What headphones to get?
Aug 2, 2014 at 6:46 PM Post #16 of 28
Someone just posted a detailed review of the HP150: http://www.head-fi.org/products/soundmagic-hp150-premium-full-size-folding-headphones-black/reviews/11381

Sorry. I have not heard the PSB. And I have only briefly listened to the B&W.
 
Aug 2, 2014 at 10:26 PM Post #17 of 28
Someone just posted a detailed review of the HP150: http://www.head-fi.org/products/soundmagic-hp150-premium-full-size-folding-headphones-black/reviews/11381

Sorry. I have not heard the PSB. And I have only briefly listened to the B&W.

 
Reading this right now.
 
What audio source do you use yours with?  Any other equipment involved?
 
Aug 2, 2014 at 10:38 PM Post #19 of 28
From the article:
 
 
So how do these sound? From the moment I put these on out of the box, my opinion changed from a balanced sound signature to a neutral-reference after low end settled down and upper frequencies got smoother.

 
What's the difference between balanced and neutral?
 
Aug 3, 2014 at 2:20 AM Post #23 of 28
  From the article:
 
So how do these sound? From the moment I put these on out of the box, my opinion changed from a balanced sound signature to a neutral-reference after low end settled down and upper frequencies got smoother.

 
 
What's the difference between balanced and neutral?

 
 
After reading the glossary, from the way this article is using the term balanced, are they really referring to impedance?
 
If not, then the way the sentence is written, what's the difference between balanced and neutral?
 
Aug 3, 2014 at 3:03 AM Post #24 of 28
Balanced and neutral in this instance refer to the sound. Somewhere in the HP150 thread in the last few days, he and I already talked about what he means by balanced: http://www.head-fi.org/t/727164/soundmagic-hp150-impressions-thread :)
 
Aug 3, 2014 at 5:01 AM Post #25 of 28
Balanced and neutral in this instance refer to the sound. Somewhere in the HP150 thread in the last few days, he and I already talked about what he means by balanced: http://www.head-fi.org/t/727164/soundmagic-hp150-impressions-thread
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I just read the posts between you,twister6, and Skyfall.
 
Tell me if this is correct.
 
Neutral:  Does not alter the signal.  Doesn't add its own enhancements or recession of a tone.
 
Balanced:  Whether the lows, mids, and highs are at the same prominence.
 
 
So, something can be neutral, and balanced.
 
Something can be colored (not neutral), but that could still make it balanced.  Lows, mids, or highs can be altered to make it balanced.
 
Something can be neutral, and unbalanced.  Some of the tones can be more prominent than others, depending on how it was recorded.
 
Something can be colored, and unbalanced.  Perhaps recessing or enhancing a tone made certain tones more prominent than the other.
 
Aug 3, 2014 at 9:49 AM Post #26 of 28
Reading your OP, I think any of Dragonzeanse's recommendations would be very suitable and "affordable" replacements for your V6.
 
Aug 3, 2014 at 11:41 AM Post #27 of 28
The meaning of balanced is kind of fuzzy. A neutral headphone should reflect a measured linear frequency response which means that the lows, mids, and highs have similar prominence in terms of frequency response. Balanced may mean that to some people. See jokerl's description of different signatures in this buying guide: http://theheadphonelist.com/earphone-buyers-guide/ But because balanced is how it sounds to someone tonally, it is often used more subjectively in relative ways. For instance, a lot of people will describe a neutral phone as bass light and then say a headphone with more bass sounds more balanced to them.

So I personally don't find the term balanced very useful unless someone defines what it means to them for you.
 
Aug 3, 2014 at 4:19 PM Post #28 of 28
The meaning of balanced is kind of fuzzy. A neutral headphone should reflect a measured linear frequency response which means that the lows, mids, and highs have similar prominence in terms of frequency response. Balanced may mean that to some people. See jokerl's description of different signatures in this buying guide: http://theheadphonelist.com/earphone-buyers-guide/ But because balanced is how it sounds to someone tonally, it is often used more subjectively in relative ways. For instance, a lot of people will describe a neutral phone as bass light and then say a headphone with more bass sounds more balanced to them.

So I personally don't find the term balanced very useful unless someone defines what it means to them for you.


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