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HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« on: May 24, 2012, 08:32:31 PM »
HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot


I've never really felt that the HE-6 was that bright. But I did feel it sounded etched. The sharp 5k resonance (see CSD below) combined with the peak at ~10k probably explains why. 5k is the energy/edge/bite area of the spectrum. John Grados also have excess energy at 5k.

But otherwise very very clean. This matches the subjective experience of those who have heard it.
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2012, 09:16:06 PM »
Holy cow. -55db and still can't see the noise floor!

LCD3 (un-veiled 2nd best version) added for comparison.
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2012, 10:18:44 PM »
Maybe we've been wasting time w/ the wrong brand of ortho.
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2012, 10:48:14 PM »
I don't really like either brand. 
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2012, 10:56:38 PM »
I prefer HifiMan over Audeze by miles....

I might be biased though....I do own an HE-500.
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2012, 11:03:58 PM »
Yeah I agree.  If I was going to buy an unmodded ortho it would be the HE500.  But it's bass response freaks me out.  I should post that somewhere else though...

Don't want to take away from the HE6, it deserves some praise for these results.  Good job Fang and Hifiman! 
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2012, 11:06:14 PM »
Not bad at all. Past 10K it has those jaggy little ridges like the 007, but still really clean. Do they have that Stax-ish airiness?
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2012, 12:45:35 AM »
It must be the gold that attracts Ye pirates ..dB
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2012, 01:07:28 AM »
Any other thoughts on how these measurements look Don? 
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Re: HE6 Frequency Response and CSD Waterfall Plot
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2012, 01:16:34 AM »
I wonder if there is any room to mod them to ease that etched effect.
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