Chris153
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Awesome comprehensive review. Thank you.
Hi there
I'm new to this site as a member but it's served me very well.
So took the plunge and joined properly.
First off can I say what a great review!
I have the XB500's and the Creative Aurvana Lives and as much as I love them equally I find myself putting on those big, billowy, pillows of delight more and more.
Yes the sound may not be quite as clear but the impact music has through them is incredible.
My question is this.
Based upon the majority of sound leakage coming from the holes on the back of the driver housing, that allow the pressure to escape, well what would happen if those holes were covered? Would this change the sound, bass or be damaging to the ear if covered?
I tried it temporarily and the leakage was reduced considerably!
Iused electrical tape but peeled it off after a minute or so due to worrying about harming my ears.
Anyone have any ideas on this little mod?
My question is this.
Based upon the majority of sound leakage coming from the holes on the back of the driver housing, that allow the pressure to escape, well what would happen if those holes were covered? Would this change the sound, bass or be damaging to the ear if covered?
I tried it temporarily and the leakage was reduced considerably!
Iused electrical tape but peeled it off after a minute or so due to worrying about harming my ears.
Anyone have any ideas on this little mod?
first of all, great review !! now im actually leaning towards the xb500, since i see that EQing these huge cans has a good effect and can reach the sq i am after
You can't EQ headphones to improve clarity -__-
oh really now ? well i suppose you have never used an equalizer then (properly, that is). Yes there are headphones that do not respond well to equalisation (or almost at all) but those that do can be made to sound pretty darn clear. You dont think that it is impossible to change the way a headphone sounds from the way it was originally tuned, now do you ?
No, I have. These headphones are on two totally different levels though. Also, I hate using non-hardware EQs. IMO they degrade the sound quality pretty badly.
what do you mean they're on 2 different levels ? software EQ bands should be tuned only downwards for better quality, its easier to lower the freq's you already have than to "add" some more of them on top of the current sound (it basically adds more distortion if you slide the bands up instead of down). But lucky me that Voodoo sound will soon be using a parametric hardware EQ
The problem isn't really the EQ itself, it is the abilities of the driver. Certain drivers are more capable than others, no matter how much you EQ them. You get what you pay for, and the D1100 costs twice what the XB500 does.
Well I disagree, I was very disappointed by D1100, I actually liked XB500 more despite the not ideal clarity out of box. There's more to it than clarity, the D1100 had an "artificial" sound to it in my ears, grainy highs, very recessed weirdly placed mids, overall it was too "dry" sounding, no natural reverb present whatsoever so made it sound a bit like sitting in a vacuum chamber. What it did great at would be soundstage and instrument separation and bassresponse remained relatively tight and quite controlled despite the big punch. But yea I don't think it's worth $100+ and Tyll's measurement of this headphone also seems to show unusually bad measuring:
http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/DenonAHD1100.pdf - that 300Hz square wave is like among the very ugliest I've seen and quite a lot of THD noise.
I sold my D1100 after a week or so based on its artificial sound. Also the hinged creeked a little when putting on them or move around which was a bit annoying.