Online test for profiling headpohnes fq response

2010-03-09 03:33:57

I came across the following on-line test Equal loudness contours and audiometry.

I started testing with my RE0 headphone - and discovered that I am deaf at 16kHz, apart from that I got a pretty normal equal loudness profile on other frequencies. I was not convinced, maybe RE0 can't go up to 16kHz? so I pulled out another headphone - but still can't hear a thing on 16kHz. Still not convinced, I asked my wife's to do the test. She produced a profile that is in line with the equal loudness all the way to 16kHz. So I am deaf at 16kHz indeed 

Apart from discovering that I am deaf at 16kHz, I also discovered that the two headphones produced vastly different equal loudness contour. The RE0 is more or less in-line with the normal equal loudness contour, while the other OEM headphone that came with with Dell XPS notebook has a equal loudness contour that runs flat in the base region, only lifting slightly at 60Hz, indicating a 20dB+ boast in the base region.

So I got a rough confirmation that the RE0 frequency response is indeed flat. When I first got the RE0 it took me a while to get used to it's 'lack' in base. Now that I have gotten used to it, I find it hard to get back to the overwhelming bass of the Dell headphone.

This online test is only as good as one's headphone. But I found it quite a useful tool for very roughly profiling the frequency response of headphones!

Online test for profiling headpohnes fq response

Reply #1 – 2010-03-09 15:00:17

Assessing bass response in headphones is a slippery fish. I've noticed that it takes 20 minutes for anything (within reason) to sound right.

Online test for profiling headpohnes fq response

Reply #2 – 2010-03-09 18:07:49

This was posted before here. Unfortunately a lot of the links to results are now lost.

Thanks for posting about this again as I always meant to compare my SE530 and ER4p.