The preference scoring on this list doesn't make any sense at all. Simply looking at the freq. response and distortion measurements will show that the Stealth is superior to all of those headphones listed above it. (Assuming that you agree with the Harman target response in the first place) I'm...
This rating is not correct. I'm not sure how he came up with these rankings. The Stealth is far closer to the target response than any of those headphones.
But I'm taking up far too much space on this thread so I'll stop here and say that this list by jaakkopasanen is not ranking headphones according to the 2018 Harman curve like how OP thought it was.
I think we may have had a misunderstanding between us. I'm not confused, the DCA Stealths are the closest measuring headphones to the 2018 Harman Target.
The OP was confused why this list by jaakkopasanen lists other headphones as actually being closer to the target than the Stealths.
Yes. I am referring to the latter list.
Also, the OP said "Assuming I've interpreted this list correctly, Amir highly rates the Stealth largely to their adherence to the Harman curve but according to this list they don't conform as tightly to the curve as many others. The Aeon 2 closed and...
I didn't realize that the Carbon Fiber XC had a radically different tuning than the Wood XC.
However, this list still doesn't make any sense.
Perhaps he is ranking according to the 2013 Harman curve instead of the 2018 Harman curve? I'm not sure why he would do that.