MMcCraryNJ
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Shure I'm sure
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Shure I'm sure
MSUgEEk
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That wasn't what I was getting at. I know they compared to other headphones, but my point is if you put the same exact signal through one set of headphones and then through another, you get an entirely different result due to the difference in frequency response of the headphones. Different headphones do better jobs at replicating sound at different frequencies...so simply hooking different headphones into a monitor and analyzing what they do with Beats on and with Beats off will not tell you if the EQ does something different for each set of headphones...it could be the same signal coming out of the EQ going to all headphones but each headphone set produces a different sound according to it's frequency response profile. You need a baseline independent of the speakers in the headphones to determine whether or not it is doing something different.
AndroidsOfTara
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*GROAN*
Nothing Beats painful wordplay!
MSUgEEk
Android Expert
Ah, you are a sparky. Should have known.I am a structures engineer. I deal with your kind plenty, haha. But yeah I think that is what I got from that article too, so I guess I wasn't that far off.
Ah...and I too deal with your kind plenty. I work at a nuke plant...any time I change anything I have to take it over to the civil guys and make sure they're ok with it and the change in weights doesn't affect any of their analyses.
bldgengineer
Android Enthusiast
I know this is getting kind of off-topic, but if you go here you will find a nice pair of 100 dollar Shure earbuds for 40 bucks, today only, from Musicians Friend. These aren't the BEST ones you can get from Shure, but I'm confident that they are better than ever other Beats product out there.
Stupid Deal of the Day
got any recommendations for over the ear headphones? I can't stand things sticking in my ears...thats part of the reason why I have 3 tickets right now for not using a hands free device
got any recommendations for over the ear headphones? I can't stand things sticking in my ears...thats part of the reason why I have 3 tickets right now for not using a hands free device
The Rocketfish RF-MAB2's that I spoke of earlier are over-the-ears. All controls are conveniently on the left ear, and a thin band wraps around the back of the head to the right ear.
I know this is getting kind of off-topic, but if you go here you will find a nice pair of 100 dollar Shure earbuds for 40 bucks, today only, from Musicians Friend. These aren't the BEST ones you can get from Shure, but I'm confident that they are better than ever other Beats product out there.
Stupid Deal of the Day
Stupid deal is stupid dead. Out of stock.
WalmartSecurity
Android Enthusiast
got any recommendations for over the ear headphones? I can't stand things sticking in my ears...thats part of the reason why I have 3 tickets right now for not using a hands free device
CAUTION: Only proceed if your are ready for wallet anorexia
For a solid breakdown: Note that the Beats by Dre are overpriced with bad sound quality. To be fair, Monster likes to emphasize "bass" and Joker, the reviewer, is more into an "analytic" sound--clarity, accuracy, etc.
We must have read different articles. The link I followed specifically compared and claimed different EQ responses for non-Beats headphones.
Don't even start me on audio metrology.
In the early 80s, we took the International Audio Review Grand Award for Engineering Excellence for being the first to commercially use time domain spectrometry to optimize passive speaker equalization circuits (offshoot led to one of my first patents). Sony came in second with the Hi-Fi Beta Recorder.
Srsly - don't even wind me up on pink noise! 
In any case, flawed metrology aside, I suspect the difference in headphone EQ responses they reported was nothing more than what you would expect from impedance matching differences with the output.
Leading to what common sense tells you without the pink noise - buy decent phones, a good independent EQ, adjust well, listen happily.
Srsly - don't even wind me up on pink noise!
In any case, flawed metrology aside, I suspect the difference in headphone EQ responses they reported was nothing more than what you would expect from impedance matching differences with the output.
Leading to what common sense tells you without the pink noise - buy decent phones, a good independent EQ, adjust well, listen happily.
AntimonyER
CHANGED FROM AF ADDICT MIKESTONY
I love the debate on headphones however I was looking for Christmas gifts for people and came across this shirt and know it applies to quite a few of us in here:
I have this shirt. I love this shirt. I live this shirt. Both in phones and cars (uh-oh, I mean, phones, and uh.. other off topic things
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AntimonyER
CHANGED FROM AF ADDICT MIKESTONY
We must have read different articles. The link I followed specifically compared and claimed different EQ responses for non-Beats headphones.
Don't even start me on audio metrology.
In the early 80s, we took the International Audio Review Grand Award for Engineering Excellence for being the first to commercially use time domain spectrometry to optimize passive speaker equalization circuits (offshoot led to one of my first patents). Sony came in second with the Hi-Fi Beta Recorder.
Srsly - don't even wind me up on pink noise!
In any case, flawed metrology aside, I suspect the difference in headphone EQ responses they reported was nothing more than what you would expect from impedance matching differences with the output.
Leading to what common sense tells you without the pink noise - buy decent phones, a good independent EQ, adjust well, listen happily.
Another sparky?! Oh no, they are everywhere!
We know all. We see all.
Edit: title changed to reflect your middle name.
Hmmmmm.
RadYOacTiVe
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AntimonyER
CHANGED FROM AF ADDICT MIKESTONY
oooooooooooooooh boy.. here we go again.
(Tightens his seatbelt)
RadYOacTiVe
Android Expert
AntimonyER
CHANGED FROM AF ADDICT MIKESTONY
Aren't we all? But he is going to have to say something to do it first.
Stigy
Some say...
Ninja Monkey
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I have a pair of Sennheiser HD555's and I love them. I think they were replaced by the 558's.
BabyBlues
Trouble Just Finds Me!
Sleepy day on the forum huh? Well I just wanted to let you know that I am here, lurking and watching you all!
Seriously, if this doesn't pick up soon, I am gonna have to go and do some actual work or something!
I've actually gotten quite a bit done today (although that's probably good since yesterday was pretty much a wash)
And I'm hoping for something good. I have nothing planned for tonight (other than watching Grimm) so the prospect of a dead forum does not please me.
(yes, it's a very sad statement, but true)
oooooooooooooooh boy.. here we go again.
*laughs wickedly while putting on the crash helmet*
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