one? Like did you eq it and then measired it again? Then got the flat curve? Cheers

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's measured on our GRAS artificial ear.

@opreax2145 4 ай бұрын

shouldnt be target curve all flat ?

@kurt1717 Жыл бұрын

How would you compare it to the new audeze MM500? They are different price points and don't have access to a pair of Ollo S5X. I understand that one is planar while the other uses the usual dynamic driver. I just want good headphones for atmos mixing.

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

There’s a full mm500 / LCD-5 video coming soon. The mm500 have much more detail, but I’d say that the tonal balance without EQ is probably closer on the Ollo… if you EQ them both to the same target, then the MM500 obviously win, but they are over 4x the price.

@bornaetemadi Жыл бұрын

Can you review the neumann ndh30 and compare it to ollo s5x ?

@joshguthriemusic8090 Жыл бұрын

What microphone is that? ❤️

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

That's a Rode-X XCM-100

@ciaranmcauley1677 5 ай бұрын

Ollo sx5 or AKG712 pro?

@opreax2145 4 ай бұрын

im selling AKG712 pro at this moment for 100 bucks, its really bad headphones absolutely not worth its price

@dharmaone77 Жыл бұрын

do planars still rule over these?

@literalghost929 Жыл бұрын

That's what I want to know too! :D Did you find out?

@ScanProAudioTV Жыл бұрын

I think the world is waiting for full tests of the Audeze MM100 - that one should be a close contender, but I've not had it in a A/B test yet to really talk about it properly.

@epicmike3915 Жыл бұрын

Two different technologies. One doesn't rule over the other. Is different flavors. From my experience Bass is always rolled off on planars which just kills it for me.

@Francesco_Skip 8 ай бұрын

how do s4x compare to ndh30? thankss

@DJURBANBG 4 ай бұрын

well.. this is the question

@epicmike3915 Жыл бұрын

Who told you planars have more detail? IMO that's complete non-sense. The Austrian Audio Hi-X65 is a dynamic driver and it crushes every planar headphone I ever tried. Nothing from audeze, hifiman, Dan clark, Or Any Chifi headphone has more detail.

@djjokerolo Ай бұрын

Sorry, I don't speak English and I understood little from the video even with the subtitles. Can I ask you (as an aid for mixing and mastering) what is better between Ollo Sx5 and HifiMan Edition XS? Imaging, soundstage, accuracy of bass, middle and trebble? I would listen with a focusrite 2i2. Thanks and sorry for the trouble.

@ScanProAudioTV Ай бұрын

You will need a better interface amp than a 2i2 for the XS. The S5X would work fine though. The s5X is tonally slightly better, but the Edition XS would be my pick for everything else, detail, separation, soundstage etc.

@djjokerolo Ай бұрын

@@ScanProAudioTV thanks