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Riotvan

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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2015, 06:57:40 PM »
Might send over my 800's, already bought the plugin since it sounds really good. How long is the turn around for a calibration? Not sure i can go long without them haha.
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2015, 08:30:22 PM »
The calibration takes a few hours or so. So, realistically - two days, depending on how busy are the engineers. Extra two days to get them back in EU and up to four worldwide.

Also the plug-in isn't that much about creating your own graph, but you can roll various reference curves.

The offer is valid until end of September, so be reasonably fast. After that I can only make sure that your headphones get first in the line for calibration.
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2015, 08:55:57 PM »
The 'problem' I ran into was shipping cost.

If someone knows a good way to ship fully insured headphones for WAY less than ~ $600 r/t I'm interested to hear the particulars for sure.

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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2015, 09:38:44 PM »
Quote from: Hroðulf on September 25, 2015, 08:30:22 PM
The calibration takes a few hours or so. So, realistically - two days, depending on how busy are the engineers. Extra two days to get them back in EU and up to four worldwide.

Also the plug-in isn't that much about creating your own graph, but you can roll various reference curves.

The offer is valid until end of September, so be reasonably fast. After that I can only make sure that your headphones get first in the line for calibration.

Ok sounds good, you advise fresh pads right? I'll have to think about that since they also run about 100€ if im not mistaken. Another thing is the 800's are probably one of the most consistently measuring headphones around. Again something to consider...

Edit they are 59€ here in Holland, not as bad as i thought.
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2015, 01:02:36 AM »
I'm pretty sure Sennheiser already made my headphones with drivers that are well matched.  I have v1 circumaural Momentums which I know are not regarded as highly here at Changstar as at most places (simply put, you pyrates are wrong he he he) but if I can't distinguish test tones in level in a left vs right comparison then why the hell would I be interested in paying someone to simply make an adjustment that I can't hear and which will be useless to me in every normal usage of the gear?

And if there are HD800 owners who think they got unbalanced drivers why the hell are you thinking about spending *more* money???!!!  Just go back to the place you bought them, explain and demonstrate the problem and get a refund/replacement.  If neither is forthcoming then slowly strangle the salesman.  When you come before the court simply have your advocate mention the price and the case will be dismissed either on the basis of justifiable loss of reason due to extreme emotional distress or permanent insanity, maybe even both.

btw normally I charge £249.99 for the above advice but today in UK we are celebrating "Part Fools From Their Money Day" so you get a discount of 10%.
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2015, 01:13:27 AM »
Does anyone know if there is a way to get all of the Windows sound output (DirectAudio) to route through such a plugin and calibration curve? So that one could use this calibration indepentend of music playback software, movies, games etc? Cause now that would really get me interested in doing this :)
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2015, 01:58:45 AM »
Quote from: Koloth on September 26, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
Does anyone know if there is a way to get all of the Windows sound output (DirectAudio) to route through such a plugin and calibration curve? So that one could use this calibration indepentend of music playback software, movies, games etc? Cause now that would really get me interested in doing this :)

I downloaded a trial of the program and it works directly through my DAW. I haven't used it yet, just installed it to see what it looked like. If you use a DAW, you can set whatever audio output you want and route it straight through the DAW to the plug-in without any interference from other audio programs.

Also there is some useful info in their FAQ here:http://sonarworks.com/support/faq/

And if you are still unsure, they have a support email: support@sonarworks.com as well as a Blog and Support Platform.

Another good read on their site about the plug-in:

http://sonarworks.com/2015/07/calibrated-reference-sound-now-available-on-krk-focal-and-other-studio-headphones/
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2015, 04:00:04 AM »
Quote from: Koloth on September 26, 2015, 01:13:27 AM
Does anyone know if there is a way to get all of the Windows sound output (DirectAudio) to route through such a plugin and calibration curve? So that one could use this calibration indepentend of music playback software, movies, games etc? Cause now that would really get me interested in doing this :)


I'm using JRiver's WDM driver to route audio through it. The DSP setup in JRiver's pretty great and handles multiple plugins, unlike my old Foobar setup, so I can use a mix of custom EQ, Sonarworks, and a crossfade VST (Redline Monitor).

I was hoping to apply that Anax 3.0 mod before getting my 800s EQ'ed, but perhaps I'll jump on this offer. Sonarworks' default 800 profile is great though - makes the 800s sound like 600s on steroids.

(And... first post. Greetings from a former member of that other forum getting back into the hobby.)
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2015, 04:15:42 AM »
I'll have to try the plug-in with JRiver as well in the DSP studio - good idea.
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Re: Get your cans calibrated for free-eee!
« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2015, 07:11:37 AM »
Your ears probably have much more channel imbalance than any HD 650 or 800 driver set. They aren't Audeze or DT 250s.
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