Yeah same here, I modded the headband a bit but the pads aren’t that comfortable for me.
I also feel that way except for vocal tracks with a distinct voice in the center. For classical or instrumental it doesn’t have much of an edge (other than having good bass)
Hehe, he definitely went for something…
Do you prefer this sound over the stock tuning?
Oh and can you post your EQ settings to make it sound Harman like? quite curious what you ended up with (with and/or without the damping pads)
Over the stock tuning (dampers on but no EQ), absolutely. But that’s not a fair comparison. If you want to EQ to something close to Harman, you definitely should remove the dampers though. Boosting the treble region with the dampers installed sounds pretty grainy.
With damping pads, I can’t get anything acceptable that’s Harman-like. Here are the EQ settings I use with the dampers:
Preamp: -3.94 dB
Filter 1: ON LS Fc 30 Hz Gain 2 dB Q 0.7
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 70 Hz Gain 1 dB Q 3
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 180 Hz Gain -2 dB Q 0.6
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 620 Hz Gain 2.4 dB Q 1.71
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 3800 Hz Gain -2 dB Q 2
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 5900 Hz Gain 4 dB Q 3.2
Filter 7: ON HS Fc 9900 Hz Gain -4 dB Q 2
Here is what I developed for when the dampers are removed, but it is not what I would consider complete:
Preamp: -4.4 dB
Filter 1: ON LS Fc 30 Hz Gain 2 dB Q 0.7
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 70 Hz Gain 1 dB Q 3
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 180 Hz Gain -2 dB Q 0.6
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 7400 Hz Gain 8 dB Q 3
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 8500 Hz Gain -6 dB Q 6
Filter 6: ON HS Fc 10000 Hz Gain -8 dB Q 0.7
You’ll note that the filters below 500hz are the same and that’s because I was working with the treble region and hadn’t gotten that far yet.