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A lot of people don't know what soundstage is so I'll make this thread for y'all to discuss. Soundstage is the perception of width. Things sounding far away in the presence region. It is desired because that is how the human ear hears things. The human ear prefers V-Shaped sound. Here is a tutorial on how to create soundstage via examples. Let's start with the legendary Sennheiser HD 800 S:
Here is a example of the Sennheiser HD 600 having no soundstage:
you will notice the treble is directly competing with the high mids presence region. in fact the Sennheiser treble veil combined with the presence being more prominent than the treble leads to the complete lack of soundstage. so what is soundstage? the high mids being scooped out in relation to treble emphasis. also, a bass boost can help with soundstage as a bass boost leads the proximity effect of being close to a sound source. that combined with a presence scoop adds to the soundstage. V-Shaped headphones inherently have soundstage and is how the human ear hears sound:
thanks for reading:
The headphone show, zreviews, dms, even dankpods, audio science review, me, all know that 1 to 4khz is the presence region for vocals. Its also where the ear is most sensitive. If you scoop it out you will have soundstage in relation to the bass and treble. This adds width. Common sense. All headphones with soundstage have more treble than mids. All headphones that are midrange cannons like hd600 have no soundstage. Eq does not make a bad headphone have soundstage. The tone of the headphone is permanent.
Larger ear cup housing with drivers farther from ear also create soundstage as it creates a roomlike effect within the ear cup space however this can also lead to more coloration problems in the tonality of the headphone.
Here is a example of the Sennheiser HD 600 having no soundstage:
you will notice the treble is directly competing with the high mids presence region. in fact the Sennheiser treble veil combined with the presence being more prominent than the treble leads to the complete lack of soundstage. so what is soundstage? the high mids being scooped out in relation to treble emphasis. also, a bass boost can help with soundstage as a bass boost leads the proximity effect of being close to a sound source. that combined with a presence scoop adds to the soundstage. V-Shaped headphones inherently have soundstage and is how the human ear hears sound:
thanks for reading:
The headphone show, zreviews, dms, even dankpods, audio science review, me, all know that 1 to 4khz is the presence region for vocals. Its also where the ear is most sensitive. If you scoop it out you will have soundstage in relation to the bass and treble. This adds width. Common sense. All headphones with soundstage have more treble than mids. All headphones that are midrange cannons like hd600 have no soundstage. Eq does not make a bad headphone have soundstage. The tone of the headphone is permanent.
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