This means that while music comes in a myriad of different sounds and music creation methods come in just as many different variants (e.g. The idea with any sound reproduction method is to reproduce the sound as accurately as reasonably possible. I am not aware of any such 'scientific research'. Scientific research has shown that our perception of depth is increased when the driver is placed more forward and lower with respect to the entrance of the ear channel. This is not generally possible, because it will be different for different people. It's not possible to give a general recommendation like 'it's best to always shift forward and downward'. this will be different for different headphones and for different people. With Dekoni fenestrated sheepskin earpads, the HD800 sounds best on my ears when shifted forward and down.

HD800S sound best when I position them right in the middle. That's a standard part of a complete measurement procedure.īut like I said, the amount of change will depend on the shape of the user's ears, so it's not possible to predict which position will sound best to you.ĪirPods Max sound best on my ears when I shift them upwards a bit. I do measure different positions of the headphone on the head to obtain a spatial average. Beyerdynamic DT1990 (Dekoni Elite Velours Earpads).Sennheiser HD700 (Dekoni Elite Velours Earpads).Sennheiser HD660S (Dekoni Fenestrated Sheepskin Earpads).Beyerdynamic DT770 (Dekoni Hybrid Earpads).List of presets if you have an RME ADI-2įor those who are mainly interested in the measurements of the headphones and not the actual EQ presets, have a look at :) added or improved since last update on 21.09.21:.Measurement database & graph comparison tool.

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