Crying about ath-w5000 "graphs" is funny, since you forget it's dummy head  with dummy ears that have certain kind acoustic properties,move  bits and parts of dips on spectrum that are in headphones that measure completly flat on same dummy head and voila you get "double" error that looks like...

Phonder, wheres Audio-technica ultimate ear pad fit guide? was just wondering if ath-a2000x pads would fit to w5000, how it affects sound and so on...

Actually if you read up you notice how this increasing placebo effect affects more anti-depressants and that type of drugs, NOT all drugs. It raises interesting question why? even not the smartest guy around block knows that subjectively alcohol helps when having emotional issues, but it's...

Some semantics needed? The Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre: home of TRT Imho must read for every hifist. Whether you have tinnutus or not... Also it has intresting implications, if you believe you can't hear difference then you most likely won't, but if you believe in double blind abx...

btw, negative reviews of multiple headphones done by one person is much better than thousand praising ones... "guess why?" i spent few years for search of "Good enough" headphone for me... did listen wide variety of different phones and then did read reviews and their "bad characteristics"...

Actually i wouldnt take too seriously kemar/HATS measurement, they dont have ear canal modeling, also to bring things more intresting theres over 20db differences individually in hrtf+earcanal responses so even one would make "Perfect" headphone it's just perfect for some people. for more...

Most annoying thing with high quality headphones or speakers , is that poorly mixed recordings have acoustic effects like down-up axis or back&forth, and those effects are really less noticeable with worse quality speakers/headphones (aka less accurate to actual reproduction what's been...

Quote: Originally Posted by b0dhi The Denons use microfibre, although I'm not sure what material. They have some very nice square wave responses in the new HR graphs - the best in fact. Well dunno who smart ass did figure to use square wave response test in speakers, but its...

i suggest some audiologist book if you truly want to know about hearing, not smoking/shrooms

mbriant send me nice private ignorance post: Quote: Please respect our No Religion/Politics rule. Somehow you've turned the AUDIO science sound forum into a religious discussion. Thank you. Please remove whole thread its politics&religion related anyways as demarcation problem is...

Quote: Originally Posted by digger945 As for magnesium frames, I have first hand experience with the W5000's and all I can say is it's about as cheap as you can possibly design, a popsicle stick is more robust!!! I certainly hope that other manufacturers do better than Audio Technica...

Hum i could not find any Measurements of this dac with quick googling. Anyone has done rmaa to this dac? esp intrested in headphones out dealing 33 ohm-600ohm loads.

Mono-only reason is simple it does not cause listening fatigue in headset's like stereo. and balanced amplification is simply to minimize interference its commonly used in studios&telephony systems.

People often forget in this Forum of great subjectivity objective reality. Circumaural headphones have great problems with different ear-shapes etc causing unequal reproduction (Acoustic impedance chances due these "variables" causing possibly even sharp spikes that are nearly impossible to...

hmm actually its most likely to be silicone gel (when you think about it more it makes sense)