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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #80 on: August 11, 2015, 02:05:05 AM »

I'm not reading all that summarize it in one word

Actually, this is worth discussing at Headphone Measurements section of this forum. Basically, these guys choose a way that similar to Audeze went; essentially a flat-response disregarding DF nor FF. I will make a new thread now...
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #81 on: September 01, 2015, 06:30:45 AM »

I got my headphone from bay bloor radio in toronto. They are very light and comfortable.I think they are extremely balanced , warm with a very rich and detailed sound reproduction. I didn't want to take them off my head. They were very light on the noggin and so comfortable. One could easily wear these for a very long listening session without any discomfort.
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #82 on: September 01, 2015, 07:23:38 AM »

I hope some other manufactures use the liquid wood thingymajjiger, it's pretty cool. walk the plank2
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #83 on: September 02, 2015, 12:42:36 AM »

while I didn't find these horrible, they aren't too impressive either...
a little congested, too much warmth from bass bleed etc etc.
upper mids lacking too much for my tastes.

however worth mentioning is positioning for these are very important.
just moving them a little too much to the back of your head will change the sound a lot. clarity and such while not great in any position is greatly improved when you find the right spot.
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #84 on: September 08, 2015, 04:59:50 PM »

Golden Ears has AudioQuest Nighthawk measurements up:
http://ko.goldenears.net/board/5772639

I took the liberty of making a gif comparing their measurements to AudioQuest's. I stretched their plot to match:
http://gph.is/1iuJp4V
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #85 on: September 08, 2015, 05:12:21 PM »

Wow, that is some fat bass!
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #86 on: September 08, 2015, 05:15:40 PM »

Yeah, that 200-500hz bump is pretty 'speshal'.
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #87 on: September 08, 2015, 05:24:59 PM »

I'm glad a second source isn't showing a 15dB dip at 1kHz. People kept using a couple of horrible graphs as ammunition.
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #88 on: September 08, 2015, 08:14:52 PM »

I took the liberty of making a gif comparing their measurements to AudioQuest's. I stretched their plot to match:
http://gph.is/1iuJp4V

neat ... looks like the measurements are rather closely the same.

When looking at those GE plots I know I can remove them from my 'to audition when I see them' list.
These are definitely not headphones for me.

The AQ plots suggest it is quite position sensitive as well.

Below the plots of the Denon AH-D600 as measured by GE.

There is some resemblance in the bass response... looks like the AQ drivers do not only look exactly like the Denon drivers they measure similar as well.
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Re: AudioQuest NightHawk impressions?
« Reply #89 on: September 08, 2015, 08:21:16 PM »

I wouldn't say the Denon AH-D600 sounds even remotely similar to the Nighthawk (I've owned both).

The Denon has less upper bass (they did a good thing dropping at 25Hz). It also dips at the heart of the mids, and the Nighthawk doesn't.

If the AH-D600 didn't dip there in the mids, I would have really liked them, to be honest. With the Nighthawk, if they didn't bloat in the upper bass, I would like them a lot more.

If you were to combine these two headphones and make them fit on my giant ears, I'd love them. The closest to that is the Fostex TH600/TH900 with the piercing 5500Hz peak that I want to bug you about so I can put together a notch filter in a cable.




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