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The_Empress_Archemagus
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I can't recommend any brands or models, but I do have certain preferences when it comes to closed headphones. Namely, they need to do 32 Ohms with ease, have a range of 5 Hz to 25kHz, roughly 110-120 decible resonance(?), and preferably with greater than one meter worth of cord. (Also helps of the cord is detachable and single sided.) And that's about my two cents.
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ElectronicVices
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The_Empress_ArchemagusDon't get hung up on response being listed "5Hz to 25kHz"... there is almost no musical content below 18hz ( organ music) and the low end spec for Dolby Atmos is 31.5 Hz so movies will also not have much if anything below that spec. The other spec's you are referring to appear to be nominal impedance and sensitivity. These can be a measure of how difficult to drive a headphone is but really only scratch the surface until you take into account your amplification source and the full impedance curve of the headphone.
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The_Empress_Archemagus
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ElectronicVicesHuh, strange. I did once own a pair of headphones that had a listed sensitivity of 8Hz-20kHz. I could defenitely hear the lower end frequenices. Maybe that's just me, IDK. The way I test most headphones/IEMs is to play 311's "T&P Combo." The refrain has a bass line that runs up and down the scale. Most headphones I've used that have a sensitivity of 15 Hz-20kHz miss out on the bottom end of the scale. Very few with a sensitivity of 10 Hz-20kHz can reach the lowest end fo the scale. Only that 8 Hz set of 'phones was able to reach the highest and lowest end of the bass line. I prefer my gear to reach as high and as low as possible technology can allow. IDK if that makes me an audiophile or headphone expert, that's just what I prefer.
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Poler1
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The_Empress_ArchemagusWell human hearing doesn't go bellow 20hz so even if the headphones can do it you really can't hear those very low frequencies. You can feel ultra low frequencies but not sure if headphones can do that (speakers can)
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ElectronicVices
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The_Empress_ArchemagusA frequency response spec without a variance (+/-) listed is borderline meaning less. A headphone that states (5hz to 25khz) could be 20db down from nominal at either end of that spectrum (roughly 1/4 perceived output to the other frequencies). A different headphone rated 25hz to 20khz +/- 3db is much more informative. You know that you will be no more than 6 db's down from peak at any one frequency. In your "8hz" example the headphone you're are talking about more than likely had a much slower roll off on the bass frequencies than what you were comparing it to (a lower +/- variance).
Sensitivity - the volume produced at a given power level at a given frequency response (typically 1khz) Nominal Impedance - the baseline resistance a headphone displays to the flow of electrical current from a source. Low impedance requires more current, high impedance requires more voltage from your souce Frequency Response - the range of frequencies a headphone can produce, most valuable when displayed in graphic form or with a tolerance/variance attached.
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