simplefi
New Head-Fier
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Right now the deepest I can get the mics is just about flush with the ear canal entrance, or maybe 1mm in. The casing makes it too tight to go beyond that. Do you think that a deeper insertion would benefit in this case? Also, what was your impression of the Masters vs non-masters series mics? I am using the Masters series Sound Professionals mic but I may try the non masters one in the future to remove the casing if it also works well.The other big factor was keeping the depth in each ear as similar to each other as possible, while still being deep enough to capture a goal d EQ profile for localization. Removing the silicone housing made getting increased depth possible, everything before that was decent but not great.
Finally, the last piece of the equation I've been considering is the headphone itself. I have a Grado style on-ear and Sennheiser HD595 around ear. At first I figured that minimizing pinna activation from the headphone itself would make the headphone compensation more accurate because it wold be one less thing to compensate for. In this regard an IEM would be ideal but since you cant use them with mics for FR compensation, on-ear would be the next best thing. But after experimenting with my two headphones, it seems that the HD595s are much more accurate for reproducing HRIR than the Grado. I am tempted to try the Hifiman Ananda or HD800 as those have been tested by Rtings to have the best virtual soundstage.