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Sean Olive

@seanolive.bsky.social

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i am a former Senior Fellow at Harman doing research in perception and measurement of sound quality including loudspeakers and headphones. Interests include music, hockey, wine, cycling, politics, science and technology. A Canadian who is also American.

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 14h

They induce constipation by example. Good time to use the bathroom

Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks. The differences in bass and treble between settings are quite stark.

Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 22h

Is Laine injured?

Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 22h

What makes you think the Kali headphone was supposed to be tuned to Harman in its Studio mode in your review?
@resolvereviews.bsky.social @listener800.bsky.social

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 1d

Why waste more time studying preferred target curves when these effects are the one that need to be addressed. What good is a target curve is it cannot be reliably produced for every listener? Of course some of the segmentation effects are related to taste and hearing loss which isn't shown here.

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 1d

Above left is an open canal microphone before a Noire XO headphone is placed on several individual ears. Right are the frequency response variations of the headphone measured on the individuals. Most of these differences are larger than different proposed target curves...which begs the question...

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 1d

How much is listener segmentation (different preferences for bass and treble beyond a reference target) be explained by how the headphone couples and interacts with the impedance of the ear?

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 3d

Was it mostly the sound quality/tuning you didn't like?

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Brian Wilde @bwildemtl.bsky.social · 4d

The Montreal Canadiens win a thriller on their home opener. Here’s the Call of the Wilde for Global Montreal.

Don’t miss the Wilde Cards. It will lift your fan spirits.

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Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens edge Seattle Kraken in overtime thriller - Montreal | Globalnews.ca

The Seattle Kraken visited the Montreal Canadiens last October, embarrassing the local heroes 8-2. It might have been the low point of the entire season.

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d

www.rtings.com/headphones/r...

Apple AirPods Pro 3 Review

The Apple AirPods Pro 3 are the highly anticipated 2025 update to the Apple AirPods Pro 2. Packed with technological updates, including heart rate monitors and t...

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d

A nice paper that compares 3 methods for measuring the acoustic impedance or "openness" of a
headphone...https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19825

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d

@resolvereviews.bsky.social I spent some time the past week with the Omid Kkonsari who left Harman for HyperX in 2021 and shared your review which pleased him. He is doing some good work there and expect some good sounding models coming out soon.

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d

Our book will be officially released October 28 but can be ordered now on Amazon for $59.

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Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers, Rooms and Headphones (Audio Engineering Society Presents): Toole, Floyd E., Olive, Sean, Welti, Todd: 9781032761930: Amazon.com: ...

Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers, Rooms and Headphones (Audio Engineering Society Presents) [Toole, Floyd E., Olive, Sean, Welti, Todd] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipp...

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 8d

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HyperX Cloud III S Wireless Review — I Wasn't Expecting This

YouTube video by The Headphone Show

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 9d

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We Think This Is What You Want. Sennheiser Introduces HDB 630 Headphones

Sennheiser announced the launch of the new HDB 630 headphones, designed and carefully tuned to meet the expectations of music enthusiasts looking for a new, updated wireless product without compromi...

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 11d

Most noticeable on music by Philip Glass. It’s like the circle of confusion has been solved.

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 11d

Well the glass diaphragms are transparent if thar falls under technicalities.

Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 12d

Evaluating some speakers and headphones by Gait that use glass diaphragms.

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 13d

I will be attending my first Dallas CanJam Dallas in November giving two seminars: 1) an updated version of "The Perception and Measurement of Nonlinear Distortion in Headphones" and 2) Headphone Target Curves for the B&K5128 and GRAS 45-CA-10
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Dallas 2025 | CanJam

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 16d

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Sean Olive to Deliver Richard C. Heyser Memorial Lecture at the AES Show 2025 - Long Beach Convention - Lighting&Sound America Online News

The Audio Engineering Society announces that renowned audio researcher and AES past president Dr. Sean Olive will deliver the Richard C. Heyser Memorial Lecture at the upcoming AES Show 2025, taking ....

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 17d

You need to start testing headaches backwards I guess.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 17d

Telling people not to be fat while standing next to Trump is like telling people not to lie while standing next to Trump

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 17d

They should have a least included a reference or anchor and is known to be neutral. One of the headphones in the picture is worn backwards

Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 17d

Small details. :). But not very confidence inspiring and leads one to believe this listening test produced nothing more than random data to write an article that can be totally dismissed.

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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks.... I will be going to the CanJam Dallas show so maybe another opportunity to run some listening tests