Bob-23
Senior Member
As is, the headphone has a rather "open" sound but nowhere near the spatial effects that the Sennheiser HD800S had. The sound is compressed around a grouping close to my ears.
Thanks, Amir, for testing headphones now. We headphone lovers have been waiting for that! And, of course, we want to know if headphones are eq'able to satisfying results. (Nearly) no headphone is perfect.
Rtings also has a somehow critical take on HE400i's soundstage, and that may be the difference to K702's famous soundstage:
"However, the notch around the 10KHz region is not very accurate or deep, which suggests a soundstage that is relatively natural and large but located inside the listener's head."
Maybe, someone could elaborate on that (in)famous 10k-notch - which is supposed to determine if the soundstage is located inside or outside of the listener's head?
The 10k-notch you measure seems to be 'more accurate' than Rtings'?
"What it is: The depth of the "10kHz notch" of the headphone's PRTF, which is caused by phase cancellations at the concha. This quality is monaural and can be perceived even with one ear. This test does not apply to in-ears and earbuds, due to the lack of pinna interaction. " (Rtings)
EDIT: with regard to rtings measurements: the notch of the HE400i seems to be a little bit deeper than the one of the K702, but the notch on the He400i is 'less accurate' than the one on the K702. Taken seriously, not only the depth but also the form ('accuracy') of the notch could be decisive?
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