[nzjw]

I don't own the DT770 so I can't do the comparison, but the SRH-1540 can be fatiguing if you play at very high levels. At moderate to high levels they are fine. If you are the type that always listens at close 90db or more then you should probably skip the 1540. Personally I don't find them fatiguing for my use case which includes many different types of music, but I mostly listen in the 70-80db range with headphones.

When you say 70-80dB, is that using a sound level meter to measure at close to the driver? That's insanely loud TBH. My comfortable level is less than 50dB measured at around 1cm from the driver.

Remember the decibel scale is logarithmic, that means for every 3dB increase sound energy is doubled, for every 20dB increase sound energy is increased by a factor of 100.

Look after your hearing...

 

[evhvis]

When you say 70-80dB, is that using a sound level meter to measure at close to the driver? That's insanely loud TBH. My comfortable level is less than 50dB measured at around 1cm from the driver.

Remember the decibel scale is logarithmic, that means for every 3dB increase sound energy is doubled, for every 20dB increase sound energy is increased by a factor of 100.

Look after your hearing...

You should maybe get your facts straight? Listening at 70 db is fine for long periods of time with little to no chance of any hearing damage. It is once you pass 80-85db that you need to limit your exposure. I use a proper DB meter and seal of the area around the measurement mic so that the headphone gets a seal. Measuring with just a db meter and no seal or using a phone app will most likely measure 10-25db lower.

 

[dstarr3]

You should maybe get your facts straight? Listening at 70 db is fine for long periods of time with little to no chance of any hearing damage. It is once you pass 80-85db that you need to limit your exposure. I use a proper DB meter and seal of the area around the measurement mic so that the headphone gets a seal. Measuring with just a db meter and no seal or using a phone app will most likely measure 10-25db lower.

A cell phone is in no way a reliable decibel meter when it comes to something as preserving something as delicate as human hearing. For instance, mine maxes out at 75db no matter how loud a source I point it at. What's more, no affordable decibel meter that one can buy is reliable enough, either. Proper decibel meters cost hundreds of dollars and need to be calibrated before each use, using a calibration device that itself costs more hundreds of dollars.

Besides this, determining whether or not your listening levels are safe is much simpler than needing to find a reliable meter. You can just use your own ears.

Step 1, grab a headphone, spend some time listening to it, enjoying it, settle on whatever volume that you find fun. Step 2, don't touch the volume knob, keep the volume where you put it, but turn off the music, take off the headphones, and sit in silence for 10-15 minutes. After 10-15 minutes, Step 3, put the headphones back on and resume listening to music at that volume you settled on in Step 1. After sitting in silence, if your chosen listening volume is uncomfortably loud, it's hearing-damage loud.

There is a difference between temporary and permanent hearing damage, and the further into uncomfortably-loud-after-sitting-in-silence territory you push, the closer you push from temporary to permanent damage territory. But suffice it to say, if your maximum listening volume isn't loud enough to cause discomfort after sitting in silence, or only causes a very slight amount of discomfort after sitting in silence, your hearing will be fine for life.

 

[evhvis]

A cell phone is in no way a reliable decibel meter when it comes to something as preserving something as delicate as human hearing. For instance, mine maxes out at 75db no matter how loud a source I point it at. What's more, no affordable decibel meter that one can buy is reliable enough, either. Proper decibel meters cost hundreds of dollars and need to be calibrated before each use, using a calibration device that itself costs more hundreds of dollars.

Besides this, determining whether or not your listening levels are safe is much simpler than needing to find a reliable meter. You can just use your own ears.

Step 1, grab a headphone, spend some time listening to it, enjoying it, settle on whatever volume that you find fun. Step 2, don't touch the volume knob, keep the volume where you put it, but turn off the music, take off the headphones, and sit in silence for 10-15 minutes. After 10-15 minutes, Step 3, put the headphones back on and resume listening to music at that volume you settled on in Step 1. After sitting in silence, if your chosen listening volume is uncomfortably loud, it's hearing-damage loud.

There is a difference between temporary and permanent hearing damage, and the further into uncomfortably-loud-after-sitting-in-silence territory you push, the closer you push from temporary to permanent damage territory. But suffice it to say, if your maximum listening volume isn't loud enough to cause discomfort after sitting in silence, or only causes a very slight amount of discomfort after sitting in silence, your hearing will be fine for life.

Read my post again, I pointed to a phone app being very inaccurate as in 10-25db off from a proper dB meter. Sometimes I wonder if certain people either have dyslexia or lack reading comprehension.

A DB meter will be +/- a few DB and more than accurate enough for casual measurements measurements. It is not going to matter if the true volume was 72 or 74 for a rough measurement.

I listen at whatever volume I feel like. Usually it is in the 70-80dB area, sometimes louder, sometimes quieter.

 

[dstarr3]

Read my post again, I pointed to a phone app being very inaccurate as in 10-25db off from a proper dB meter. Sometimes I wonder if certain people either have dyslexia or lack reading comprehension.

A DB meter will be +/- a few DB and more than accurate enough for casual measurements measurements. It is not going to matter if the true volume was 72 or 74 for a rough measurement.

I listen at whatever volume I feel like. Usually it is in the 70-80dB area, sometimes louder, sometimes quieter.

Read mine again, I said my phone could never read more than 75db. Could point it at something twice that loud and it'd still tell you 75db. A phone app's margin for error is much greater than 10-25db.

 

[trellus]

Read mine again, I said my phone could never read more than 75db. Could point it at something twice that loud and it'd still tell you 75db. A phone app's margin for error is much greater than 10-25db.

Oddly, my iPhone regularly registers into the 80's dB and beyond. At church it sometimes register as high as 103 dB, which is why I keep earing protection with me there.

 

[ishmaelk]

Hi!
Can anyone recommend a balanced cable for the SRH1540 available from an EU seller?
Thanks.

 

[dstarr3]

Specifically from an EU seller, or from a seller that'll ship to the EU? Because I have an AliExpress one that I'm happy to recommend to others:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805531009835.html

 

[Quadfather]

Hi!
Can anyone recommend a balanced cable for the SRH1540 available from an EU seller?
Thanks.

I bet LQI Cables would ship to Europe if you contact them. I love mine.

 

[evanft]

If I wanted to apply some EQ to the 1540 to make it essentially a "flat" sound, what should I adjust here?

This is the 10-band EQ in the eqMac app.

Use something with more customizability. Here's the EQ I like to use. Adjust accordingly.

 

[ishmaelk]

I bet LQI Cables would ship to Europe if you contact them. I love mine.

Thanks for the advice. The problem is customs and shipping would double the cost.

 

[ishmaelk]

Specifically from an EU seller, or from a seller that'll ship to the EU? Because I have an AliExpress one that I'm happy to recommend to others:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805531009835.html

Thanks. That is a very good price. I think I’ll buy it.

 

[Quadfather]

Thanks for the advice. The problem is customs and shipping would double the cost.

Ughhh.... That's a shame. They're great cables.

 

[oatp1b1]

Thanks for the advice. The problem is customs and shipping would double the cost.

I had Forza's cables with my 1540s. They were great.

 

[ishmaelk]

Use something with more customizability. Here's the EQ I like to use. Adjust accordingly.

With the Mojo 2 I only reduce a couple db in the 125 Hz band and it reduces the slight bloat in that region. I keep the rest as is.