The transient response of these cans is simply incredible as is the stereo image which extends beyond the ears rather than being "inside the head" as is common with many headphones, even in the high end category.īuild quality is stunning too. The midrange is clean,open and transparent and the high end is detailed and crisp without being at all harsh or sibilent. Bass is true to what is actually there and is tight, punchy, extended and accurate right down to infrasonic regions. To sum up the characteristics of these cans that jump out most to me it is their sheer transparency and detail. Much to my surprise, the low-mids and low end were still just as punchy but more neutral and accurate. I then decided to switch over to the A pads which Beyerdynamic themselves recommend for critical mixing and mastering work. Then I played it back on the main monitors and it did indeed sound cleaner. I saved a copy of the REAPER project and did a few tweaks to the copy. When I listened to one of my newest mixes with these pads in place, I noticed some low-mid boxiness on the acoustic guitar part which I hadn't detected with my main monitors and wasn't sure if it was the pads or my mixing. They are shipped with the B pads in place which have a gentle low end boost. These cans come with two sets of interchangeable ear pads marked A (Analytical) and B (Balanced). This is what German precision is all about to me!
With great expectations, I placed them over my ears and loaded up some reference material.Ī few HOURS later and I was still listening intently! These cans are absolutely stunning and reveal every fine detail with finesse and microscopic accuracy.
SONARWORKS REFERENCE 4 ROLL OFF MANUAL
With much anticipation, they arrived at my studio and I promptly unpacked them, skimmed through the manual and plugged them into my RME Fireface UFX via the A20 amp and fired up REAPER. I got a really good deal on these which included the matching A20 headphone amplifier and the DT1990s for less than the regular price of the cans alone. Last week however, I decided to take the plunge and invest in something substantial and much more specialized as a critical reference tool than my K240M cans, the new Beyerdynamic DT1990 250 ohm semi open back "mixing and mastering" headphones. Over the last 30 odd years, I've had the opportunity to audition high end headphones from various well established manufacturers but never took the plunge being happy to focus that budget on my main studio nearfield monitoring system instead. They are simply robust, reliable, general purpose workhorses which have served me very well. My AKG cans are by no means high end headphones and not intended for critical mixing and mastering decisions.
In fact, I've had my trusty AKG K240M 600 ohm cans now for nearly 1/4 of a century (that kinda makes me sound old!).
SONARWORKS REFERENCE 4 ROLL OFF UPDATE
Once you do that, the headphone profiles will be downloaded automatically to your "Sonarworks Projects" folder, located under Documents on Windows and in your user folder on Mac.It isn't often that I update my main studio headphones. To get the new profiles press on the SW logo on the upper left side of the plug-in, then press "Add new product license" and enter your existing key + email address. Now our plug-in and Systemwide supports these headphones. Our lab has been working non-stop for the last months to bring you 28 new headphone calibration profiles.
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