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I didn't know this when I made this target, but notice that the AKG's have the 5kHz dip after the ear gain region. Is having 5kHz be the same amplitude as the ear gain region tonally incorrect? I felt similarly last year when doing my experiments with my EM6L's.
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Sharur admits that he never watches ASMR but claims to be an authority on it 😆

I've watched a lot of ASMR now and can say with certainty that the proximity effect is desired in ASMR 😆

He thinks the B&K5128 is the gold standard, and what's funny about that is I've said on this forum like last year or so that it doesn't sound good for ASMR. I didn't even think to consider the fact that it is an omnidirectional microphone not a condenser microphone. That's probably why I don't like how it sounds for ASMR. Nonetheless, the B&K5128 is most certainly not the "gold standard" in ASMR. All the most popular channels and videos just use a pair of condensers 😆

It's also funny how he says in the video how unnatural it sounds for HiFiASMR to speak in one mic at a time because it biases the sound (even though that's literally the whole point 😆), yet when I point out to him that his mono recording sound like trash compared to HiFiASMR's stereo recordings, his rebuttal is that he doesn't do ASMR 😆

Dude is absolutely clueless 😆 No self-awareness at all
 
I think a lot of people were anticipating the new 310's, but whoa! What are those 350s!? They're really trying to meet every need, haha. I'm excited to see how they all measure.
 
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So I added the 3 kHz energy back in and tamed the treble. I tested this target on some of the most popular songs on YouTube, and it beats out all the other targets I’ve tried, including the PEQDB and HFEG targets. I feel quite certain that there needs to be a 4 dB cut at 5 kHz. I felt the same way when I did my listening tests last year, too. Without the cut, it sounds tonally incorrect. Once you hear it, you can’t unhear it. 5 kHz is where the vocals sit, and it’s also a region where mixing engineers often boost to add more vocal clarity to a mix. When reviewers say a pair of IEMs sounds “shouty,” it’s usually because there’s too much energy in this region. When Sharur releases his IEM, I’m willing to bet that mainstream reviewers will say it is too shouty (that is, if they even review it).

I tuned this target entirely by ear, and it just so happens to look very similar to the PEQDB target. The 18 kHz peak isn’t supposed to be there. I simply couldn’t get the low-pass filter to stay due to a bug in the PEQDB graphing software.

Here are the reference tracks I used:
The Weeknd - I Feel It Coming ft. Daft Punk
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
Men I Trust - The Landkeeper
The Chainsmokers - Closer
Shakira - Waka Waka
Post Malone, Swae Lee - Sunflower
One Dance - Drake
Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
Kanye West - Hurricane
Imagine Dragons - Believer
Harry Styles - As It Was
Glass Animals - Heat Waves
Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For
Calvin Harris, Jazzy - Satisfy
Ed Sheeran - Azizam
Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong
The SteelDrivers - Hangin' Around

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The treble slope from 8 kHz onward on the PEQDB and HFEG targets definitely seems to be tonally correct.
 
Sebastian B said:
I feel quite certain that there needs to be a 4 dB cut at 5 kHz. I felt the same way when I did my listening tests last year, too. Without the cut, it sounds tonally incorrect. Once you hear it, you can’t unhear it. 5 kHz is where the vocals sit, and it’s also a region where mixing engineers often boost to add more vocal clarity to a mix. When reviewers say a pair of IEMs sounds “shouty,” it’s usually because there’s too much energy in this region. When Sharur releases his IEM, I’m willing to bet that mainstream reviewers will say it is too shouty (that is, if they even review it).
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Sharur calls PEQDB Diamond target curve "too shouty" in latest video
 
Sebastian B said:
Sharur calls PEQDB Diamond target curve "too shouty" in latest video
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Aka 5khz harman shout. Wait til he realizes people complain about the mud scoop.
 
He has to be careful to not let fat people perform listening tests with his target. Maybe he should include this circumstance in his paper, so everyone can see his expertise. 🤡
 
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