GreenBow
Headphoneus Supremus
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(I really don't want to get into this because I can see an argument coming.)
However what you said is right in a sense. Subjective makes the difference for folks too.
However I see it from one perspective which is, I like a flat response. I want to hear only what the engineer recorded. Or what the classical concert sounded like.
I don't want bright trebles, even though I have some Grado. I don't want exaggerated bass either. Flat response is the fundamental characteristic for me. Then sound quality the next factor.
I mean I see so many folk saying they like a frequency response which is maybe not flat. Yet every amplifier I have owned I never put any extra bass or treble on. I leave it flat and then just use the hi-fi. Having said that I always try altering bass and treble, but I always end up thinking, "Uh no". (Funnily people argue the opposite about flat response with me. Then hear a flat response Chord DAC and love it. Aside form it's obvious qualities.)
Any quality flat response headphone would sound-wise leave the KTXPRO1 in the dust. No matter what it still sounds like a £20 headphones to me. Basically because it warbled, meaning it could not respond quick enough and ended up sounding slightly garbled. (This is one area where the AKG Y50 are ahead of the KTXPRO1. They simply sound together and solid.)
I won't deny though overall the KTXPRO1 sounds like a nice £20 headphone. I would have kept mine but for two reasons. One they had some intermittent (grattle) distortion on them. Secondly they were not that comfortable because the ear-cups did not sit flat. Add to that, they leaked more sound than I would consider acceptable on public transport. (Meaning for someone sat next to me.) All in all I was glad they were faulty so I could return them with no hassle.
However the hard thing is finding the quality expensive flat response headphone. This is the problem. No-one makes that range of headphones from say £150 to £1500 of reference quality headphones. (Not like the amazing range of Chord DACs anyway. I mean they don't add bass or treble. They just present the music.) If there was a manufacturer who made a good range of reference headphones, we'd all be talking about them.
Anyway Whatever I think this pair of headphones has had enough of my time. More than enough said.
I did however find a pair of flatter-response headphones while rustling through AKG graphs:
AKG K 520. They have a couple of dips in response but nothing major.
http://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/akg-k-520.php
Hard to find now though, plus they have a weak headband. I think they would be dam fine walkabout phones though otherwise.
However what you said is right in a sense. Subjective makes the difference for folks too.
However I see it from one perspective which is, I like a flat response. I want to hear only what the engineer recorded. Or what the classical concert sounded like.
I don't want bright trebles, even though I have some Grado. I don't want exaggerated bass either. Flat response is the fundamental characteristic for me. Then sound quality the next factor.
I mean I see so many folk saying they like a frequency response which is maybe not flat. Yet every amplifier I have owned I never put any extra bass or treble on. I leave it flat and then just use the hi-fi. Having said that I always try altering bass and treble, but I always end up thinking, "Uh no". (Funnily people argue the opposite about flat response with me. Then hear a flat response Chord DAC and love it. Aside form it's obvious qualities.)
Any quality flat response headphone would sound-wise leave the KTXPRO1 in the dust. No matter what it still sounds like a £20 headphones to me. Basically because it warbled, meaning it could not respond quick enough and ended up sounding slightly garbled. (This is one area where the AKG Y50 are ahead of the KTXPRO1. They simply sound together and solid.)
I won't deny though overall the KTXPRO1 sounds like a nice £20 headphone. I would have kept mine but for two reasons. One they had some intermittent (grattle) distortion on them. Secondly they were not that comfortable because the ear-cups did not sit flat. Add to that, they leaked more sound than I would consider acceptable on public transport. (Meaning for someone sat next to me.) All in all I was glad they were faulty so I could return them with no hassle.
However the hard thing is finding the quality expensive flat response headphone. This is the problem. No-one makes that range of headphones from say £150 to £1500 of reference quality headphones. (Not like the amazing range of Chord DACs anyway. I mean they don't add bass or treble. They just present the music.) If there was a manufacturer who made a good range of reference headphones, we'd all be talking about them.
Anyway Whatever I think this pair of headphones has had enough of my time. More than enough said.
I did however find a pair of flatter-response headphones while rustling through AKG graphs:
AKG K 520. They have a couple of dips in response but nothing major.
http://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/akg-k-520.php
Hard to find now though, plus they have a weak headband. I think they would be dam fine walkabout phones though otherwise.