thehornedone t1_j9kalxd wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:37 PM

As a mix engineer (music, mostly metal), I'm studying the product page and the embedded video on these. It seems like they're designed to hit a target curve optimized for mixing in the Dolby-certified world, i.e. for multichannel film audio mixing.

I'm very keen to find the perfect headphones for mixing music - something that will reveal all details in the mix, even down to 20 Hz, accurate transient reproduction, while having a curve that facilitates mixes that will translate well. In other words, something that doesn't have exaggerated highs and lows, because then my mixes will be too flat. I was hoping these might be something to explore to this end, but it seems they're not really designed with mixing music in mind.

AudiophileHeaven OP t1_j9qtld2 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:19 PM

>ransient reproduction, while having a curve that facilitates mixes that will translate well. In other words, something that doesn't have exaggerated highs and lows, because then my mixes will be too flat. I was hoping these might be something to explore to this end, but it seems they're not re

WEll, those ones would theoretically have what you need, but the midrnage is somewhat thicker than what I consider perfectly neutral / spot on tonally, that may be visible in your mixes, which may end up sounding thinner, for you trying to get a perfectly balanced mix.

S5X has perfectly fine treble and bass, like really nice, but that extra bit of thickness is audible. It is not like beats, or other commercial headphones bad, but it exists.