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Author Topic: JPS Labs Abyss Headphone Impressions - The Real Deal Hands On Experience  (Read 32728 times)

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So before I post Abyss measurements, I'm going to tease you guys. My sponge measurement rig is no more. I've built a new one which simplifies workflow (I used to take two measurements, one with sponge and one with a solid-plate.) In other words, all future measurements will not necessarily be comparable to the old ones. I will indicate new measurements with a "V2".

In order to establish a reference, since measurements are still relative and I make no claims of accuracy (other than any subjective references to my reference speaker system), I will provide a few measurements of some other well known headphones first.
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Oh geebus, get on with it!
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Oh, and really nice impression posts above. Thanks for that!
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One more to tease. Actually these "checks" are more for myself. AB-1266 is next. (Why does AB-1266 sounds like some nationalistic-fascist CA law prohibiting eating rare steak.)
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AB-1266 MEASUREMENTS!

Here is the FR and distortion for left
1/6 octave smoothing
90db SPL/A white noise
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Seems some ringing going on in the 8 to 10 kHz area... Bass is cleaner than the HD600, but man technically the HE500 is hard to beat in that area.
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Look closer in the 50Hz to 120Hz area for distortion. Most "bass" will reside from 50-120. AB-1266 is 7-10db cleaner in that region compared to HE-500. Also note spike at 9k. Perhaps this is what Tyll was referring to with the low level treble noise.
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The bass difference seems to be that the Abyss has a considerably cleaner midbass, but does not deliver in low~sub-bass nearly as well as HE500 (as shown by the quick FR roll-off and subsequent distortion hump under 50 Hz). Could be seal-related?

Interesting how the Abyss has a similar 4-6kHz behaviour as HE500 though, where there is a big FR notch but is in fact much more benign in the CSD.

Really love the conciseness of the new plots format...gonna miss the old isometric 3D CSDs though.. there's just something about seeing an isometric plot that feels really intuitive to take in.
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