Thanks Justin I'll check them out. I have had the HD650 and now have the HD600 as they have measured by far the flattest so far. Tx for sharing!
On Wednesday, 24 June 2020, Justin Bennett <j...@bmbcon.demon.nl> wrote: > Hi Augustine, > > I have good experience with various Sennheiser cheap open-back headphones > for binuaral > presentation - we use them a lot for audio-walks with many binaural > effects. However each > model has a particular frequency response which I almost always correct > for in my mix. > > But for mixing and mastering usually use Beyer Dynamic DT-250’s. These are > a closed type > and also not super- hi-fi but for me they represent the kind of NS-10 > experience you’re talking about. Also they are incredibly comfortable and > handy for field recording, which is what I use them for mostly. Although > these days they’re used more for online conference calls ;-) > > best wishes, Justin > > Justin Bennett > > jus...@justinbennett.nl > www.justinbennett.nl > http://jubilee-art.org/ > > new podcast series: http://soundscaper.com/the_constellation > > https://vimeo.com/justinbennett > > https://justinbennett.bandcamp.com/ > > > > On 24 Jun 2020, at 11:35, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:16:17 +0100 > > From: Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> > > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Suitable headphones for monitoring binaural > > compositions > > Message-ID: > > <CABx2jurLoqP=Z5SxuxVz0Fa9DTUaBKiEo7C-tp-pUq0w4j0p1w@mail. > gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi Steve > > Tx for the reply. No the headphones are not equalised for my pinnae in > fact > > not quite sure what you mean by that, iI am talking about using generic > > hrtfs. It is also possible to localise static objects. Something that > close > > to the ear would probably fall firmly within what is called "the cone of > > confusion" but that's a location itself albeit blurry. Also important to > > remember I am asking about suitable headphones for monitoring not > > necessarily the best binaural experience. So the headphones that would > > translate best to whatever most people would listen on. In the studio > that > > used to be ns10s but now is probably genelec. However the concept is the > > same, which headphones are best to produce binaural on yo successfully > > translate to the widest range of headphones, preferably without losing > > quality for those with hi end headphones. In the mastering world this is > > generally something like bowers and Wilkins speakers. > > > > On Tuesday, 23 June 2020, Steven Boardman <boardroomout...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> If your headphones are equalised for your pinnae, then this is surely > >> negated? > >> As you aren't moving your headphones, then it shouldn't be a problem, as > >> they are on axis and your hrtf will remain static, (or non existent with > >> eq). > >> I can anecdotally confirm what Fons mentioned. > >> I have many different flavours of earbuds, closed and open headphones, > and > >> by far the best outer head binaural experience, is with my open back > ones. > >> This is without custom eq for my ears, but with a generic flattening eq, > >> which really improves the effect. > >> I can imagine it would improve massively using hrtf for my own ears, > >> convolved with eq to flatten the response of both my pinnae and > >> headphones.. > >> > >> Best > >> > >> Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Artist website: www.augustineleudar.com Business website: www.magikdoor.net +44(0)7555784775 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20200624/68a80d3c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
