The dip around 3kHz removes some ‘clarity’ but the elevated treble ‘compensates’ more or less.īelow the CSD of the SHP9500 which isn’t as ‘clean’ as some other headphones in this price range (€ 100.-) but resonances in the 3-5kHz range aren’t as bad as in higher and lower parts of the frequency range. The treble is somewhat peaky and elevated and thus it sounds overly sparkly. Bass wise it is similar to AKG K500 / ATH AD700. Bass itself sounds good and tight but bass heads should look elsewhere. It is more neutral sounding than the SHP9000 and has better highs extension but lacks bass extension. The headphone is very comfortable and nice looking. From 2021 this headphone has been replaced by the SHP9600 It has similar weight (very light weight) and similar type of cloth pads. The Philips SHP9500 is the successor of the SHP9000. The bigger the deviation the stronger the effect.īelow an aid to help determining the sound character of headphones with relation to the frequency response. Deviations in different severities at different frequency bands have an effect on the sound character. A horizontal line shows audible neutral response in the plots on this website. The shape of your head, bone structure, pad size, pad ‘softness, (compliance), hair or no hair and or wearing glasses may (drastically) change the frequency response of some headphones, so… your personal experience may differ substantially from these plots.įrequency response (tonal balance) is the most sound-determining aspect of headphones. This is described HERE in more detail.Ī ‘ horizontal‘ frequency response curve on the shown frequency response plots on this website thus indicates a perceived ‘flat’ tonal signature.ĪLL measurements are made with a good SEAL on a flatbed measurement rig. I do not use smoothing because some info about sound quality is lost when plots are smoothed.Īside from a small correction of the microphone itself also some correction in the lowest frequencies is applied to the plots to compensate for the perceived loss of bass when using headphones. Most measurement sites have some smoothing applied which ‘irons flat’ sharp peaks and ‘wiggles’.

NO SMOOTHING is applied to the shown plots.

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