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Headphoneus Supremus
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From my experience where bass starts to lose texture versus quantity usually happens at about 10dB boost of bass. I've yet to hear a very textured 10dB+ bass boost. Of course it can still be boomy one-note bass with less than 10dB boost but quantity contribute greatly to less textured bass response at some point. But of course it'll also depend on the construction of the cups as well as the drivers themselves how great quality bass it outputs and a higher quality construction (aluminum instead of plastic cups and optimal shaping of the cups to take into account resonances and things like that) but yea as a guideline I think 8~9dB or so is worth notifying.
Well OK, with digiZoid ZO you can get relatively textured 10dB+ worth of bass response BUT the headphone itself has to have less than 10dB or so boost in bass on its own. M-Audio Q40 & Ultrasone PRO900 (aprox 8~9dB boost) are good examples of where the bass quantity is there right on the border in terms of quantity to be still able to provide a nice texture to it. It's a guideline I'd keep in mind when checking frequency response graphs, if you want the ideal bass quantity vs texture ratio, look for about 8~9dB or so boost in bass. My personal ratings goes like ~5dB boost = entry level basshead quantities (think ATH-M50), ~10dB = basshead (Beats Studios), ~15dB = extreme basshead (XB500, PRO700MK2, V-Moda LP/LP2)
So yea for me the ideal bass quantity in a headphone's frequency response is about 8~9dB boost (at its peak), the rest if I'd want more I add by digiZoid ZO as that leads to better results than the headphone itself having 10dB+ boost.
Well OK, with digiZoid ZO you can get relatively textured 10dB+ worth of bass response BUT the headphone itself has to have less than 10dB or so boost in bass on its own. M-Audio Q40 & Ultrasone PRO900 (aprox 8~9dB boost) are good examples of where the bass quantity is there right on the border in terms of quantity to be still able to provide a nice texture to it. It's a guideline I'd keep in mind when checking frequency response graphs, if you want the ideal bass quantity vs texture ratio, look for about 8~9dB or so boost in bass. My personal ratings goes like ~5dB boost = entry level basshead quantities (think ATH-M50), ~10dB = basshead (Beats Studios), ~15dB = extreme basshead (XB500, PRO700MK2, V-Moda LP/LP2)
So yea for me the ideal bass quantity in a headphone's frequency response is about 8~9dB boost (at its peak), the rest if I'd want more I add by digiZoid ZO as that leads to better results than the headphone itself having 10dB+ boost.