imaging

There are some similar threads about what imaging and soundstaging even is, and some threads about how to measure it (we're not great at that). In this thread I thought it would be interesting to have a look what properties is likely to enable a speaker to be good at this. My (!) definition of...

I have both of these IEMs -- I got the Zero first. In terms of music listening from a broad selection of genres I'll still pick the Hexa (better tonality for my personal preference and excellent detail), but for gaming or just anything with positional accuracy, I picked the Zero. Am I crazy? As...

I have been using my HD559s for about 3 years, and I love these, the one thing which I like very much about these are the punchy/muddy bass but when I read the reviews most of them didn't like the bass as it was too muddy. So I am looking to upgrade these, what i want in my next pair is a wider...

During the last days I've been using a sine wave generator ("SineGen") to find peaks in my headphones and equalize them. Yesterday I noticed that this software has an option to adjust the phase of the wave, and I decided to try it out. I did several tests moving the slider with my eyes closed...

How is your current speakers placement? I am mostly interested in the results of the poll, but It would also be good to write brand and model as well as listening distance and room dimension if you wish. Feel of course free to share your thoughts and/or your experience with different speakers...

Hi guys. I’m having difficult time deciding between these two closed back headphones; the AKG AK553 MKII and the Audio Technica MST7B. I want it as a CB alternative for night listenings. To those of you that have experienced both, which one do you feel have the better detail retrieval and...

For me, I prefer headphones/speakers that have the correct frequency response even if I have to forfeit some of the imaging/spatial qualities of sound. What do you prefer?