radiohlite
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so i was listening to pink noise on me Grados when i noticed how much of a difference in SQ the way the bowls sit on the ear make. it's pretty drastic, to the point where they sound completely different.
i'm making this point bacause there are TONS of people who can't stand the 'shrillness' and lack of bass of most lower-end Grados, and I have a feeling it may be due to this little phenomenon.
if you have small outer-ears, where the bowls become circum-aural, it's probably worse, since that is my case. what i did though, was position the bowls so the inner edge is sitting ON the earlobe and top part of the pinnae, and the edge of me ear is in line with the edge of the bowl.
now, what do you know! the pink noise is more balanced, not grating and in-your-face. and there's bass.
i did extensive testing with sine waves, pink noise, & Telarc recordings, and concluded it's reasonably flatter. there's also more soundstage, more 'air' around the instruments, and separation.
so you people try this before you go around dissing Grado!
i'm making this point bacause there are TONS of people who can't stand the 'shrillness' and lack of bass of most lower-end Grados, and I have a feeling it may be due to this little phenomenon.
if you have small outer-ears, where the bowls become circum-aural, it's probably worse, since that is my case. what i did though, was position the bowls so the inner edge is sitting ON the earlobe and top part of the pinnae, and the edge of me ear is in line with the edge of the bowl.
now, what do you know! the pink noise is more balanced, not grating and in-your-face. and there's bass.
i did extensive testing with sine waves, pink noise, & Telarc recordings, and concluded it's reasonably flatter. there's also more soundstage, more 'air' around the instruments, and separation.
so you people try this before you go around dissing Grado!