[MylesPr]

Hi forumers--

Either I'm missing it, or I'm finding it very hard to find headphone measurements of the loudest X Hz (X=20, 25, 30, etc) level a headphone can produces with less than Y% distortion (5%, or whatever). Ie, low distortion deep bass.

I don't want some wacky Beats bass-boosted type phones. I want a smooth response. If I want to massage the response a little, I'll add a MiniDSP before my phone amp.

I'm looking for TV watching phones (movies, series, etc) that can go deep with low distortion. My DT990's may already be as good as it gets, but I can hear them distort a little on ultra-low bass passages (listen to The Expanse, for example). So I'm looking for some phones that may have been built specific for this purpose (high xmax diaphragms).

Thanks!
--Myles

 

[serman005]

Budget?

 

[MylesPr]

Hmmm... Let's say sub-$200. But more importantly, I would like to see some measurements of any price range if such measurements exist.

 

[Cruelhand Luke]

am I missing something....Argons, right? I mean you only need to be a little crafty to get some Argons for around $200....and when it comes to bass in the price range, they are The One...no?

 

[ProtegeManiac]

Either I'm missing it, or I'm finding it very hard to find headphone measurements of the loudest X Hz (X=20, 25, 30, etc) level a headphone can produces with less than Y% distortion (5%, or whatever). Ie, low distortion deep bass.

I don't want some wacky Beats bass-boosted type phones. I want a smooth response. If I want to massage the response a little, I'll add a MiniDSP before my phone amp.

I'm looking for TV watching phones (movies, series, etc) that can go deep with low distortion. My DT990's may already be as good as it gets, but I can hear them distort a little on ultra-low bass passages (listen to The Expanse, for example). So I'm looking for some phones that may have been built specific for this purpose (high xmax diaphragms).

Fender killed the ASG series of Aurisonics when they bought it though but otherwise it's a dynamic headphone that sort of splits the difference between the flat down to 20hz response of the HE400i and the bass plateau on the HD650.

They kept the Harmony series alive but the FXA5's original Aurisonics version has a stronger treble. Not "ear splitting" bad, far from it, but it might be enough to get in the way of perceiving bass strength.

FXA-5

That said if your reference is the DT990, the new FXA-7 while not conforming to your "loud very low bass with the least distortion" or as I understand it "doesn't take a nose dive below 50hz" actually looks more like the DT990 graph. Technically speaking that response graph is "distortion," unless what you mean is less "not flat" and more "doesn't have problems with overexcursion" (something you can deal with partially just by providing a lot more clean power depending on the sensitivity and impedance). If anything, the impedance can be the problem - the DT990 doesn't get EQ-d by high output impedance as much (maybe a little midrange boost), while a low impedance IEM with a dynamic driver could get worse or trimmed just a little bit, meaning this is kind of a wild card.

FXA-7

DT990 250ohm

 

[MylesPr]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Let me consume it and do a little more searching. Thanks guys!