Hey,   headphones with more powerful magnets have become more popular in the last year or so. Especially planar magnetic headphones seem to have many strong magnets.     I was wondering if there is any effect on the brain, and stumbled upon this:   Researcher Field strength Used...

Finally:  

Hey,   here's a simple AutoHotkey volume script: AutoHotkey.ahk Requires Windows Vista, 7 or 8. Install AutoHotkey, place the downloaded ahk file in your Documents folder, run Autohotkey (it hides in the tray and loads Documents\AutoHotkey.ahk automatically).     I wrote this mainly to get...

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Let's collect and discuss some evidence that show how subjective, sighted and (therefore) usually biased reviews fail.   Note: This thread is not about intolerance or ridicule towards subjectivity per se. See #51. The following is in no particular order. The reviews are chosen completely...

The following table is based on measurements, not manufacturer specs.   Target SPL is 110 dB SPL. The source is assumed to output 2 V. The amp is assumed to be a voltage source (0 ohm output impedance). Voltage, current, power are RMS figures.   What do the columns mean? S@1V is the...

Cables obviously have electrical properties, but these can only be influenced up to a point. Given the electrical properties of cheap but properly designed cables, how can more expensive cables perform anything but worse to equal at the most?     Random example for a really expensive...

FLAC 1.3.0 was released May 26th.   Changelog can be found here.   Binaries can be found in the encoder pack found on foobar2000.org or sites like rarewares.   Some important changes:

This is old news but it was brought to my attention recently so I thought why not share it. Not about sound, but (anti)science.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 Product page (archived)   First some numbers: .. so pretty expensive and even governments bought it, in large...

This has been posted before in the Sound Science forum but many of you probably don't visit that forum so I'm reposting this:   https://www.xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml       Quote:   A must watch for anyone new to digital audio (or old but misinformed).

Last month a paper with the imho misleading title "Human Time-Frequency Acuity Beats the Fourier Uncertainty Principle" was published and consequently several nonsensical claims were made. Mostly by people who do not understand or haven't read much more than the title.   Stuff like: "human...

Hello,   here are three hi-res test files in the format 24/96 encoded as FLAC to save space. The files are all different.   edit: test closed   Please try to sort the files by audio quality, best first. Feel free to describe the differences you heard.   Good luck.   Hint to...

Hello,   since I've noticed a couple of times that people confuse upsampling, resampling etc. I thought I should try to explain these terms.     Before I can explain resampling though I have to explain upsampling, interpolation, downsampling and decimation.     Upsampling is...

Hey guys,   anyone interested in AAC encoders should check out the latest public listening test. It's a combined community effort initiated by IgorC, to see how well different AAC encoders perform.   http://listening-tests.hydrogenaudio.org/igorc/aac-96-a/   Follow the...

Hey guys,   in the course of developing an equalizer I wondered how well some of the built-in EQs in common audio players perform.   So I decided to do some measurements. In fact, I now have a measurement setup that allows me to capture any sound that goes through Windows' audio...

With the transition to the all new and improved "forum" a couple of guys left this place. Guess I'm not telling you something new here, but where did these people go?   (I hope there's no rule that bans discussions about other sites...)  

Hey guys,   looking for a list of headphones that are able to reproduce (deep) bass while having smooth (i.e. not grado) and extended treble. V-shaped response, price etc. doesn't matter.   I'm thankful for every suggestion. :)

I read an interesting article today, here are some excerpts:   Quote:   Quote:     DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00588.x

Hey guys, I hacked a little tool together yesterday: HpDiff. (requires Java to run) What does it do? Basically it plays sine waves with a selectable frequency. The volume can be adjusted for each frequency. What is it good for? The goal is to adjust the volume of each frequency to...

Let's say there are 3 components. Each one is measured separately for harmonic distortion of a 1 kHz sine wave. a) DAC with 0.0005% (-106dB) b) amp with 0.005% (-86dB) c) headphones with 0.05% (-66dB) What would be the result with all components used together?

So I found this picture of the HD600 driver and wondered about the inductor on the right side. Is this even an inductor? What's it do?

Hey guys, wondered if anyone ever tried these cans. Panasonic RP-HT560: Monitor Headphones with 2-Step Quick-Fit Mechanism for Easy Band Adjustment, Single-Sided Monitoring System, 50mm Large-Diameter Driver Units and Single-Sided Cord I was a bit shocked when I found out that...

Hey guys, nearly any 'stat review I've came across mentions the amazing speed and transience etc. Now I have to admit that I don't know much about particular 'stat models, but I've found these interesting measurements on ryu's website: There are other measurements...

Hey guys, yay another what to buy thread. I need some recommendations on (first time!) closed headphones that more or less meet these needs: 1) clear sound, no 'senn veil', neither ultra-bass boost nor eardrum piercing treble 2) (some) isolation from outside noise 3) also suitable...

What's the point in using ASIO for audio playback? I've compared directsound and ASIO using RMAA and this is what I get as result: Differences are within measurement error range I guess. Properties of the playback device: And what's bit-perfect supposed to mean...