Human Bass
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There is no need for massive peaks to have great treble. If you have the oportunity to listen to the Aful Performer 8, do it. Beautiful treble extension without any agressive peak.I'll add my response to this circle of confusion because I think we need to address the audience for the DT990 Pro and similar products. In the context of ASR's readers where people are buying as the end consumer listening to music that's as pleasant as possible (whatever reference curve that happens to be for consumer listening preferences), this review is spot on - it's not for your listening pleasure just like a track specific Mazda Miata with lowered suspension is not comfortable driving around town. @Mr Vinyl is on point with the use of this product as a "magnifying glass" for audio post production.
I personally use the DT1770 Pro (closed version that's more comfortable for longer editing sessions) which have similarly hot treble; the reason I need this magnifying glass is because I have to eliminate dialogue vocal hiss/clicks/noise that would otherwise be missed on a "normal" headphone unless I increase the volume - I want to catch these unwanted noises at lower listening volumes to avoid fatigue! For this purpose, these sort of headphones are ideal and maybe that's what "Pro" means? I don't know but it would be great if headphone companies clearly stated something like: "Frequency curve optimized for treble clarity above 2kHz," and provide the curve with a longer explanation about its intended use cases. It took me a few weeks of reading reviews before I found headphones with this characteristic that are comfortable enough for 3 hour editing sessions.
But these headphones are not my only tools - after that first task is done, I then master on Neumann KH120 II in nearfield to get a feel for how everything sounds on perfectly balanced speakers. Different horses for different courses my friends!
We know that iems are much easier to fine tune, but Aful P8 sets a beautiful example of what treble can sound like.