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Old 10-14-2008, 06:43 PM
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Default Flethcher-Munson curve ffect headphones the same as speakers?

ive never seen a loudness button on a mp3 player before. does the fletcher munson curve affect headphones the same as speakers?
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ive never seen a loudness button on a mp3 player before. does the fletcher munson curve affect headphones the same as speakers?
Headphones are just speakers closer to your ears.
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ive never seen a loudness button on a mp3 player before. does the fletcher munson curve affect headphones the same as speakers?
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huh.. never thought about it like that. then why dont mp3/portable audio player manufacturers incorporate something akin to a loudness button or volume dependant EQ into players? or do they expect us to know that.

what about the zune which has no EQ? how does one compensate for it?
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huh.. never thought about it like that. then why dont mp3/portable audio player manufacturers incorporate something akin to a loudness button or volume dependant EQ into players? or do they expect us to know that.

what about the zune which has no EQ? how does one compensate for it?
I think they expect us not to know that, which is probably why they don't really care.
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the zune has no eq?!
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the zune has no eq?!
dont believe so. but lots of folk say that it sounds good straight up.
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Yes, when Graham Slee provided the "tone switch" on his Portable Amp the Voyager it was based on the fletcher-munson curve.
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Yes, when Graham Slee provided the "tone switch" on his Portable Amp the Voyager it was based on the fletcher-munson curve.
that i never knew. need to look in to that.
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