BASICS of Reading Frequency Response Graphs

Ever wanted to read a frequency response graph when buying headphones or speakers? Here's the basics of how!
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[@myalienware]

This is a fantastic video to describe frequency response. This will be my go to video when people have questions.

[@alexdoan7550]

This is the best video I've ever watched on headphones. Everyone has their subjective opinions on brightness, warmth, etc. But there's so little info on objective measurements and what they mean - yes, they're not as exciting as reviews but they're just as (or more) important in terms of purchasing decisions. Thanks DMS, you're an awesome youtuber!

[@Ducksnuget]

So when people say V shaped graphs are "fun". That now makes less sense to me since the mids seem to carry the song's soul.

[@coffee-vz1nr]

V shape is overrated , L shape is where it's at for me because I like kids too

[@Ducksnuget]

@Alina Satis Funny you say that because my dailies are DT 990. I don't think they have a V shape at all. They seem pretty flat then peak at highs.

[@Assimilator702]

MajorKoala I have the DT990 600 ohm. They really aren’t V shaped. More like a slightly withdrawn midrange. But the mids are still VERY detailed. If it is V shaped.....it’s done well and better than 90% of the V shaped cans out there. It’s really only noticeable if you’re comparing to other headphones that have forward midrange like the DT 880.......which can be a. It too forward when listening to guitars that are forward in the mix. People love to shit on the DT 990 and it’s become as commonplace as any internet meme. For the right music they are still a magical set of cans.

[@Assimilator702]

Alina Satis Listen to certain Metal tracks on the DT 880 which have very forward and aggressively mixed guitars and you’ll want to switch to the 990 and everything’s a bit more relaxed. The engineers ay Beyer know what they’re doing.

[@frykauf]

It's the crack of music. Everything people find tingling about music gets exaggerated. But then you're not really listing to the music, you just injecting yourself tingling sounds without really caring what song you hear. And just generally you don't care much for the song.

[@GeeksnNerdsTechMadeEasy]

Found you on Linus's channel and after this video, I'm a fan sir.

[@DMS3TV]

Thanks! 😄 If you liked that one be sure to checkout this one! I updated my measurements rig in 2020 so information is displayed differently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGfFqmOEeaaYa8k

[@stewie_]

Mids sound like the music is coming from a small radio in a large room, sometimes you hear this in games where there's a small radio blasting in a large room, like an auto repair. Love the video, perfect examples and explanation.

[@JeffJacquesmd]

Welcome back brother! Great topic!

[@GiullianSN]

Really nice video and finally someone explaining this with a real audio/visual example.Well done DMS.

[@lindastevens6926]

Glad to see you still making videos. This was a good one.

[@mashopotatomashopotato8611]

Going out of your way to show us visualizations was a huge help in understanding this. Thanks a ton

[@AdnanFiroze]

One of you all time bests DMS! Amazing!

[@LuboAck]

Great video! Very informative, thank you! Glad to see you back

[@michaelskramii2245]

Excellent video - thank you for posting this. Great to see your videos - concise and thorough ( and engaging ) content. Keep up the great work. For what it's worth I am going to recommend your channel to my friends on various platforms...

[@davidmason8212]

I have been waiting for video like this for a long time Nice work

[@robertryan1663]

Great video. For those of us still learning the basics, this type of video is very helpful.

[@nunoferraz5426]

Top notch... should def do more of these. Will help support your reviews big time. 👍🏻

[@bradbeck6158]

Amazing video DMS! Keep doin stuff like this!

[@Der_Boratcho]

Excellent demonstration to explain frequency response. Well done, would like to see more of this contend in future !!!

[@jecans1033]

Awesome video, this will help a lot of folks. Thanks DMS.

[@Allaces305]

Welcome back bro!! Great video!!

[@Icy_Igloo]

This is a very clear and concise explanation, that makes great use of visualisation and examples. Thank you!

[@jurumal]

Thanks for another fantastic video bro!

[@felipemotorhead]

Just.... wow! this video deserved my sub! the demonstration adds so much more than just saying it!

[@TimpTim]

Really good demo. Good to see you again.

[@Antdroid]

Great video. This is one of your best videos you've made.

[@alemutasa6189]

Woooo I can finally go to measurements websites and have an idea of what I'm buying without having to wait for someone who reads graphs for me! Thank you kind sir, subscribed and eager to learn more!

[@johnellison3173]

Great video. Very informative. Keep up the good work 🖒

[@joelo5164]

Fantastic illustration! Kudos for all the efforts! well explained

[@jimmy_dee]

That was unbelievably helpful.

[@UTubeSL]

Brilliant video. Perfectly described and demonstrated. Thank you.

[@francoleguizamon529]

nice video! loved the graphic equalizer showcase!

[@Sherolox]

Excellent teaching, DMS!

[@zesky1822]

This is incredibly underrated. Super helpful to get my friend into audiophile hobby.

[@vincentquy]

Awesome video! Very informative and educational.

[@robertorodriguez2609]

WOW!!! the most educational video by an audio youtuber not-owner-of-a-stereo-brand; thank you! hope you do more like that.

[@chrislewis2720]

Only video where I fully understand/understood what was going on. Idk what teacher witchcraft you have going on, but it works

[@Mines220]

This is the best frequency response video! Thank you! Subscribed

[@TuneHead]

Finally someone who actually "explained" things, numbers and how to read them. MORE .PLEASE (ya I'm Canadian).

[@hayyuu3901]

thanks for all your help . i kept wondering about ear graghs

[@thetndixie]

Great video! Very informative!

[@mikeydred11]

Good to have you back.....

[@R0cky0]

Very well explained, both verbally and visually.

[@DonutsReview]

This was very helpful. Thanks 🙏

[@bobtheauditor08]

Nice job. Very interesting an informative!

[@MolaDunno]

good guide video. some people say FR graph is just only graph.. actually FR graph is good baseline for finding character of headphones of course it's not all of headphone, but also more detailed measurement data also explain more of headphone.

[@snake_doc1788]

Excellent video.. Great job explaining

[@CombineSpectre]

Great video on something I really never looked into or learned about. This would have helped me in the beginning of getting into more higher end headphones, but better late than never.

[@coffee-vz1nr]

I think this is the only video on the whole KZbin actually explaining graphs with examples. Hope you make another video where you deliberately put peaks to show what sibilance sounds like and how it's like when kids are shouty.

[@Alex55555]

Very informative video, thanks!

[@lseiwang]

Great explanation, thank you!!

[@bigoadrian]

Super helpful. Thank you!

[@pfx2259]

Lovely tour of the frequency.

[@michaelblum4557]

Thanks so much for this video! Overall your videos have been so lucid and helpful - too many audiophile reviewers lean on a kind of niche vocabulary that is simultaneously really inaccessible and also weirdly subjective (or at least they're used highly subjectively). Also usually like >20" at least. So thanks!

[@0s0sXD]

thanks dude, fantastic video

[@SheltonDCruz]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@adrianmorrish8494]

Super helpful, thanks

[@trvr]

Awesome! That's super helpful.

[@iangc12345678]

YAY HE'S BACK!

[@brydon10]

Very good video. Subscribed!

[@rekxar6314]

Thanks for a simple and easy guide.

[@CaioFaustino]

SUPER helpful!

[@ikori50049]

Thanks for the video m8, now I understand how lows mids and highs sound

[@dyrik]

Great video man

[@alfonsoignacio696]

Great video bro'

[@pushprajbaviskar1688]

Well done !

[@danrdey]

Yes , very informative , thank you .

[@shuaebibnsiddiqu9039]

Thanks for the info.

[@prabinpaudel5572]

Needed this

[@rezwan.23]

Great explanation 🤟

[@jacekostrowski7044]

Briliant presentation.

[@vcmusik]

Great stuff!

[@objectivesound9758]

Did you watch my video on Frequency curve analysis? What a coincidence that you release this a week later lol. Anyways great job at explaining, people really need to learn about frequency response, such an important indicator of how good a headphone/earphones sound.

[@SuenaTremendo]

Great video, thanks a lot!

[@timothyfreeseha4056]

Great videp.

[@cowboys402005]

Would like to see u do something about what EQ does to a headphones frequency response.

[@LongLegsLong]

Great Video!

[@Farpun]

Great video thankyou

[@AessamL]

big thanks for this video .

[@WookieWoolie]

Brilliant. Would love a further expansion to terms like warm and dark and bright etc.

[@yepyep3897]

They're just 'audiophile' buzzwords/cliches.

[@squidwardstesticles5914]

Clark White no, not really. Words like those are used by musicians and music producers too. They’re just words to quickly describe a sound without needing to get specific about what each area of the frequency spectrum is doing.

[@yepyep3897]

@@squidwardstesticles5914 I definitely disagree, but I respect you. Also, they tend to have different definitions, depending on what sector of the audio world a person is oriented towards. Ex: To a person who records vocals with a tube preamplifier, 'warmth' likely refers to wanted harmonic distortion in the low-mid to mid-bass area. To a headphone enthusiast, it may instead mean slightly or very exaggerated mid-bass. An audio engineer may call a hump in mid-bass 'mud'. In the headphone world, these buzzwords seem to be used as marketing terms to blanket and sell imperfections.

[@squidwardstesticles5914]

@@yepyep3897 when used in marketing I can definitely understand you saying they're buzzwords, but I still think they're useful for discussing how a headphone or guitar tone or whatever sounds. For example, If you need headphone recommendations and you know you're treble sensitive, you can ask for dark or relaxed headphones. Obviously the word alone isn't gonna be enough to describe the overall sound of a headphone, but it's nice to be able to put headphones in different groups based on their general sound signature.

[@TheHypeCom]

Warm and Dark = more lows Bright = more highs

[@kaimills8807]

Glad your back

[@kaimills8807]

Also are those 880s or 990s

[@DMS3TV]

600ohm DT880

[@kaimills8807]

DMS thank you, I was guessing because it was what your were featuring in the video, out of curiosity is do you like it compared to the hd600

[@ViaRosalesVlogs]

damn it, this is very helpful!

[@Pzkriek]

I feel you should have mentioned normalized vs raw curve. Probably should be a video all on its own. Informative video either way, great work

[@painpeace3619]

Great video..

[@jeffpera7930]

Awesome video DMS. Super informative. Can you suggest a program that can do that but maybe less expensive....... maybe windows and free? I may have went to far at the end there

[@DMS3TV]

Audacity would likely work and it's free

[@objectivesound9758]

You can download a Chrome EQ plugin/plugin, there should be plenty that are free on the chrome store. It doesn't take up large memory as these music production or editing softwares that DMS uses.

[@Wof_master364]

Equalizer APO with Peace GUI

[@dilbyjones]

Great Video

[@xEvan1987x]

Saved" Fantastic video.

[@user-tf9tq6mg5f]

wow this video is amazing senpai we need prt 2 or and upgrade version

[@spud1300]

This is great. I've been of the mindset that I'd really love a pair of planars, because everyone says how warm and punchy they can be, although I have heard the LCD-Xs are still neutral. But..... I had bad experiences with siblant headphones in the past, but the more I learn about this, maybe I do actually enjoy a brighter sound, as long as it isn't piercing or siblant. I know this is just a crude example, but when the high-end disappeared to make things warmer / darker, I didn't find that more pleasant. Is that what something like the LCD-2C's sound like? I have no way to demo them.

[@bnjkuester]

Truly amazing video! Audio is becoming a passion but without the cash or wife acceptance factor to buy 50 pairs of headphones picking a set is really a gamble without understanding of information like this. Any tips on free eq software to see graphs of what your hearing like you did here? Just being able to completely cut out and isolate ranges would do so much to help translate frequency ranges with visual graphs.

[@rodrigosarmientobello9552]

Thanks!

[@h_enrix_92]

5:11 Very pleasant while using bright IEMs. Guess I'm a treblehead after all.

[@stuka78]

Very informative video! Where could we find the response graph per each headphone? Are they published somewhere?

[@sarmosjemendrez4171]

Amazing.

[@gideonx5]

Can you also do a vid explaining square wave, THD, impulse response, impedance and phase? Thanks for the great content.

[@PartySpock]

It get,s a little bit difficult for me but i am still happy with my Sennheiser,s 600 and 650.nice video thank you

[@Mohammed.Burhan.Mohammed]

Thank you

[@chronometa]

I think this just shows what I like depending on musical genre. I like my mids and highs for my metal/rock listening with short bass roll off. Pretty much opposite for hip hop electronic. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@vodwills]

Can you do this for evry headphone you review? pluscan you do this for bose vs sony vs senheiser etc

[@cyclonasaurusrex1525]

Would also be interesting to layer in and discuss an ear sensitivity graph.

[@buster7618]

Yup. I'm ultra sensitive to treble, would love if someone did that.

[@ludeza]

wow! i heard it with hd599 and literaly havent noticed a change in the mid-renge at 5:45, maybe i dont all that audiophile stuff?? or is it just becuse my headphones?

[@timyunsi]

This is a great video for noobs like me, thanks a lot man.