Dexdexter
Headphoneus Supremus
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S-Logic does not "act" or "react" at all, it is entirely passive.
I think that because it's such a strong point of distinction and used as a marketing card by Ultrasone, there is a tendency to initially approach S-Logic from the standpoint of it being some kind of process through which the music emerges.
But it is simply another type of presentation, and one not too terribly different from, say, the K-1000s by including the entire ear in the listening experience, as it would be listening to loudspeakers or attending a live performance.
This is just one reason why, for me anyway, the PROlines work exceptionally well as complete, all-around headphones.
But I understand entirely how some folks can never quite seem to "get" them. If somebody is predisposed not to believe that a headphone's character can change fundamentally with burn-in, they might give up well before the Ultrasones reach anything approaching their optimal level of performance. If someone listens primarily through conventional headphones, they might never warm to the very different presentation on offer via the offset drivers.
And there is one other aspect that is only just beginning to be discussed, and this concerns the positioning of the ear-cups with regard to the ears. When I've taken my Ultrasones to meets, there has been a tendency for most people (listening to them for the first time) to wear the headphones with the rear of the ear-cup positioned flush against the back curvature of the outer ear.
But from my experience fiddling about with my PROlines when I first got them, I discovered that for me the "sweet spot" was attained by positioning my ears just a few millimeters more centrally into the cup; with my ears flush against the rear of the pads, the soundstage collapses somewhat and the timbres lose some vibrancy.
Of course, everyone's ears are different, so at meets I've begun to encourage people to shift the positioning until they hear the best sound for them.
| Originally Posted by khbaur330162 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm not sure binaural induced aurgasms should be limited to headphones implementing this S-Logic technology. Don't know what it is, or how it works, but I can say I've heard binaural recordings through several different headphones, none of which containing this technology, and they all still sounded like "magic" to me. I think it's simply the nature of the recording that makes it sound so amazing. I believe there's a thread in the music forum dedicated to binaural recordings with many good links to sources. I heard one where a man simply crumples up tissue paper all around the microphone/aparatus and it literally gave me tingles all up and down my spine. Pin-point accuracy with direction and sometimes even distance can be deducted with a good binaural recording with any hi-fi level/grade headphone, ime. Can some one try and explain how this "S-Logic" would react any differently to this type of recording? |
S-Logic does not "act" or "react" at all, it is entirely passive.
I think that because it's such a strong point of distinction and used as a marketing card by Ultrasone, there is a tendency to initially approach S-Logic from the standpoint of it being some kind of process through which the music emerges.
But it is simply another type of presentation, and one not too terribly different from, say, the K-1000s by including the entire ear in the listening experience, as it would be listening to loudspeakers or attending a live performance.
This is just one reason why, for me anyway, the PROlines work exceptionally well as complete, all-around headphones.
But I understand entirely how some folks can never quite seem to "get" them. If somebody is predisposed not to believe that a headphone's character can change fundamentally with burn-in, they might give up well before the Ultrasones reach anything approaching their optimal level of performance. If someone listens primarily through conventional headphones, they might never warm to the very different presentation on offer via the offset drivers.
And there is one other aspect that is only just beginning to be discussed, and this concerns the positioning of the ear-cups with regard to the ears. When I've taken my Ultrasones to meets, there has been a tendency for most people (listening to them for the first time) to wear the headphones with the rear of the ear-cup positioned flush against the back curvature of the outer ear.
But from my experience fiddling about with my PROlines when I first got them, I discovered that for me the "sweet spot" was attained by positioning my ears just a few millimeters more centrally into the cup; with my ears flush against the rear of the pads, the soundstage collapses somewhat and the timbres lose some vibrancy.
Of course, everyone's ears are different, so at meets I've begun to encourage people to shift the positioning until they hear the best sound for them.
