Something I want to add to this conversation...
Many people like the Havi B3 Pro1, and for some it is the best IEM they've ever heard. If you put that thing on a graph you would think it's got to be one of the worst sounding IEM on Head-Fi.
Yes, graphs are valuable information, but far from the only information.
I don't mind looking at a graph to see if something looks like a tuning I would enjoy, but "placebo" or "the feeble human perception" and such remarks that downplay the role our brains play in it is a bunch of crap. Our brain is the most important tool in gauging sound because it determines what we hear. So as the video tries to explain how unreliable just listening to something isn't fair in evaluating performance, then refers to products that are fraudulent, two things I'll say is that #1 I wouldn't buy that junk, and #2 if a graph says that something has perfect sound, and I put it on and don't like it, I'm probably not going to purchase that either!
I like my clothes, but I bet someone somewhere made a graph that tries to prove that my brain is "interpreting falsely" and therefore my clothes aren't as cool as other clothes. Who cares! In my opinion the thing that matters most is "when I hear it, does it sound good to my ears?" Besides, isn't that what matters the most?
Manufacturers don't take perfect sine waves and turn it into speakers and headphones.
I trust my brain to listen to a headphone and give it a thumbs up, or thumbs down. I can listen to the same songs from the same recordings and source and determine what I like about it.
At the end of the day I trust my ears more than a graph. If I only trusted graphs, I would miss out on a lot of really good stuff.
Many people like the Havi B3 Pro1, and for some it is the best IEM they've ever heard. If you put that thing on a graph you would think it's got to be one of the worst sounding IEM on Head-Fi.
Yes, graphs are valuable information, but far from the only information.
I don't mind looking at a graph to see if something looks like a tuning I would enjoy, but "placebo" or "the feeble human perception" and such remarks that downplay the role our brains play in it is a bunch of crap. Our brain is the most important tool in gauging sound because it determines what we hear. So as the video tries to explain how unreliable just listening to something isn't fair in evaluating performance, then refers to products that are fraudulent, two things I'll say is that #1 I wouldn't buy that junk, and #2 if a graph says that something has perfect sound, and I put it on and don't like it, I'm probably not going to purchase that either!
I like my clothes, but I bet someone somewhere made a graph that tries to prove that my brain is "interpreting falsely" and therefore my clothes aren't as cool as other clothes. Who cares! In my opinion the thing that matters most is "when I hear it, does it sound good to my ears?" Besides, isn't that what matters the most?
Manufacturers don't take perfect sine waves and turn it into speakers and headphones.
I trust my brain to listen to a headphone and give it a thumbs up, or thumbs down. I can listen to the same songs from the same recordings and source and determine what I like about it.
At the end of the day I trust my ears more than a graph. If I only trusted graphs, I would miss out on a lot of really good stuff.