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Title: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: Marvey on September 29, 2012, 10:17:29 PM
StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
(http://www.changstar.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=543.0;attach=2377;image)

Subjective Impressions (pre-measurement as always)
These could be my favorite Strats to date because they are ... well nice and don't have any treble ear jabs.
Title: Re: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: Marvey on September 29, 2012, 10:19:07 PM
Measurements here.
Title: Re: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: Anathallo on September 30, 2012, 12:51:34 AM
Neat!  Forgive my ignorance, but what headphones are these based on?  Did I miss something?
Title: Re: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: stratocaster on September 30, 2012, 05:56:26 AM
Cool results.  I am happy with these, because there is lots of potential. Like purrin I did not really notice the 12k peak and found them very relaxed in the upper mids and highs.
The 12k peak can surely be dealt with.

I did not do a lot of tweaking on these, since I had been focussing on the StratoGrados and I decided to send them in together to let me find out which setup had more potential.

FYI, these use the Sennheiser PX 100ii drivers. Cups and drivers are damped as in the StratoGrados. And I guess using felt instead of damping paper behind the driver might bring down the 12k peak while at the same time still keep the lower frequencies tame.

Title: Re: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: Marvey on September 30, 2012, 05:16:55 PM
I think the StratoGrados may have more potential if you can tame their irregularities. The Grado drivers some things very well.
Title: Re: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: stratocaster on September 30, 2012, 05:35:44 PM
I agree.

Might have to use other Grado drivers, though. Ones that are not as hot as the SR80 drivers
Title: Re: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: Marvey on September 30, 2012, 07:35:18 PM
BTW I forgot to mention how fricking awesome the driver matching is on these. Senn is really good at certain things! Or either people only send me their good Senns - and defective Beyers. Yes, I only receive defective Beyers. Or wait, theres 6db variability with my measurement rig, which just so happens to be biased against Beyer.
Title: Re: StratoSenn Impressions and Measurements
Post by: Marvey on October 06, 2012, 06:16:13 PM
HD measurement L channel. Worse than StratoGrado, hence why I felt the StratoGrado had more potential. Just need to tweak the FR of the StratoGrado more.