OK, since LeDechaine has committed the indiscretion of posting an FR graph on a subjectivist forum, lol, Iâll pile on as well. Here is the same thing with two differences:
Here Iâve used Oratory1990 measurements (state-of-art equipment) plus Iâve used the actual Harman 2018 target for compensation. IOW, this shows the variance between what they were attempting to match and the results they achieved with an actual production unit.
Sean Olive claimed they got within 1 dB across the audible spectrum with the K371. This shows a somewhat different story. Not saying it matters. Just an interesting snapshot.
Assuming this is addressed to me, no. Three problems. I have hearing damage that makes me need a significant boost in the 2-3 kHz region. On top of that I listen at fairly low levels, so even without the hearing damage Iâd need more 2-3 kHz than the 2018 Harman target offers. Finally, Iâm spoiled by the additional detail, dynamics, etc. from the DT 1990.
lol!
My bad. I noticed that right after I finished constructing the graph. Would be better if my graph had used entirely different colors rather than reversing them.
I mean yes, but, too raw Haha (sorry I mean â the other two are harman compensated).
HEQ = âTarget Responseâ ? If itâs the case, hmm, messing with a photo editor (to make the yellow, dotted target response horizontal, flat) gives me something really similar to Wheezyâs (harman compensated) measurements.
Edit: Rtings, compensated, without their own âmixâ of things (i.e.: The graph they show to everyone), are 5dB down from 0hz compared to the others, a slope ending at 200hz. From 200hz to 10khz, yeah, really similar to Wheezy. And a hole at 12khz.
Anyway. Iâm half asleep and messed a bit too much with this.
TL,DR: Rtings donât seem to do much to the harman curve except lowering the bass, adding 5dB at 10khz, and removing like 5dB at 12hz for their âofficialâ graphs. And with that, the green line (there) would be even more similar to the two other measurements from two other, different sources.
K371, according to multiple measurements from multiple sources = Sub-bass boost +5dB, beautifully neutral mids for monitoring, and okay treble and âairâ, so, these closed-back wonât sound closed (or âclaustrophobicâ.
There seems to be a Bluetooth version of the K371 and K361 newly released (not that the originals are that old). It seems a bit odd to me to release a separate version so soon, let alone have a bluetooth verson of a headphone marketed towards studio use.
From comparing with the non-bluetooth 371, it looks like the differences are:
add 45g of weight
add $30 cost
add BT5 (no mention of aptX)
40 hours battery life (claimed)
Wired listening still an option
take away the 3m straight cable
on paper specs seem to stay the same (frequency response, sensitivity, impedance)
PSA to all metal heads. This headphone is really good for Metal music. Nice neutral even response. Sub bass to bass is quite powerful but the mid bass is neutral with the rest of the frequency response which means these never sound boomy. Guitars have a lot of grit, these have pretty good vocal intimacy, everything seems well separated despite the soundstage being narrow. So far I really like these. Now to test the gaming performance.
Not sure if you can see it in the picture but thereâs a small dent on the driver. Mine still works perfectly fine and I havenât noticed anything wrong with the sound. This could be why some people have issues with the sound of there unit.
