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In Reply to: RE: Several things posted by Mike K on July 23, 2011 at 07:47:38
Hi Mike,
I was with you till this:
One does not have to sit in the "sweet spot", or keep one's head pointed
in one direction, to get full stereo effect.
The lack of a stereo effect is the main reasons I hate headphones.
Having tried all the binural or whatever those headphones listening plugins are I have had nothing that comes close to the soundstage that is produced by speakers.
Since I am putting together a rig for headphones what are you doing to get a "full stereo effect"?
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which were recorded in mono, hence I tend not to worry too much about
channel separation. When I do play newer recordings done in stereo, I've
not noticed any problems with a lack of channel separation.
MK
I think you are right about the open back nature of some phones.
The best ones I heard for stereo imaging were some Ultrasones. IIRC they were open back.
What is an "earspeaker"??
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AKG used to make them. Today, Stax and a few others are still making them. This will give you some idea...
Earspeakers provide me with some of the best aspects of loudspeakers and headphones simultaneously. I'm sure we all know that there are a few different types and brands of earspeakers to choose from, I own a set of AKG K1000's. I would not consider my headphone system to be complete without a pair of earspeakers to turn to from time to time... although a pair of uber-expensive headphones and a good crossfeed circuit might do very well in a pinch!
I have AKG702's which are open backed headphones. Compared to closed back the sound field seems much more natural and not close to my head.
DR I agree that speakers will always sound better. But when you get into headphones as I did you will really start appreciating all they can do for intimacy and privacy. i really went into them in a big way.
I ultimately sold the Corda because I went toa tube amp. I believe Jan Meier calls the technology Crossfeed. You may wish to heck out his website.
Crossfeed is what I was talking about!
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I don't know if the term is proprietary or not, but there's a "crossfeed" switch on my Total Bithead. I haven't really tried it and since the device is at work I won't be able to until Monday... I gather the intent is to mix a little time delayed (?) bit of each channel with its counterpart, but I'm no expert at this.
I'll report back, though.
I have the Total Airhead with a crossfeed switch. Just by ear, it seems to reduce the separation and roll off the highs. I don't use it. Perhaps something more sophisticated is called for but I don't know what that would be.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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I'd say that with most recordings I listen to, the effects of crossfeed with my Meier Corda Arietta are barely noticeable at first but it does seem to make headphone listening seem more natural and enjoyable over the long term. Some heapdphone amps have a certain amount of natural crossfeed going on (without the need for crossfeed circuitry) due to circuit design of the amp itself. Steve Deckert of Decware once told me that crossfeed circuitry was not really needed with his CSP2 headphone amps, but that he considered crossfeed to be an essential ingredient for long term listening with his small ZH-1 "Zenhead" headphone amp.
Edits: 07/24/11 07/24/11
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