Personally, I find the Harman Curve a bit too bright and can get uncomfortable in the upper-mids. This is why I only use it as a basic starting point, but then EQ according to how loud each frequency band sounds, which then tailors the curve to my physiology and hearing. This is the best...

Can you describe what you're trying to achieve? I'm assuming you want to use the mic to do recordings (voice, instrument), and then you're going to apply EQ to mimic the sonic signature of other microphones with desirable characteristics? If that's what you are trying to do, I wonder if it's...

Your safest bet for any kind of critical measuring using a mic, is to get a measuring microphone, designed specifically to be extremely flat in frequency response. It is not recommended to just use any professional mic because they are not designed to be ruler flat. Here are some examples of...

That's my general stance about audio gear as well--if I wanted coloration, I prefer to add it myself, and my gear shouldn't have some kind of permanent coloration built into it. I recently spent a lot of time researching and trying a bunch of bass combo amps, and it was very disappointing...

It helps if there's a measurement graph for the headphone that you can look at, but if it's not a popular enough headphone, no one would have done a measurement and posted it online, and you can't do a good enough measurement yourself without professional equipment. I don't know of any way to...

There's no way to just use any EQ curve and apply to your headphones and expect it to work. The EQ has to be surgically tweaked for your exact headphone model, because every model has different frequency response. There are apps out there that has EQ curves for the most popular headphones, but...

I have updated the original post with a new link to the test tones I uploaded, and updated the YouTube links as well. The forum only allows 30 media links per post, so I'm moving the ones past #30 here, and I'll provide a link to this post from the original post. For fun/enjoyment (these can...

I'm surprised no one's posted these yet (some of the best K-Pop songs of 2018):

I've noticed the shrillness in recent masterings too, and it's a bit annoying. But I disagree Kpop is a bunch of garbage. Speaking as a professional composer/songwriter, Kpop is by far the best in the world right now in terms of actual composition, arrangement, and overall polish. The...

Yes, but it doesn't have all the same features. You can check it out in the first post in this thread: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/isone-pro-the-best-thing-you-could-ever-get-for-your-headphones-on-your-computer.473885/#post-6421550

I didn't understand why BTS was such a big deal either. But then I did my homework and dug into their discography, and now I'm a fan. Don't look at just their most recent stuff--go back and trace their career trajectory and you'll see the range they have and the styles they've done. There are...

City Pop sort of like a mixture of westcoast pop, jazz fusion, R&B, soul, funk, disco, and synthpop. I have a longer playlist with some of my favorite 80's Japanese pop/rock (some amazing songs on that list), and I think you'll find some you'll really love on it: