[svyr]

the other headfier makes a fair point about imd being more apparent than thdn, but if hp have a 5 or 10 pct thdn peak somewhere in the fr, you will hear it. i wonder why tyll doesn't measure imd on hp...i mostly see it on sources

as for ex700 and 1000 - ymmv . personally, i'd take the funner sounding stax hp over relatively more calm and balanced sr507. and i used to own two ex700... some people just need a little crazy in their ears ... i'd be interested to compare the fr of ex1k to um miracle mage and aero, but depending on how measured, they're not necessarily directly comparable.

 

[kiteki]

I don't mind the crazy of the EX700 in my ears svyr 

 but after using the EX700 for hours and then trying the EX600 and EX1000, they're really a soothing breath of fresh air in comparison.
 
The miracle also has that 6kHz emphasis yes, if that's what you meant? I think the EX700 has real issues around the 1kHz region though which doesn't show up on the FR graphs.

 

[wushuliu]

Interesting that harmonic distortion does not seem important. Odd-order distortion in particular. Given the likes/dislikes on the overall that prefer for headphones that I've read here it almost sounds like people *prefer* it since it contributes to 'crisp' 'detail' 'bright' 'forward', etc... A brief scan of Headroom I found great results for the Shure, MDV6, and AT A700 -not so much for Sennheiser and Hifiman. Aside from the frequency response I'd think this would be the next important factor for consideration.