Does certain music get exponentially more enjoyble with certain resolution step? And what could be the main quality of the headphone responsible for it?

Submitted by SlimCharlesSlim t3_yrsw1x in headphones

Noticed some very congested EDM or orchestral music feels much more alive with the Sundara compared to anything else under its price.

And I don't know if it is because of the upgrade regarding instrument separation... or something else. Because the Sundara also has better detail and slam. Curiously, soundstage is not something that damages Sundara's excitement too much. The Hifiman does indeed sounds very intimate compared to 560s or the monstruosity of the AD700x.

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MJ12_0451 t1_ivvf1jc wrote

Almost any metal. Headphones with bad separation, low overall resolution, slow attack and decay can't handle it. It will just sound like a congested wall of sound

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kazuviking t1_ivvmrje wrote

Ah yes attack and decay in a minimal phase system.

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DWW256 t1_ivwsu41 wrote

From what I've heard, it's generally regarded that the CSD decay time is purely a product of frequency and initial volume. I.E. something that starts quieter won't ever ring longer than something that starts louder.

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DWW256 t1_iw3nh3f wrote

Okok seems that I wasn't clear, I meant to mention that lower frequencies take longer to decay. I'm just a bit doubtful about the whole resonances thing. Could you give me a counterexample?

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Roppmaster t1_ivwv0ic wrote

>Can you explain how to extract a headphone's CSD plot from a frequency response graph?

Impulse response can be derived from frequency response, and CSD is computed from impulse response.

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TheFrator t1_ivvgl79 wrote

Like the other person said - metal. Give symphonic metal a listen if you like classical (checkout Apocalyptica). Other genres that benefit are prog and post-rock.

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BigMoonRitual t1_ivvofe5 wrote

Which Apocalyptica album would you recommend starting with? Not listened to them before.

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TheFrator t1_ivvq034 wrote

They mostly cover Metallica on their first 2 albums. My favorite is their album third album Cult that is mostly music written by them.

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BigMoonRitual t1_ivvqlv7 wrote

Thanks! I'm a big Dream Theater fan so I'm intrigued...

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TheFrator t1_ivvseee wrote

Dream Theatre is awesome. Prog and prog metal benefit from headphones with more resolution.

Another album worth checking out is Dust and Disquiet by Caspian. That album has a very high dynamic range.

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Egoexpo t1_ivvxvzm wrote

Sundara is a neutral headphone, it is quite close to the Harman Target (the 2020 version, the previous one had some differences according to some audiophiles who have already tested both).

It has a very linear response between 100Hz to 1.7KHz and maintains a good amount of volume from 4KHz to 7KHz without causing hearing fatigue or major anomalies, which helps with the feeling of separation/imaging. It has a little more activity above 10KHz, which makes it look more detailed than headphones that don't have as much activity in this region.

It doesn't have a big soundstage, the Sundara doesn't have the very deep cuts between 1KHz to 2KHz and 7KHz to 10KHz, but these cuts can generate some unwanted effects, like some things sounding very distant and small.

Because of all these things, it's a pretty technical headphone, but without sounding weird or overly fatiguing.

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