[wind016]

treble roll off on the cheap stuff?

 

[navii]

I found the culprit... clipping in he wave file of the song:
 

 
Real shame because the track is beautiful (BT - A Million Stars).

 

[RPGWiZaRD]

(sorry for offtopic)
 
That's some very nice vocals especially at the start, just listened to that song, at beginning of the sound it sounds like a soothing voice by angel whispering in my ears (more like left ear), then later on the vocals change position to be more centered. 
 
While we're speaking vocals, heard the lovely voice of Sharon from Whitin Temptation? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRrb1Eip4rk - she sounds like that live too. Another beautiful track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EloEMyAWXA

 

[navii]

ah yes, we can definately get sidetracked talking about high pitched girly female vocals! thanks for the links.
 
here is a final one from me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-M1NO1BuhA
 
I'm looking at Within Temptation right now, thanks for the introduction RPGWiZ.

 

[BlackbeardBen]

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It's most likely the song problem, there are a lot of songs that have clipping and good headphones pick that easier than bad headphones. If you want, give us the name of a song that distorts and the exact minute and we can check ourselves. 
It could also mean that there are some hairs inside the headphone, it's noticeable in the lower frequencies. Try this website: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html and check the 30 to 125hz frequencies, if you find the same distortion there then it's most likely the headphone's problem.

I was very surprised myself to find that hair on the diaphragms can be a real and very audible problem.
 
I have a pair of HD 600s and I was hearing a buzzing resonance distortion during bassier sections of music - I was afraid I had torn a diaphragm due to some clipping when a cousin was running a sub-0 Hz sin wave through them at way too high gain....
 
To be sure it wasn't just the recording, I confirmed it was the headphones after comparing to my DT 880s.
 
When I opened the HD 600s up to inspect the diaphragms, I was a little surprised to see a few hairs that had worked their way through the foam to touch the diaphragm.  I didn't see any tears in the diaphragms, removed the hairs, and put the pads back on.
 
Lo and behold, when I listened to the same section again, the distortion was gone!

 

[HenryL]

um if you own the DJ shures as in your display picture... don't DJ headphones distort the music somewhat for dj purposes? 

 

[SoSpecial]

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um if you own the DJ shures as in your display picture... don't DJ headphones distort the music somewhat for dj purposes? 

Not intentionally, they can be revealing as they should be when you're trying to mix or master music.
 
Being revealing will let you hear the imperfections in the music. If that's what you mean then yes, cheaper headphones and headphones made ONLY for pleasure will mask this due to lower quality.

 

[bcasey25raptor]

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um if you own the DJ shures as in your display picture... don't DJ headphones distort the music somewhat for dj purposes? 

i sure hope not. but if thats the case i am fine because these headphones still sound spectacular. over all.

 

[MR.X]

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um if you own the DJ shures as in your display picture... don't DJ headphones distort the music somewhat for dj purposes? 

The DJ headphones dont distort the music, the DJs DO! 

 

[3602]

Maybe the Shures are too revealing.