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How to make Grados not sound like Grados
Quote: With analog, yes, it's good practise to subtract rather than add, but I can't see how it makes any difference when the entire signal is being manipulated in the digital realm.- Dansk
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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How to make Grados not sound like Grados
Quote: Makes sense, but I'm betting the gain is applied before the EQ changes. (I didn't realize the previous poster was talking about that when he asked if it was linear or not.) There's absolutely no audible clipping or distortion, and it would be VERY noticeable if there was any...- Dansk
- Post #10
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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How to make Grados not sound like Grados
Quote: Yeah, I realize there's a large element of silk purse/sow's ear here, but my goal wasn't to magically create a pair of Sennheisers from my Grados. I'm just trying to do my best to make the SR-80s less offensive to listen to, and this EQ adjustment has succeeded much better than I...- Dansk
- Post #8
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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How to make Grados not sound like Grados
Quote: I don't know much about the EQ, it's just a DSP I found for foobar that had enough bands to do what I wanted to do. Made by someone called xnor, apparently. And yes, I realize I'm changing everything that makes a Grado a Grado; that was entirely the point, hence the...- Dansk
- Post #7
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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How to make Grados not sound like Grados
Quote: My music is exclusively FLAC, ripped from my own CDs, played in foobar, and piped through my soundcard's S/PDIF to a Beresford TC-7520 DAC/headphone amp. Yes, the boost at the bottom seems wild, but it really does improve the sound. It doesn't sound the least bit...- Dansk
- Post #4
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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How to make Grados not sound like Grados
A few years ago I got a pair of SR-80s that I've been increasingly less impressed with the more I listen to them. Harsh and irritating don't begin to describe them. I started comparing some frequency response charts (thanks to headphone.com) and I decided to try doing what I could with a...- Dansk
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- amp-dacs grado grado-sr-80 headphones over-ear sennheiser-hd-650-headphones
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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++ FULL-SIZE HEADPHONE RECOMMENDATIONS THREAD++ CLOSED: Please post a thread in the Introductions, Help and Advice forum
Quote: Thanks olor, I appreciate your input. I think I'm going to end up waiting a bit and saving up for the 650, there don't seem to be a whole lot of other options in that price range. There's an absurd number of low end headphones, plenty of designer high end stuff, but not much in...- Dansk
- Post #6,085
- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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++ FULL-SIZE HEADPHONE RECOMMENDATIONS THREAD++ CLOSED: Please post a thread in the Introductions, Help and Advice forum
I'm yet another person looking for some advice. I've had two bad headphone experiences now. First, I got sucked in by the old-school allure of Grado four years ago and got a pair of SR-80s. Over time I came to hate them. They're harsh and irritating to listen to for long periods of...- Dansk
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- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
