[bfreedma]

The dumbest part is the stance that a headphone should be tuned perfectly for your preferences, or you don't buy it.

Every product in the world has trade offs, live with or work around. I bet some of these same people used to Jail Break their phones, or overlcok their PC.

Anyway.

Sitting here waiting for my LCD5 to say its on its way.

What’s really odd about the “tuned perfectly” stance is that the headphone would only be tuned perfectly for someone who’s head and ear canal shape were identical to the rig the “perfectly tuned” headphone was measured on.

That’s also a largely undiscussed element of EQ. People focus on “fixing” raw headphone response rather than the opportunity EQ presents to address the large variances in physiology and individual psychoacoustics. And personal preference.

 

[ufospls2]

Anyone know any good systemwide eq’s on Mac? That also have the ability to change shapes at frequencies (high/low shelf, etc)?
Been trying out Roon’s parametric EQ but am looking for a systemwide program

https://rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/

with either

https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro-q-3-equalizer-plug-in

or (you don't need equilibrium (their flagship EQ) for headphone EQ'ing purposes, equick sounds the same, is cheaper, and retains much of the same functionality)

https://dmgaudio.com/products_equick.php

I prefer Fab Filter Pro-Q3, but can understand why some people prefer DMG audio's products.

 

[sahmen]

Hey, as a non-partisan realist, I've got to admit that it seems these two topics are here to stay for the time being.. So to spread some joy around Happy Halloween to all fans and foes of EQ and Burn-in alike :

To make it all legit and topical, if it is not already, I am currently "burning in" my LCD-5 and loving every 24 hour lap of it

 

[All Day Breakfast]

Soundsource mentioned above has a few other possibilities. You can download the free Audeze Reveal plugins and use them in sound source if you have Audeze headphones. In fact you can use any VST plugins in Soundsource. Soundsource also allows you to import various premade open source Harman oriented filters designed for specific headphone brands and models. As I remember they’re actually addressable from inside the app. Lastly, Apple has a built in Parametric equaliser that’s a pain but fully functional. You open a new Apple PEQ filter for each frequency you want to mess with and you can set the frequency, the db plus/minus and the q setting. You can’t do things like shelf or peak/dip etc. You can’t see the overall effect, only set the individual filters. You can then save and then name the set and as I vaguely remember then switch between them. I’m not near my mac to check on this last point.

 

[EMINENT]

Well, it sat at Fedex sort facility since 1pm today with no change and no delivery at 8pm while I waited here all day on my day off. Seriously, never pay for overnight even with other companies. They usually never deliver.

 

[jz520]

it seems like Audeze got the parts they need..I was told a week ago that it will be 4 weeks late

 

[geta123]

Wow soundsource sounds awesome. I actually already have Fabfilter pro Q for music production but didn’t know it could be used standalone too

 

[sahmen]

Okay, I usually do not consider myself to be a bass head, but since burn-in Season is also a little bit of "anything goes" season, at least in my book, I'm taking a little hiatus to enjoy some bass cannons from these guys :





Present chain : Metrum Acoustics Ambre ==>> Sonnet Morpheus ==>> Niimbus US4 ==>> LCD-5


Verdict :

 

[ozz007]

it seems like Audeze got the parts they need..I was told a week ago that it will be 4 weeks late

Ah man, my shows coming until next week.

 

[EMINENT]

I am going exchange my stock single ended for the balanced XLR. Since I only have 4.4, what do you think of this type of adapter and brand Gagacocc? Lol!

https://www.amazon.com/16cores-Bala...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

 

[Undun]

I am going exchange my stock single ended for the balanced XLR. Since I only have 4.4, what do you think of this type of adapter and brand Gagacocc? Lol!

https://www.amazon.com/16cores-Balanced-Headphone-Adapter-TA-ZH1ES/dp/B06XKJWNXS/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=1ESU2YF7NYD0I&dchild=1&keywords=4.4+xlr+female&qid=1635995433&sprefix=4.4+xlr+female,aps,104&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyTk80UlpHRjJISjFQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTA3NTY1MkZCN0Y5T1A0TzZFMiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTU2NzUwM0JPTEIzREpWSFI3MyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

That name... LOL.

 

[ozz007]

I am going exchange my stock single ended for the balanced XLR. Since I only have 4.4, what do you think of this type of adapter and brand Gagacocc? Lol!

https://www.amazon.com/16cores-Balanced-Headphone-Adapter-TA-ZH1ES/dp/B06XKJWNXS/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=1ESU2YF7NYD0I&dchild=1&keywords=4.4+xlr+female&qid=1635995433&sprefix=4.4+xlr+female,aps,104&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyTk80UlpHRjJISjFQJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTA3NTY1MkZCN0Y5T1A0TzZFMiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTU2NzUwM0JPTEIzREpWSFI3MyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

I bought this one below.
https://www.amazon.com/4-4mm-Female...eywords=4.4+xlr+female&qid=1635996458&sr=8-17

 

[04gto]

I bought this one below.
https://www.amazon.com/4-4mm-Female...eywords=4.4+xlr+female&qid=1635996458&sr=8-17

I have that one. It is the stiffest cable I have ever touched. It holds that bend forever, like it is spring loaded.

 

[Slim1970]

This is ideal as there’s no extra cabling to deal with. I use it, but it is costly:

https://audio46.com/products/woo-audio-balanced-4-pin-xlr-to-4-4mm-adapter

 

[DarginMahkum]

What’s really odd about the “tuned perfectly” stance is that the headphone would only be tuned perfectly for someone who’s head and ear canal shape were identical to the rig the “perfectly tuned” headphone was measured on.

That’s also a largely undiscussed element of EQ. People focus on “fixing” raw headphone response rather than the opportunity EQ presents to address the large variances in physiology and individual psychoacoustics. And personal preference.

Not just the physiology. The recordings also vary a lot. I find myself OK with one recording and want to EQ with the next one with the same HP setup. As also was written here, it also changes during the day, also with the pressure. There was a paper about the mids frequency perception changing with the pressure.

Years of research on HPs and there is nothing that everyone likes - like HT only satisfying only a big percentage of the population but not everyone. My personal take on the tuning is having a well controlled, resonance / distortion free, close to HT tuning that is more agreeable and easier to tune via EQ.

But at the same time, when a manufacturer releases a $4000+ HP with "huge" deviations from the target, with big bumps and dips, for me that means the manufacturer didn't do its homework well enough.