Auribus Acoustics Sierra Graph

[Juan (Auribus Acoustics)]

5128 graph of a prototype headphone I'm building.

Listener's 5128 Database

Satiate your sordid squiggle yearning!

listener800.github.io

 

[staticV3]

Here's the DF-comped graph with Harman's preference bounds:


Bass looks nice, but that upper mids suckout could be noticeable.

 

[Juan (Auribus Acoustics)]

Here's the DF-comped graph with Harman's preference bounds:
View attachment 358110

Bass looks nice, but that upper mids suckout could be noticeable.

It's a little on the warmer side. Not sure how well the results here convert to what users hear, however I received no feedback last Canjam (or otherwise) regarding a lack of 3khz, my guess is that it's still within most users preference bounds.

 

[staticV3]

I received no feedback last Canjam (or otherwise) regarding a lack of 3khz

To be fair, that's not an especially high bar.

Have you tried filling in that dip using EQ?

Which sounds better to you? And to other people?

 

[Juan (Auribus Acoustics)]

To be fair, that's not an especially high bar.

Have you tried filling in that dip using EQ?
View attachment 358272
Which sounds better to you? And to other people?

I found excess in that region to cause issues with balancing vocal presence, especially with female vocals. Though, I'm sure plenty of people might enjoy that.

My intention here was mainly to show a comparison tool with other high end headphones (Utopia, Aeon, etc) rather than simply showing the chart and an arbitrary preference boundary next to it.

 

[alex-z]

Close enough. How is the distortion and group delay? Perfect tonality doesn't mean much to me if they don't sound good at high volume.

 

[Juan (Auribus Acoustics)]

Close enough. How is the distortion and group delay? Perfect tonality doesn't mean much to me if they don't sound good at high volume.

Hi, the idea here was mainly a good, natural sound. Max SPL beyond safe human hearing limits was not a goal of this project.