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Here is a HeadRoom comparison of four headphones widely considered detailed and/or bright sounding. As you can see, the two balanced armature models appear to roll off before 20K (Shure's site states 19), although most people consider both (especially the Etys) VERY detailed sounding. Although I have read some statements claiming that armatures are less capable than dynamic drivers at extending to the most extreme frequencies, it doesn't appear that this affects peoples' perceptions of what constitutes high end detail and resolution.
This may be because detail perception relates more to (1) the relative 10K-18K "peakyness" of a particular headphone and (2) all of the design characteristics of the driver/damping system that determine the attack and decay characteristics of particular frequencies in relation to the rest.
Although I also haven't seen any response graphs of the Atrio's, I would guess that they would appear slighly less peaky than most of the ones shown in the 10,000 hz range, yet still above -20 dBr (this is probably going to come back and haunt me) by 20K. Although I'm now almost 30 and possibly losing some hearing at the highest frequencies, I don't really feel I'm missing much high end information with the Atrios compared to even my SR225s, which are also considered bright. The high end detail just isn't emphasized as much on the Atrios, which ultimately makes them very enjoyable without being sibilant and fatiguing. The kicker for me is the overall neutrality (especially lower midrange) and coherence of the Atrios compared to the SR225s, which seem just a little hollow sounding by comparison. I'll always love the 225s, but Future Sonics really made a winner with the Atrios.
This doesn't answer your question, but I hope it helps.
Originally Posted by Funk-O-Meter /img/forum/go_quote.gif So would you guys say the high end on the Atrio's is more rolled off than the UM-2's? It's not really that the UM2's are rolled off, just that the high end is more laid back and gets a bit overwhelmed by the strong mids and highs. What frequency would you say the high end tops out at in the Atrios? Their specs say they go to 20,000 khz. Which is higher then the UM's specs. |
Here is a HeadRoom comparison of four headphones widely considered detailed and/or bright sounding. As you can see, the two balanced armature models appear to roll off before 20K (Shure's site states 19), although most people consider both (especially the Etys) VERY detailed sounding. Although I have read some statements claiming that armatures are less capable than dynamic drivers at extending to the most extreme frequencies, it doesn't appear that this affects peoples' perceptions of what constitutes high end detail and resolution.
This may be because detail perception relates more to (1) the relative 10K-18K "peakyness" of a particular headphone and (2) all of the design characteristics of the driver/damping system that determine the attack and decay characteristics of particular frequencies in relation to the rest.
Although I also haven't seen any response graphs of the Atrio's, I would guess that they would appear slighly less peaky than most of the ones shown in the 10,000 hz range, yet still above -20 dBr (this is probably going to come back and haunt me) by 20K. Although I'm now almost 30 and possibly losing some hearing at the highest frequencies, I don't really feel I'm missing much high end information with the Atrios compared to even my SR225s, which are also considered bright. The high end detail just isn't emphasized as much on the Atrios, which ultimately makes them very enjoyable without being sibilant and fatiguing. The kicker for me is the overall neutrality (especially lower midrange) and coherence of the Atrios compared to the SR225s, which seem just a little hollow sounding by comparison. I'll always love the 225s, but Future Sonics really made a winner with the Atrios.
This doesn't answer your question, but I hope it helps.