This is a review, listening test, EQ and detailed measurements of the THIERAUDIO GHOST headphone. It was kindly drop shipped to me by a member and costs US $129.
As our British friends would say, the headphone "looks the part." Alas, it doesn't "feel" the part. One touch and you realize this is NOT what luxury products are made out of. It just feels cheap. I did like the thin cables that came with it although I wonder how long they will last. The feel was that of some "hardness" and stiff pushing of the corners of my ears -- not my favorite.
Member had sent me the Brainwavz Angled Pads as well. He said the word is that with them, it will rival that of Sennheiser HD6XXX. Given the measurements below, I highly doubt that. At any rate, I only tested them with the stock pads.
If you are not familiar with my headphone measurements, I highly recommend to watch my tutorial on it:
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THIERAUDIO GHOST headphone Measurements
Getting the headphone to fit well and produce similar response on both channels was difficult. I tried everything and this is the best I got for the headphone frequency response:
Checked elsewhere and correlation is very good so the bass is indeed drooping that much. As is treble response. If the only part of the music you like is from 150 Hz to 1 kHz, this is the headphone for you! EQ curve should not be hard to develop:
I don't think I have seen a headphone where distortion reduces with increased level but here we are:
I could easily see the bass sine wave distorted in the measurement panel (it takes a lot for it to look that way):
We have a very broad distortion pattern. Not good.
Group delay shows some disturbances but pales in comparison to above:
Impedance is low-mid range, meaning you need more current than voltage:
Sensitivity is better than average:
The combo should make it relatively easy to drive.
THIERAUDIO GHOST headphone Measurements
Did someone turn the audiophile life off??? That was the first impression of listening to the headphone. Dull, closed in, and totally non-hi-fi. If I have heard worse headphone sound, I don't remember it. A couple of filters bring some light back the the "picture:"
Given the massive boost I needed for bass, I had dial in a lot of headroom. This counters the sensitivity of the headphone, requiring a proper amp to drive it. With the three filters in place, the sound no longer sucked. While tonality was improved, spatial qualities were so poor that I could still not find words to praise it. By this time my ears were suffering from the hard pads I had to take the headphones off.
Conclusions
I don't know how much longer we need to so many companies choosing random frequency responses. Or is it just whatever they wound up with after they stuck a driver in an enclosure with nary a measurement? Yes, the price is low. If it had the response of Sennheiser HD6XX, it would pass. But it doesn't. HD6XX only lacks bass. This headphone lacks just about everything.
Really bad.
I can't recommend the THIERAUDIO GHOST headphone. Hopefully other than the poor owner, none of you have bought it.
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As always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. are welcome.
Any donations are much appreciated using: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-support-audio-science-review.8150/
As our British friends would say, the headphone "looks the part." Alas, it doesn't "feel" the part. One touch and you realize this is NOT what luxury products are made out of. It just feels cheap. I did like the thin cables that came with it although I wonder how long they will last. The feel was that of some "hardness" and stiff pushing of the corners of my ears -- not my favorite.
Member had sent me the Brainwavz Angled Pads as well. He said the word is that with them, it will rival that of Sennheiser HD6XXX. Given the measurements below, I highly doubt that. At any rate, I only tested them with the stock pads.
If you are not familiar with my headphone measurements, I highly recommend to watch my tutorial on it:
[And subscribe to the channel
THIERAUDIO GHOST headphone Measurements
Getting the headphone to fit well and produce similar response on both channels was difficult. I tried everything and this is the best I got for the headphone frequency response:
Checked elsewhere and correlation is very good so the bass is indeed drooping that much. As is treble response. If the only part of the music you like is from 150 Hz to 1 kHz, this is the headphone for you! EQ curve should not be hard to develop:
I don't think I have seen a headphone where distortion reduces with increased level but here we are:
I could easily see the bass sine wave distorted in the measurement panel (it takes a lot for it to look that way):
We have a very broad distortion pattern. Not good.
Group delay shows some disturbances but pales in comparison to above:
Impedance is low-mid range, meaning you need more current than voltage:
Sensitivity is better than average:
The combo should make it relatively easy to drive.
THIERAUDIO GHOST headphone Measurements
Did someone turn the audiophile life off??? That was the first impression of listening to the headphone. Dull, closed in, and totally non-hi-fi. If I have heard worse headphone sound, I don't remember it. A couple of filters bring some light back the the "picture:"
Given the massive boost I needed for bass, I had dial in a lot of headroom. This counters the sensitivity of the headphone, requiring a proper amp to drive it. With the three filters in place, the sound no longer sucked. While tonality was improved, spatial qualities were so poor that I could still not find words to praise it. By this time my ears were suffering from the hard pads I had to take the headphones off.
Conclusions
I don't know how much longer we need to so many companies choosing random frequency responses. Or is it just whatever they wound up with after they stuck a driver in an enclosure with nary a measurement? Yes, the price is low. If it had the response of Sennheiser HD6XX, it would pass. But it doesn't. HD6XX only lacks bass. This headphone lacks just about everything.
Really bad.
I can't recommend the THIERAUDIO GHOST headphone. Hopefully other than the poor owner, none of you have bought it.
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As always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. are welcome.
Any donations are much appreciated using: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-support-audio-science-review.8150/