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Author Topic: Beats Studio FR and CSD  (Read 6072 times)

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Re: Beats Studio FR and CSD
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2013, 06:26:22 PM »
Bass is slightly muddy, but not horrible. The lower end "decay" is mostly a processing / visualization thing. UB's measurements weren't gated. I usually gate mine to 5ms.
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Re: Beats Studio FR and CSD
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2013, 06:47:35 PM »
Yes, the bass is not bad at all. For me it's usually easier to visualize that with distortion measurements. I will try to redo CSD with 5 ms gating, but most of the information I consider useful with CSDs (with the chosen parameters) is above 1 kHz.

Note that for the distortion measurements I used about 90 dBSPL with White Noise in this case. If I reference to 1 kHz then distortion is pretty high. IMO unfairly so. If I reference to 500 Hz then distortion is pretty low, perhaps also unfairly so.

Anyway, I did not feel like bass response was problematic or very thick with these cans.
« Last Edit: November 21, 2013, 07:01:18 PM by ultrabike »
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Re: Beats Studio FR and CSD
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2013, 01:58:18 AM »
Story: I saw the measurements on here today, and borrowed a friend's pair of Beats because it implied that the Beats I have couldn't possibly be as bad as they sound. Now I know I have a fake pair :'( It was a gift from a relative.

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Re: Beats Studio FR and CSD
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2013, 08:46:34 AM »
The Beats Solo are an atrocity. The Studios get a big "meh" from me, and the ANC an even bigger blah. The Pros get a slightly better meh on sound quality, but the increase in price and the fact that I have a boat anchor on my head decrease it back to a regular meh.
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Re: Beats Studio FR and CSD
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2013, 07:24:29 AM »
OK. I redid the measurements but setting the level to 90dB with Pink Noise.

Frequency Response



Distortion Right (level @ 90dB with Pink Noise)



Distortion Left (level @ 90dB with Pink Noise)



CSD Right



CSD Left



Comparo with NAD HP50 (HP50 90dB@1kHz and Beats Studio 90dB Pink Noise)

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