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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2015, 04:24:01 AM »

If you replace the word technology with machine, the abbreviation makes more sense...  :D

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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2015, 06:55:37 AM »

AHHHHH GREAT thread ! thks  popcorn

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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2015, 07:08:03 AM »

Nice ideas.  I have been using a CD with felt over it.

But some of 318 couplers or Gras artificial head dont have any damping material on it.
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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2015, 07:21:01 AM »

But some of 318 couplers or Gras artificial head dont have any damping material on it.

I feel damping material is necessary to simulate effects of skin, fat, muscle, blood, which seem to have some absorbing properties. I've had access to artificial ears, shoved a microphone through a large piece of pork belly, coated surfaces with sriracha sauce, etc. until I came up with this V2 version (small ear size piece of felt over a sheet of high-density construction foam).

Without damping material, I feel that peaks and ringing in CSD tend to be overemphasized, at least with what I was working with. Finally, my V2 rig as seen here, uses absolutely no compensation. The whole thing was about doing it fast / uncompensated jointly on an unbiased device for evaluating headphones.
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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2015, 07:52:10 AM »

I think I was wrong seems they use some special material.

"is equipped with a pair of removable pinnae (the outer visible section of the ear), molded from a soft rubber-like compound, and mechanical couplers called Occluded Ear Simulators at the locations of the inner ears, to simulate the mechanical impedance of the ear to incoming sound. Measurement microphones are situated at the location of the eardrum."
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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2015, 07:53:32 AM »

Tnx for the info Marv.

Have you tested ballistic gelatin in conjunction with other materials?

Are there any particular settings for REW?

edit: I am seriously considering this dummy head from epay, it has a decent pinna. Some damping-felt can be easily added. (If more members would make the same dummy head model we could have a uniformed standard and cross-evaluate measurements)

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Extensions-Mannequin-Soft-Head-Eyelash-Extensions-Male-Dummy-Display-Stand-Q-/251734683480?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a9c8e6f58
« Last Edit: April 17, 2015, 08:12:39 AM by Dr Pan K »
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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2015, 08:14:53 AM »

Nice for positioning the headphones right.

purr1n looking at the headphone on your rig, isnt it too stretched and too much pressure?
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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2015, 08:36:17 AM »

I am using this ... Wood construction lined with creatology foam, calibrated Dayton EMM-6 mic and Steinberg UR22 audio interface.
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Re: My Measurement Rig Progress / Purrin Reveals All!
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2015, 08:58:44 AM »

I think the distance should same like head size right?
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