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Am Sonntag, 20. Juli 2008 schrieb porl sheean:

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> i know that all of the headphones mentioned here are great quality

> etc, but which ones do you people think are the most accurate *flat*

> response? obviously not the grados, as they apparently exaggerate the

> top end a bit, but which ones are the closest to a perfect flat

> response? ie bass levels not boosted or attenuated, not exaggerated

> mids etc?

I think truly flat responses is impossible with headphones. Just compare th=

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sizes of your more-or-less flat response studio speakers and the size of th=

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average headphone. A speaker with a diameter of only a couple of cm has its=

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resonance never in the range the bass-driver of your studio-speakers. So yo=

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have to do several design-tricks to try to equalize the response. And that=

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with the limited amount of space. It is a wonder these headphones sound as=

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good as they do. (And most cheap one and even a lot of not-so-cheap ones=20

sound like crap...)
Have a nice sunday,
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