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October 29, 2009 3 min read 2 Comments
Fifteen years ago, I doubt there were more than a handful of headphones that would best the cans I review here. It really is amazing how far headphones have come in the last couple of decades. None the less, these cans are in a difficult price range where manufacturers have to be very careful about eeking out performance without blowing the budget. As a result all four headphones here suffer from a slight lack of refinement in one way or another.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="425" caption="Frequency response of the Denon AH-D1001, Sennheiser HD 448, Shure SRH440, and Sony MDR-V6."][/caption]
Measurements show all these cans hovering in a good place, with Denon and Sony showing better bass extension, and all being slightly different in the highs. Let's have a listen and see how well the data holds up.
The Denon AH-D1001
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="360" caption="The Denon AH-D1001S is the silver version of this can and is available cheap!"]![]() |
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="360" caption="The Sennheiser HD 448 is an excellent general purpose can."]![]() |
Bass lovers will find these cans a little weak in the lows, but the bass that is there is tight and punchy, and most folks will find the lows satisfying. The rest of the audio spectrum is nicely balanced with neutral mids and highs; altogether even, detailed and well behaved.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="255" caption="Though lacking somewhat in the lows, the response otherwise is well controlled."] |
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