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you really like don't you? i can't blame you. with butter it is pretty delicious...and sometimes gummie bears added is nice as well.

My personal hypothesis is that as far as frequency balance is concerned, a pair of neutral headphones should share the same perceived frequency balance as a pair of speakers equalized to have a measured flat frequency response at the listening position. Ideally, in a well treated room, a pair of flat (anechoic frequency response) would till measure very flat at the listening position with any further EQ.

NB: This only concerns the frequency response, the room's reflections and the speaker's directivity necessarily impact on soundstaging. I will also admit the imprecision of my definition as I don't know whether the measuring window should include the reflections or should be short enough to only capture the direct signal (the latter case wouldn't not be possible with all rooms)

I hope for some further inputs.

they use to measure headphones like that, but not anymore since everything is done on computers. i know things like doby surround is based off of Diffused-field equalization standards but not headphones. they have computers that ''imitate'' frequency response of diffused-field but not measured like real diffused-field(head dummy in an 10x10 echo chamber playing 2nd/3rd octave pink noise on flat frequency response speakers).

before that they use to use free-field(head dummy measured in an anechoic chamber with flat frequency speakers). i think the sextetts were one of the few free-field equalized headphones for studio work(i have documents showing how the sextetts were measured). i know stax still uses free-field but modified version of what they believe in. i know AKG still somewhat uses diffused-field with their current 701/702 but not like their older models like the 240DF. the 240DF were equalized for German radio broadcasting IRT standards. every other company like sennheiser uses their own type of diffused-field techniques. sennheiser was gonna fellow the same diffused-field method that the 240DF took but were suggested to not fully fellow that type of measurement so they designed their own ways of measuring diffused-field.Stax made one headphone that used a diffused-field Box. the headphone was still free-field equalized but when hooked up to the box it will present the headphone with diffused-field equalization. i forgot the model but they had one.


besides, doing those techniques nowadays cost thousands or even millions(well by today standards due to how much the dollar is worth compare to the 70's and early 80's where they had the freedom to experiment with no cost restrictions)and lots of time and study. that's why headphones like Stax cost so much. they use to measure headphones in acoustic chambers but not anymore. only speakers are measured in acoustic chambers nowadays. only headphones i know of is sennheiser ''reference/audiophile'' line-up and i believe the Beyer DT48s(another diffused-field headphone) is measured same way when it comes to dynamics. electrostatics are still and will always be measured in a free-field. only other dynamic besides the sextetts was the K1000 that was measured in a free-field.
 

i know. just mentioning they both used free-field. stax uses free-field and all their ear speakers sound different.

Mastering of different cd's (targeted at different audiences) is done not only ON, but also FOR different speaker (type's). Where a good recorded classical cd might be mastered for neutral speakers, a lady gaga cd is probably mastered to also sound great on earbuds and Dre Beats. Some recordings actually sound like crap on my studio monitor's and AKG K1000, but great on cheaper speakers.

This is a common misconception....

A well mastered CD will sound good on any equipment designed to reproduce music properly. It will only sound bad if the speaker/headphone/gear is extremely colored or faulty. A Lady Gaga CD is simply mastered to sound loud because people feel that sounds better. Dynamic range can't be appreciated in a noisy car either.

The argument that there is some magical EQ curve to make music sound good on all types of equipment is BS.