It's well enough.

i didnt even noticed until you said.

You are always worrying about audio in Livestream and stuff but it has NEVER bothered me. Little quiet but good

Are you kidding? We didn't even notice because focused on the world class content !

It was absolutely fine. I'd be more worried that you have your cap on straight.

tell that to Sharur

@@susokraut3169 oh so IEM doesn't have spatial effect because the lack of diffused sound. got it.

@@computerex I don't know about transients. But human hearing is very much influenced by temporal resolution

As strange as it is, I can understand why they don’t use their own curve for the 5128 (yet). I’m mostly curious if the time and money needed to reeducate/retrain their teams on the 5128 is really that significant to not make Samsung/AKG/Harman want to be on the bleeding edge of innovation.

@@gimmickmusic8827 It's mostly for continuity reasons, but I expect this will change as we gather more data and better understanding of what the pros and cons are. We've been comparing headphones measured on different test fixtures and how they compare with measurements on humans. There are some benefits to continue to use a GRAS45CA b/c they match headphone leakage measured on humans better.

@Sean Olive is that in part due to the 45ca mod pinna being closer to that of a human? Or does there seem to be a case where the design of the HATS is leading to more leakage than found on humans when compared to other test fixtures?

@@sidesaladaudio I think the leakage is mostly related to the head and cheek not having the same shape and compliance of flesh which tends to fill in the gaps around the cups. The mannequins (KEMAR and HATS) tend to over-estimate the leakage measured on humans. The flat plates with pinna tend to under-estimate the leakage but the magnitude of the error is less. The pinna are factors but not the largest in this case. They are more factors in the differences above 2-3kHz

@Sean Olive that's interesting. I guess it would make a difference if neither rig is able to accurately simulate flesh and the effect it has on the headphones' ability to seal on the head compared to a real human. Thanks for taking the time to respond!

Professional monitors only need to be calibrated below the room transition frequency (200-300 Hz) to account for room resonances/solid angle gain, and boundary effects. There should be no reason to EQ above that if the speaker is well-designed. Based on an in-room steady-state measurement at the listening location(s), the target curve should not be flat but a smooth downward sloped curve that resembles the predicted-in room curve. It's not too far from the AE headphone target curve as my CanJam presentation/papers demonstrated. The main difference is the bass level.

Yes, a little bit.. It was an impromptu interview without any preparation, after giving a 1-hour talk. As you point out, those two heavy-weight reviewers are pretty intimidating - :)

@@tonmeister86 lol I'm sure you'd have no trouble pointing out their deficiencies if you wanted to but then you seem like a nice guy. Great interview by the way. I hope you can make regular appearances on the headphone show. Again great job!

@@kyron42 Thank you!

@@tonmeister86 No worries.

Damn you're totally right. Not all the time, but i noticed it the instant i read your comment. Funny

@@Armbrust210 I’m pretty sure Metal 571 also suspected this but we don’t know if he told Resolve or has been waiting for proof. 🤔

Well, at least you know my name. On the other hand, headphone Super-heroes have to protect their identities with mysterious initials :) Maybe DMS is Batman (or Robin), and I am Bruce Wayne?

@@tonmeister86 Nice try but my eye is still on the ball. If you are not a future version of DMS then you must be one of the Sean Olive clones left over from the Harman experiments. 🙂

Just order products on Amazon and make use of their 30-days-return policy? I know, many amps and DACs are not on Amazon, but even me in Austria have gotten my ways to find a hardware store to try out most common things. You just need to know where and how to look.

​@@HDpresident As much as that may be a solution for cheaper products, it gets difficult for those that lie in the higher end. The main reason why reviews and measurements took off in the first place is the reluctance to shell out hundreds of your hard earned cash for something you don't know if you'll like it or not. Shelling out 1/10 the MSRP to rent the product and later earning the credits to put towards purchases lowers the bar for those people. What consumers can also do in their part is to start a more fluid used market system. The thing is that people have become so reluctant on even buying the cheapest of things due to current economic states. Anyways, my point being experience trumps everything. Easier, faster, and gives the whole picture compared to having to learn how to read curves and navigate biased reviews. Think about the time being spent on researching when that time could be easily spent on listening to your favorite tunes with that product.

@@neandrewthal so what's the solution?

@@neandrewthal EW?

@@neandrewthal yep I EQ all my headphones and IEMs. It's so easy to improve the sound. Don't understand why more people don't use EQ. They can't be that hearing impaired.

For his sake, I hope not.

@@tonmeister86 :D

no.

@@ResolveReviews so what would be a decent pair of closed backs for 150-250

@@sheep7255 k371, or Maxwell or you can swing it.

@@ResolveReviews Will look into it. Thanks for the help

Nth100 have a fatal flaw with the slider mechanism where they way it puts pressure when stretched on the head causes the plastic bracket holding it together to break

I used to have perfect pitch when I was playing an instrument every day. Hearing in colors ( Synesthesia )is rare. Over my career doing listening experiments, I've not come across "super hearing people." Listeners under 18 years tend to have measurably better hearing than older listeners, and that can matter for some types of tests. But with proper training & normal hearing, most people have the potential to be good listeners. That being said, some people simply do not have the ability to evaluate sound, and this can be quantified.

He is Canadian...

@@TheHEADPHONEShow but does that mean we have to be fond of other Canadians?

​@@TheHEADPHONEShow Thought he came across rude but it now makes sense lol.🤣

Eh?

@@sidesaladaudio I'm dual US-Canadian Citizen. If you don't like Canadians focus on my American qualities, and vice versa.

We didn't come up with that name. I think Tyl Hertsens called it the Olive-Welti curve but the headphone community preferred to call it something else. What should we call it?

​@@tonmeister86 LongKick 64 Real Objective Target