That's good, I'm glad you like it! It's true that it's a very nice smooth frequency response to EQ sucessfully to the Harman Curve - no sharp EQ filters were required to make it match the Harman Curve accurately. It's probably a pretty good buy as a headphone (although we haven't seen distortion measurements or an Amir review yet, although you'd expect it to match the HE6se original), especially when it was in that sale that someone posted earlier!
Yeah, would be good to see Amir measure the V2 if he can, the original HE6se is one of the most impressive measuring headphones and the V2 has got an even better frequency response so could even trump the original HE6se.
I'm not familiar with the details of which exact pads are used on the various models, I do know someone earlier showed this link (https://forum.headphones.com/t/hifiman-he6-official-thread/12784 ) where I got the V2 measurement from (look further down the page at that link) and the measurements at the link is showing an HE6 (not SE) with Velour pads vs an SE V1 with stock pads vs finally the stock SE V2. The first measurement (HE6 not se) with velour pads does look quite close to the stock V2, but don't know what conclusions you can really draw as they're 3 different models of headphones and the stock HE6 doesn't match the HE6se:
I do have the V2, not tried your eq yet and yes that's generally how I eq my phones where possible.
By eyeballing that Total EQ curve of yours in comparison to the V2 measurement it looks like you'd be very close to the Harman Curve apart from around 2dB more bass boost than Harman. You could always experiment with comparing vs my EQ, but I don't think you're far off from Harman there.
Yeah, they're very close, but by looking at those Total EQ Curves I'd expect the top one (which is my EQ of the V2) would potentially sound a bit livelier and less muddy as there is less energy in the 200-500Hz area, as well as less of a bass shelf. Not huge differences though.
Wasn't quite sure from watching your comparison vids which pads were on each for measuring and listening tests so thanks for clarifying. Hifiman model /pad specs are something of a nightmare!
I suspect the differences we see in eq filters are not as great as the differences we hear.
Small changes in dB can be noticeable if they happen over wide range of frequencies so you might surprise yourself. The most extreme example of that is linear tone control filters. If I remember rightly I was able to notice a difference in tonality with even a 0.5dB tilt if it occurs as a linear tilt from 20Hz - 20000Hz. (Here's a set of 3 High Shelf Filters that work together to form an almost perfect linear tilt from 20Hz -20kHz if you set the Gain(dB) to the same figure for each of the three filters: 63Hz Q0.5 / 632Hz Q0.5 / 6324Hz Q0.5 - so a minus 0.6dB tilt would mean setting each of the three filters to minus 0.2dB)
They are terrible when it comes to the constant revisions, how the Hell does someone even know what they really own? Audeze is guilty of this to a lesser degree, too.
