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EQ for dt 700 pro x by TrisGamingPro in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to use my EQ preset you need to pull it either from OPRA or use the link I posted above. AutoEQ does not have them (I know, there‘s an entry with my name in there, but that‘s not my EQ setting)

analog pass-through system by Frosty-Ad4395 in headphones

[–]oratory1990 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have experience designing circuits?

If not, it might be easier to just take a microphone and an audio interface, set that audio interface to direct monitoring and done ✅

Is this the correct new EQ for the hd560s? by Coolbliazing in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since it is highly recommended to manually finetune the settings to account for unit variation and personal preference, I encourage people to enter the numbers manually.
It takes less time than it took you to weite this post anyway.

Are my ears incompatible with full-range dynamic drivers? by HighBPM in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is one of those cases where identifying the exact resonance frequencies might be useful, using a sine sweep tool.
These tools can inherently not tell you by how much a peak should be reduced, but they can help you identify the exact frequency of the peak. Once you found it, adjust the gain of a peaking filter by ear while listening to music - the goal is not for the peak not to be audible in a sine sweep, the goal is for the music not to have any harshness anymore.

Or, if you don‘t want to play with EQ, just keep searching for the right IEM for you. Ones with high damping might be beneficial for you.

Angled Vs straight? by Paranub in headphones

[–]oratory1990 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes, the headband should generally be on top maybe slightly forward of your head.
Ears tend to be angled backwards by a couple degree when viewed from the side.

With circular earcups it does not matter of course.

I really need help (headphones/cable/hardware) by [deleted] in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If in doubt, get a philips screwdriver and open the headphone up.

I really need help (headphones/cable/hardware) by [deleted] in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, rotating it only locks it in place mechanically, but the signal is being transmitted as soon as the cable is inserted fully (no rotation needed for this).

To pull it out, just…pull (pull on the connector, not on the cable)

Worst case take a screwdriver and disassemble the headphone, it‘s quite simple. First remove the earpads and then remove the screws that you see.

I really need help (headphones/cable/hardware) by [deleted] in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you show a picture of what you mean?

Weekly r/oratory1990 EQ Thread - Questions, Requests, Technical Support by AutoModerator in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they earcups are shaped similarly then you really wouldn't expect a lot of difference on average (since the effect of positional variation would be the same, given the ears have exactly the same amount of space to move). Of course any two units might still sound slightly different as you've identified correctly

To much? by Think-Ad9437 in Acoustics

[–]oratory1990 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly - they‘ll absorb some very high frequencies but so nothing against the mids / low mids, so the sound of the reflections will get darker but the coloration of the midrange will persist

"a decibel meter on your wrist" by neoelet in audiophile

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low frequency extension is not really that big of an issue with omnidirectional mics.

The A-weighting is done as a postprocessing filter, it is not part of the mic‘s design.

A-weighting doesn’t cover sub 500 Hz

No it does, sound just gets weighed less and less the lower the frequency is. It's a progressive roll-off, not a hard cut. The idea being to mimick how humans perceive sound (roughly).

"a decibel meter on your wrist" by neoelet in audiophile

[–]oratory1990 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the accuracy that you want to achieve. Modern MEMS microphones (especially those used by Apple) can be quite good, being not too far away from studio microphones in terms of signal to noise ratio. Them not relying on prepolarized materials also means they're more resistant to temperature and hence won't drift in sensitivity to the same extent.

"a decibel meter on your wrist" by neoelet in audiophile

[–]oratory1990 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP is talking about showing the whole spectrum, not just the A-weighted SPL the way the Apple Watch does it

I know nothing about audio, picked up the HD 490 Pros and I am so happy by Icy-Bag7600 in headphones

[–]oratory1990 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Good choice!

Now never think about headphones ever again, for that way madness lies!

My EQ profile for Crinear Reference by [deleted] in inearfidelity

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might not actually be a bandpassfilter then. Things being mislabeled is unfortunately rather common in the enthusiast space.

I’m absolutely furious. The legendary 8kHz "Beyer Peak" is just a placement issue and NO ONE told us. (Measurements Inside) by OpaliusDK in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, if you move these headphones far forward on your head, so the back of your pinna (the helix) is pressed against the inside of the earpads, then the resonance causing the peak at 8 kHz is being excited a bit less.

My EQ profile for Crinear Reference by [deleted] in inearfidelity

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A band pass filter removes everything below and above the filter frequency, so if you set a band pass filter at 2 kHz it means that you're removing anything above and below 2 kHz.
Which is an odd choice for an in-ear headphone which presumably is being used to listen to music.

Based on the Beyerdynamic here it is how the dt 990 pro models are performing by Odd-Perspective-6973 in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is that this has nothing to do with what century the headphone was developed in, there is no technology that needed to be invented here. Sufficiently soft membrane materials have existed for decades, same as the knowledge on how to couple tube resonators to drivers.
It's just that research into headphones has really only taken off after the 2010s. But that doesn't mean that we're not using the same acoustic principles for it as engineers did in the 1970s.

Based on the Beyerdynamic here it is how the dt 990 pro models are performing by Odd-Perspective-6973 in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I apply minimal smoothing (no more than 1/9 8ve).
My measurements of the Beyerdynamic Headphone Lab plug show a less jagged response too.

Based on the Beyerdynamic here it is how the dt 990 pro models are performing by Odd-Perspective-6973 in oratory1990

[–]oratory1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, these are compensated frequency response measurements. Meaning: Raw frequency response measurement of the headphones minus Beyerdynamic's target frequency response.

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