This discussion is way over my head but will attempt anyway. Please dont read my statements as facts.
Oof, I am nervous chatting it up with a sound science representative. Its good to see you outside your dominion @castleofargh .
I wonder how important it is for front and back of driver to have equal damping.
castleofargh, what do I do now?
ime, the noise floor in my home is too high to easily get consistent distortion measurements. I live in an apartment building...I'm curious about low end distortions without any damping material. They're usually high enough for even the E.A.R.S to get somewhat usable data in the sub.
Based on my very limited understanding or misunderstanding, I agree.Damping material(beside probably interfering with high freqs) is often used to calm resonance frequencies, I'm guessing the bass bump could be most of it here.
Oof, I am nervous chatting it up with a sound science representative. Its good to see you outside your dominion @castleofargh .
There are seemingly times when a driver’s bass levels and transients have been too diminished by damping materials, or atleast detrimental to a set of constraints like target frequency response.I don't recommend doing it on purpose, but you could have picked a much worse headphone to go kill the damping material IMO.
I wonder how important it is for front and back of driver to have equal damping.
I am hoping HD600 responds better, however now I think I should seek a headphone that has the frequency response, etc. that I desire without resorting to underdamping to achieve whatever sound Im looking for.On this headphone, that's not even dangerous for the frequency response.
castleofargh, what do I do now?