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New Head-Fier
This is an odd request, I know. I'm not looking for a set of headphones that sound good but rather the flattest frequency response. (Ideally, these would be relatively inexpensive - say, under 300 used.)
Why would you want this, you ask, especially if you have something like sonarworks? Well, I'm looking at a project in the next few years to try and emulate headphone frequency responses using another headphone. (What if you could get a pair of... say, Monoprice Retros and start playing around with different frequency responses to see what you liked from a headphone? Now, what if you could get a headphone/amp combo that would allow you to change it on the fly? What if you could design your own frequency response? Can we emulate soundstage or fix imaging?)
What if we could settle the debate once and for all: if we equalize frequency responses on headphones, is there a true difference in detail retrieval?
This is a bit ambitious, and while I'd like to get this to an open source capability, I'd like to start with something that is a bit smaller in scope: can we take Equalizer APO and a headphone without any major dips or valleys and make it sound similar to another headphone using a pair of MiniDSP ears? In this, a flatter set of headphones would be more useful. As this is the initial tests and I'm looking to keep my outlay cheap to start, I can sacrifice on bass extension and take it out of the target headphone.
What makes this easier is that the headphones don't have to sound good on their own, and can have all sorts of other flaws.
Perhaps, in clarification, I'm looking for the fewest peaks and dips in order to make my initial job easier.
Thanks in advance!
Why would you want this, you ask, especially if you have something like sonarworks? Well, I'm looking at a project in the next few years to try and emulate headphone frequency responses using another headphone. (What if you could get a pair of... say, Monoprice Retros and start playing around with different frequency responses to see what you liked from a headphone? Now, what if you could get a headphone/amp combo that would allow you to change it on the fly? What if you could design your own frequency response? Can we emulate soundstage or fix imaging?)
What if we could settle the debate once and for all: if we equalize frequency responses on headphones, is there a true difference in detail retrieval?
This is a bit ambitious, and while I'd like to get this to an open source capability, I'd like to start with something that is a bit smaller in scope: can we take Equalizer APO and a headphone without any major dips or valleys and make it sound similar to another headphone using a pair of MiniDSP ears? In this, a flatter set of headphones would be more useful. As this is the initial tests and I'm looking to keep my outlay cheap to start, I can sacrifice on bass extension and take it out of the target headphone.
What makes this easier is that the headphones don't have to sound good on their own, and can have all sorts of other flaws.
Perhaps, in clarification, I'm looking for the fewest peaks and dips in order to make my initial job easier.
Thanks in advance!