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Poll

Use crossfeed with open headphones?

Yes
[ 13 ] (54.2%)
No
[ 6 ] (25%)
Dependant on music played
[ 4 ] (16.7%)
No perceptible difference/benefit
[ 1 ] (4.2%)

Total Members Voted: 37

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Open headphones

Hey, just a quick question. If you use open headphones, do you use any crossfeed? I've read something about open headphones supposedly having "natural" crossfeed because of the sound's ability to travel from one side to another. At the moment I'm using cheap, sealed headphones, and use foo_dsp_crossfeed from http://www.naivesoftware.com/, but may eventually get Sennheiser HD555s. Will using crossfeed be necessary, or beneficial then?
Acid8000 aka. PhilDEE

Open headphones

Reply #1 –
Quote from: Acid8000 on
Hey, just a quick question. If you use open headphones, do you use any crossfeed? I've read something about open headphones supposedly having "natural" crossfeed because of the sound's ability to travel from one side to another. At the moment I'm using cheap, sealed headphones, and use foo_dsp_crossfeed from http://www.naivesoftware.com/, but may eventually get Sennheiser HD555s. Will using crossfeed be necessary, or beneficial then?


Effective natural crossfeed from open headphone? Not likely. By the time the sound from the other side reaches the opposing ear, it's not substantial in amplitude.

-Chris

Open headphones

Reply #2 –
If you want the effect of speakers, crossfeed is necessary on all headphone types, including earphones

Open headphones

Reply #3 –
Quote from: WmAx on
Not likely. By the time the sound from the other side reaches the opposing ear, it's not substantial in amplitude.



Exactly what I was thinking.
Acid8000 aka. PhilDEE

Open headphones

Reply #4 –
To hear the effect of this plugin very easily, play the stereo version of
"I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles, and switch it on and off in the foobar 2000 9.2 preferences for dsp.
you will make mp3's for compatibility reasons.

Open headphones

Reply #5 –
There's plenty of tracks in my library that demonstrate the effect. I find it very annoying listening to music on headphones without crossfeed since I started using it a year ago. Still using foobar2000 0.8.3 here.
Acid8000 aka. PhilDEE

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Reply #6 –
With open headphones you're less likely to get that 'going deaf on one ear' feeling but that's just because they don't isolate (as much) from outside sounds.

(I still voted no because I don't like crossfeed, I'm used to headphones sounding like headphones.)

Open headphones

Reply #7 –
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To hear the effect of this plugin very easily, play the stereo version of
"I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles, and switch it on and off

To hear even better the effect of crossfeed, I'd suggest that you also try the crossfeed free soft with the included "bonger" generator and you can try various crossfeed parameters to fit your own heaphones/ears.

Open headphones

Reply #8 –
I prefer Dolby Headphone plugin
 

Open headphones

Reply #9 –
I generally use the image compression/expansion module on my Behringer DEQ2496 digital equalizer/signal processor as needed for headphone listening, making adjustments for particular recordings.  The Behringer has 10 steps from stereo to mono for the image compression.  I'm generally content just to reduce the stereo separation without delay or frequency response adjustments.

I'm always on the look-out for something good for the computer though.  The more flexibility the better, as far as I'm concerned.  Thanks for the prior posts.  Nice topic.