mark_h
Headphoneus Supremus
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What are the most transparent, neutral, uncolored IEM for studio production that best emulate studio monitors?
Originally Posted by hockeyb213 /img/forum/go_quote.gif how could the er's be the most neutral IEM if they have no bass? Rofl if you have no bass it def. cannot be played the way the artist wanted it to be heard... |
Originally Posted by mark_h /img/forum/go_quote.gif thanks for the replies I have been thinking er4s or maybe er4b for a while. By neutral I mean transparent and most like a good studio monitor. |
Originally Posted by Possum /img/forum/go_quote.gif By your terminology for headphones and the diagrams and explanation in the following link, the ER4 are designed to be "natural" but are not "neutral": Etymotic Research, Inc. - ER-4 - Technical Specifications In my opinion these two terms are one in the same for IEMs. A flat frequency response measured at the IEM doesn't mean much due to the differences in people's ears... |
Originally Posted by ClieOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif Neutral and natural sounding in speaker generally describe almost the same thing (a flat freq. response.) In the headphone world, however, neutral and natural sounding are two different concept. Neutral indicates a flat freq. response, but natural indicates EQ'ed / bumped un-flat freq. response that aimed to achieve a sensation of 'flat sound' in the ear. Read this for more info. |
Originally Posted by ClieOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif Judging headphone for neutrality and natural is mostly experience based (and no deny that subjectivity will affect the end result). The best way to build up experience is to go to meet / audition, listen to as many kind of headphones and speakers as you can, and get to know your music. Eventually, you will get a sense of which headphone is more neutral, warm, cold, natural, etc. SA6 isn't as neutral as you might think. It has a warmish, mid-centric sound which I too like it personally. As neutral sounding headphone go, I think ER4 and Yuin G1 is probably among the most neutral in all of the headphone I have heard. As for what is more accurate or true sounding, personally I am not a big believer in that. IMO, once music left the recording studio, there is no easy way to reproduce the same sound as heard by the sound engineer who mixed the sound. The room, the speaker / headphone, the music player, the amp will all be different, thus the sound you get will be different - no one sound will be more accurate than the other. |