![]() ![]() I actually first bought the Aeon 2 Closed regular version after auditioning both of these at the retailer. ![]() ![]() I'm surprised there's not that much discussion of these in Head-Fi. When I was last active on Head-Fi, Sennheiser HD650, Grado RS-1 and AKG K701 were pretty much the king of the hill while Stax was the super expensive high-end option and Sony and Audio Technica had some exotic models also. I come from 20 years of Sennheiser and haven't been into headphones that much for a looong time. Listen a bit quieter than usual, even helps preserve your hearing.ĭCA Aeon 2 Noire‘s tuning doesn‘t ask for loud levels to sound very good. Next suggestion, if Aeon 2 Noire sounds too bright: It makes the soundfield inside the cup very uniform, so positional variations do very minor of a sound change. Not only does this tame the treble a bit. Meaning, first insert the felt, then the foam. Therefore I found my personal favorite is the black foam inserts on top of the black felt. This smoothes the treble response and reduces sound changes with different positioning of the cups on the ear.ĭamping reflections works best if the transition air->damping material is as continuous as possible, else the damping causes reflections by itself. The filters favorably reduce sound reflections inside the cup cavity. Transient response is not audibly affected by the filters, as Dan Clark‘s tuning uses a lot of damping anyway.Ģ. The reduced treble sounds like a bit reduced detail in the first place, but detail comes back soon for me after brain burn in. The filters reduce the treble amount, in the order: The Dan Clark Aeon 2 Noire has a bit excess of treble. Here is my slightly changed version (only filters 1-3 are changed):įilter 1: ON PK Fc 40 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 1.390įilter 2: ON PK Fc 100 Hz Gain -4.0 dB Q 1.100įilter 3: ON LS Fc 105 Hz Gain 4.0 dB Q 0.710Ĭlick to expand.Two things, the 1st one is obvious:ġ. Here is the Oratory EQ (in SoundSource custom EQ file format):įilter 1: ON PK Fc 40 Hz Gain -3.2 dB Q 1.390įilter 2: ON PK Fc 100 Hz Gain -5.5 dB Q 1.100įilter 3: ON LS Fc 105 Hz Gain 5.5 dB Q 0.710įilter 4: ON PK Fc 180 Hz Gain 2.0 dB Q 2.000įilter 5: ON PK Fc 850 Hz Gain 1.1 dB Q 1.800įilter 6: ON PK Fc 3000 Hz Gain -1.5 dB Q 5.000įilter 7: ON PK Fc 3750 Hz Gain 3.0 dB Q 1.000įilter 8: ON PK Fc 5600 Hz Gain -3.7 dB Q 2.500įilter 9: ON PK Fc 8000 Hz Gain -1.5 dB Q 0.700įilter 10: ON HS Fc 14000 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 0.700 It's more like the Sundara, but closed of course, and more nicely filled in at the bass range than Sundara (2020 pads) with Oratory's hand-tuned EQ. The headphone is much more alive than the Drop. ![]() I reduced his increase of sub-bass and adapted the other bass changes to scale. Oratory designs the EQ with a combination of shelves and peaks that allows for specific personal changes. Depending on the specific music track these corrections aren't huge. This tames the upper bass hump, the airiness and corrects 6 bumps in the mids and treble all with corrections less than 4db. I am using the Oratory hand-tuned EQ rather than the version from AutoEQ. I have applied the Oratory 1990 EQ for the Aeon 2 Noire. That's enough to make a positive experience even better. The airiness above 14 khz can be tamed by bringing it down by 4db with a Q of 0.7. The bump at 100 hz is a bit too heavy so bringing it down 4 dB leaves plenty of punch left. "Flat" is certainly satisfying enough to use as is, but benefits from some help. Sound stage is wider than the Drop instrument differentiation of the Drop is good already and its hard to tell how much better the Noires are-certainly some but there isn't a lot of room for improvement dynamics overall are terrific. Bass is punchy, mids are convincingly realistic, trebles are realistic without sibilance. Without EQ (e.g., EQ is flat) using the Qudelix 5K with balanced cables the sound is much more compelling. My, oh my.Ĭompared to the Drop DCA Aeon Closed X, which are pleasing, the Noires are a dramatically better experience. ![]()
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