Frequency Response As Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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820 words · ~4 min read
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have you ever been super excited to try a shiny new set of headphones you
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plunked down a bunch of money on but walked away feeling like the sound just
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wasn't quite what you expected maybe you got drawn in by an expensive marketing
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campaign for a pair of headphones that couldn't possibly live up to all the
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hype but you may have also overlooked their frequency response one of the key
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things that separates one set of headphones from another but often only
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gets one little line on a spec sheet usually a headphone manufacturer will
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describe frequency response as has a range of tones that a headphone can
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reproduce you might see something like 20 to 20,000 Hertz for example which
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also happens to be the range of human hearing since most people can't hear
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lower than 20 HZ or higher than 20,000 Herz it might at first look like a cheap
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pair of headphones that lists this as its frequency response can reproduce
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every sound you could ever want to hear unfortunately though those numbers are
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only a pretty small part of the story because different headphones are
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constructed in different ways there are pretty significant differences between
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how various models will reproduce sounds within the low mid and high ranges even
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if a headphone promises a frequency response well beyond your range of
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hearing every frequency might not be reproduced with the same loudness or
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Clarity the result could make you end up feeling like you're listening to
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something through a pretty bad equalizer even if you're not using one at all so
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how can you know whether a particular pair of headphones will sound the way
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you expect while this can be pretty tricky until you actually try them out
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many popular headphone models have been tested by various independent websites
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and even individual hobbyists with the actual frequency response being plotted
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on graphs that show how loud the headphones get at each frequency many
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less expensive headphones have what's called a v-shaped sound signature
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meaning that they have emphasis on the bass and the treble instead of the
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mid-range forming a vshape on a frequency response graph other kinds of
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headphones are more Bas heavy and are louder in the low range or are bright
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and have more emphasis on the treble but if you want a very true to the recording
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sound that isn't skewed in any particular direction it's a good idea to
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find a set of headphones with a flat or neutral sound signature that can
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reproduce lows mids and highs more or
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less equally and although many audio files go for neutral sounding headphones
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this doesn't necessarily that they're the best for everyone for example many
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people who like electronic music or hipop pop go for basier headphones that
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let them feel the lows a little bit more
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ultimately of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that includes
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sound too so at the end of the day what's most important is buying
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something that you think sounds good just don't let yourself be swayed too
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much by you know celebrity endorsements or your buddy who primarily uses his
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