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There are, but it's not a sought after tuning. People who are into the "hifi" audiophile sound often dislike the Harman bassshelf. And given that it's much harder to achieve with a open design, the manufacturers tend to default to a "flat" extension. You can always EQ the shelf onto them...

That's a big nono unfortunately. As said above, the tuning relies on the whole package. Just putting the driver in another enclosure won't give you the Denons sound, and will probably result in an awful tuning overall. I think the denons are overpriced because the solutions I mentioned above...

From your EQ I gather that you want bassier and more laid back headphones, and since the Aunes were too open for you, I'm inclined to not recommend open ear sets. A few options come to mind: the cheapest one is the fiio FT1, a set I own myself. It's the best closed ear I've owned and reminds...

The DCA Aeon Closed X or Aeon RT (they are the same) are closed ear planares that have a nice tuning and sit at around the same price of the Ananda, but they differ a bit from the oval hifimans, which are brighter and don't have a bass shelf. Another optional is the Stax S3, which is a BT...

Getting bluetooth headphones without ANC mode today is tricky. Almost all of the ANC models do have a passthrough mode, but a lot of them rely on the ANC mode to apply the DSP correction so that they sound optimal. A possible solution for this is using a cabled headphone with a bluetooth adapter...

The Sony's XM4 have a LOT of bass, they overshoot the "correct" targets you mentioned by quite a margin, specially considering they lack pinna, making everything darker perceptually. Did you make sure to get a proper seal when trying them? Adjusting them on your head, considering you have a...

They The Steven State are fine if you want a closed headphone, they sound ok right out of the box but have shy treble and subbass. Their bass seem to be punch focused because of the emphasizes around mid bass. If you EQ them to a good target like the Harman Target (they don't need much)...

Hello, welcome to ASR! The Sennheiser HD 6XX is a staple of the mixing industry and is specially used for mixing and mastering classical music. It's versatility for being neutral extends it's uses beyond that genre though, and it's only shortcomings would be when mastering more modern genres...

What makes you drawn into the 620s? Would love hearing one but the criticism on the treble and specific pinna/individual interaction made me pull the trigger on the FT1 (it graphs nicer as well, making it easier to EQ).

With 80 ohm impedance for an iem :eek:, you might be right.

Depends on what you call "detail", hence the quotes. Of course a correct pinna has higher fidelity than this style of tuning. It's all about the perceived contrast. The recessed pinna makes the the vocals and main instruments lose their protagonism making the overall "volume" seem lower and...

These were also reference inside the audiophile community back when JH Audio and UE were the go to solution for IEMs. Aside from the "gentleness" given by lack of pinna, that may help in monitoring, I think the tuning is also well beloved for music listening for people that seek "detail": that...

Or a Klipsch woofer. I guess that's what they were going for.

It's my dream to build a DAC like this and put a cheap CSR4131 dongle inside, selling for this high price and claiming it was "high end". Imagine the splash it would make.

"Any headphone" shouldn't be a reasonable parameter as there are 5 or so headphones that are exponentially more inefficient than the rest, so getting a combo that could drive those to impressive levels would be much more expensive than getting a combo that would suffice for the other 99.9%. And...

I admit I think so too. Simgot is another company that is doing wonders for the price (metal glossy finish, good cables and tips). I've had the EW200 and my only complaint about it is the one I also have with the Conch, which is the resonance around 12khz which makes everything a bit glary and...

I Should charge them commission at this point, but if you like the EW300's graph, you'll surely like the TRN Conch's: The plus side is that they come with a modular cable with 3 terminations, spring-like tips, three tuning nozzles and a nice pouch-fitting case, all that for ~25 dollars...

If this isn't caused by modes in your ear canal, try decreasing the two first filters further. Also, make sure you're sampling at 44khz, as using bigger sample rates for stactic's preset will introduce ringing. A way to nail where exactly the ringing happens is to do a frequency sweep (please...

The heresy! How else would you know that the music is better and higher res. than your measly 44/16? By listening?

The HFM signature is a superb addition to the Hifiman lineup if you aren't keen on digital EQ. Like the loudness function on your luxman, it bumps the bass, but also bumps the 2khz region a bit to correct the "hifiman scoop" and bring it closer to Harman. That may or may not alter the way you...