Another_Moon
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It started with the fact that I was disappointed with the AKG K361 headphones, they seem to fit the Harman curve, plus I used the oratory1990 EQ, started listening and ... I didn’t like it. I think: well, how is it, here are the headphones, smartly made for the right purpose, they have much deeper bass than my Superlux HD668B, what's wrong? Okay, I've made peace with that. And so, recently I went to a large audio store with a specific goal - to listen to the best headphones in the world (low distortion, almost perfect frequency response, in general, not headphones but a song 
) and finally hear that very sound. Of course, the consultant set me up, and stuck DCA into some shameful (like all tube amplifiers) "audiophile" tube amplifier, albeit an expensive one, well, I think he could more or less cope with them, in terms of power for sure, but in terms of distortion there everything is clear .. (in the pause I heard the whistle of harmonicas.. 
). And now, the moment of truth .. and again - yes, very loud and clear (as far as the tube amplifier allowed) in comparison with my headphones, but the tonal balance is again somehow not the same, something is missing ... Of course, I was very upset and after a few days of reflection and existential longing I decided to try to figure out what was wrong after all. So, I opened up the measurments of the DCA Stealth, and started looking for flaws. Well, the loss at ~9.5 KHz immediately catches my eye, but I don’t think that this is exactly what I was missing, I check - I turn down on my Superlux with a 10 KHz equalizer by -5 dB (on top of the EQ from oratory1990, i.e. initially the frequency response as far as can be smooth) and I do not hear a strong critical difference. OK. I look further, and I see a hole at low frequencies from ~40 to 90 Hz, it seems to be small, from -1 to -3 dB, but I decide to make the same hole using EQ, and here I get - this sound, how can I to say "without punch", and if you think about it, this is probably my favorite range in sound, and here it is underestimated for nothing, although not much, but this "a little" as it turned out is strongly felt. I also decided to look at the K361 chart and the op - the hole is almost in the same place, but even deeper, an interesting coincidence, of course, my Superlux go exactly in this range. And then I have matured 3 questions: 1. why you Amir do not hear this flaw by ear, but I do. I guess maybe you only listen to very calm music? I love dense music: trance, rap and other electronics (Of course, I also like calm music , and I even listened to such a track on Stealth, where there are almost only female vocals, and of course this track sounded better than the others), I think that's why I quickly caught this hole. 2. Why oratory1990 does not pay attention to such an important range and does not correct it with an equalizer. 3. Why are the powerest scientific sound producers like Harman, Mr. Speakers don't pay attention to it either. Well, it's not esoteric, it's not just me who hears it - the microphone, as you can see, also transmits it. I think if you fix it with an equalizer on these headphones, the sound picture will change dramatically. I may be wrong, but here is my observation. Thank you for your attention! Sorry for the crooked english, kick Google for it.
) and finally hear that very sound. Of course, the consultant set me up, and stuck DCA into some shameful (like all tube amplifiers) "audiophile" tube amplifier, albeit an expensive one, well, I think he could more or less cope with them, in terms of power for sure, but in terms of distortion there everything is clear .. (in the pause I heard the whistle of harmonicas.. ). And now, the moment of truth .. and again - yes, very loud and clear (as far as the tube amplifier allowed) in comparison with my headphones, but the tonal balance is again somehow not the same, something is missing ... Of course, I was very upset and after a few days of reflection and existential longing I decided to try to figure out what was wrong after all. So, I opened up the measurments of the DCA Stealth, and started looking for flaws. Well, the loss at ~9.5 KHz immediately catches my eye, but I don’t think that this is exactly what I was missing, I check - I turn down on my Superlux with a 10 KHz equalizer by -5 dB (on top of the EQ from oratory1990, i.e. initially the frequency response as far as can be smooth) and I do not hear a strong critical difference. OK. I look further, and I see a hole at low frequencies from ~40 to 90 Hz, it seems to be small, from -1 to -3 dB, but I decide to make the same hole using EQ, and here I get - this sound, how can I to say "without punch", and if you think about it, this is probably my favorite range in sound, and here it is underestimated for nothing, although not much, but this "a little" as it turned out is strongly felt. I also decided to look at the K361 chart and the op - the hole is almost in the same place, but even deeper, an interesting coincidence, of course, my Superlux go exactly in this range. And then I have matured 3 questions: 1. why you Amir do not hear this flaw by ear, but I do. I guess maybe you only listen to very calm music? I love dense music: trance, rap and other electronics (Of course, I also like calm music , and I even listened to such a track on Stealth, where there are almost only female vocals, and of course this track sounded better than the others), I think that's why I quickly caught this hole. 2. Why oratory1990 does not pay attention to such an important range and does not correct it with an equalizer. 3. Why are the powerest scientific sound producers like Harman, Mr. Speakers don't pay attention to it either. Well, it's not esoteric, it's not just me who hears it - the microphone, as you can see, also transmits it. I think if you fix it with an equalizer on these headphones, the sound picture will change dramatically. I may be wrong, but here is my observation. Thank you for your attention! Sorry for the crooked english, kick Google for it.
