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I use the jaakkopassanen parametric settings as a starting point for all my headphone and IEM equalizations. Sennhieser HD 595. Using the jaakkopassanen settings the sound was fine, if not exactly to my taste. Sennheiser HD 650. Fine again but a bit tame in the treble for my tastes. Tanchjim...

Music, if your lucky enough to know what that is, is supposed to illicit an emotional reaction. Somewhere in the process of getting civilized that spot fell out of favour and some people got all puritanical and cerebral about music and the "spot" became something base that only savages and...

I read a lot about parametric equalizers but most seem to use the standard bell curve with High Shelf and Low Shelf filters. Do people use the filter slope options and what did they find? What about Notch Filters for a particular narrow frequency band? What about various plugins to add perhaps a...

I used to…. I used to put a record on a record deck, switch the record deck and amplifier on, lower the arm and music would come out of the speakers. I used to switch on the CD player and amplifier, open the CD tray, insert the CD, close tray and press play and music would come out the...

What have other Genelec users used? Is there any reason why one can't just solder the tip and sleeve of a mono jack plug shut and use that?

I have a pair of Genelec 8030C. They are on stands. I want to match the axis a couple of degrees downward from horizontal. The problem is there isn't a flat surface on them. What do other Genelec owners do to make sure the listening axis is the same for both speakers?

https://www.biline.ca/audio_critic/critic1.htm “What is the number one determinant of sound quality in an audio system? The recording you are playing, without the slightest doubt. The recording microphones, acoustical conditions, and engineering decisions at the recording site introduce much...

I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 595s. The velour type pads are coming away from the headphone body. The adhesive that is still there, but not dried out, looks similar to that used to seal the rubber/neoprene roll to the chassis on some bass drivers. Does anyone know where I can buy a small...

Richard Dunn of NVA has died. An extraordinary man in the world of audio. https://hifisubjectivist.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=50023

Despite many of the passing nods in reference to ABX testing I can’t help get the impression from many of the posts here on ASR, that while some are prepared to believe this reviewer, or that person, may not have been able to pick correctly enough to give statistical significance, they would...

I do like this site I must say.:) Reading through the various reviews done by amirm, I can't help thinking that many of the manufactures don't measure the performance of the products they put on the market. Or, do they just not care and rely on branding and marketing to sell under performing...

I would like to propose a forum rule. All review requests should be made by PM to amirm unless posted in the general suggestions for reviews thread. I've watched the thread started by Empirical Audio become a major feature on ASR and the product hasn't even been reviewed yet. If I wanted some...

There is something terribly wrong here. Many here will have read amirm review of the jds labs headphone amp. Have you read John Atkinson's review and measurement of Pass labs hpa-1? Depending on the headphones used to a certain extent, both these perform positively on the outside of what many...

I'm a bit out of touch with the advances in audio technology; probably a lot of other stuff as well.:p My listening space is a nightmare, I've got nodes where normal people have freckles:rolleyes: My speakers are totally unsuited to the room they play in and messing about with bass traps and...

I've worked my way through lots of the head amp tests (great job amirm) but the in the tests I've read, 300 ohm is the highest impedance mentioned. I have two pairs of 600 ohm headphones, Sennhieser 595 and Beyerdynamic DT 880. Currently I'm using a World Audio HD83 valve headphone amp which I...

I don't have a HiFi, but I do have a stereo system.;) I've been a member of various audio boards over the years. My hearing isn't what it used to be along with many other failings due to increasing years. I've been a file based audio enthusiast for many years and I have a collection of about...