![]() The End by The Doors is just trippy and mesmerizing.Ĭan someone please explain to me how they create such an expansive soundstage and are closed? I don't get it. It was so clean, analytical and fun, and with such a ribbon of black background. When I listened to When A Blind Man Cries by Metallica, it sounded like I was there in concert. If that's what you mean by holographic, then yes, I hear it. I will never reach for any other headphone again as long as these are within reach. They're super comfortable, they isolate like Alcatraz, they sound amazing, and I haven't even tried the US pads yet. I can't think of one damn thing to criticize. It's hypnotic and kind of scary because I've never heard anything presented like that before from headphones. ![]() Or maybe it's more like you're in a concert and are moving closer to the stage and then the music retreats and you're back a few rows. They make it sound like the music flies closer to you and envelopes you and then backs off again into distant space. But the Nightowls do all that and then they do something weird. On my Shure's, they capture the dynamics really well and get louder and everything sounds great. When I listened to Dire Straits Local Theme, which is all instrumental, there are parts where the guitars crescendo. My 1540's sound great and have an awesome soundstage but these sound spooky on some songs and I don't know how they do it. They do weird and wonderful things to the music. I don't even know what to say about these Nightowls. There might be other passive, closed-back headphones out there that can best NightOwl's noise atten performance, but I suspect NOwl is at least among the best on the market in this respect.Īside: NightHawk actually has near-closed-back performance in this study, which is interesting for a semi-open headphone. NightOwl had the best noise attenuation of any headphones I tested in this case. This chart shows attenuation vs frequency. Higher-end sealed headphones don’t usually give out a good price-performance ratio mainly because they don’t really deliver the same type of performance that their open back counterparts usually have. I then measured the new response at the eardrum when various headphones were worn on my good buddy KEMAR. / The Divisive Audioquest NightOwl Carbon. The SPL was measured at the eardrum and calibrated to a flat response with no headphones on KEMAR. I used a full-range speaker to play pink noise at 90dBSPL. Details: These are an over ear style sealed back style audiophile headphone and are extremely comfortable to wear for long periods. This test was done inside my semi-anechoic iso chamber with a KEMAR HATS. Item for sale: Audioquest Nightowl Carbon Headphones (one pair). So I wanted to share a study I performed during development that shows what level of performance to expect compared to other closed-back headphones at various price points. ![]() I have been getting many requests for information about noise isolation with NightOwl. ![]()
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