Harman Target Curve - Flawed Science

The Harman Target Curve is not only based on flawed science, but the Scientific Audiophile uncovers PROOF that Harman reseachers based the curve on RACISM!
Special thanks to ‪@DekoniAudio‬ for exposing Harman!

[@Jack-oc2fc]

GUYS DON'T BUY IT. This is fake news propagated by TSA (Terrorist Sound Authority).

[@scientificaudiophile]

Audio Jack is clearly a shill for the Harman Audio Group. Remember you can't spell Harman without "HARM"!

[@Jack-oc2fc]

@@scientificaudiophile Harman. Harm-Man?? This is all the proof we need that Harman is a radical feminist organization!

[@arty8267]

@@scientificaudiophile You are St*pi*d AF

[@amirfakhri7296]

True,they don't know the real one,no good sound ,huawei as target enemy to harman kardon family audio.

[@amirfakhri7296]

He doesn't know jbl .

[@Sharur1]

Reaction video coming soon

[@Elliott-Designs]

This was so funny. I mean technically the paper published doesn't say that's the exact curve it should be, it says that's the range of responses you'd get with an anechoic flat response speaker, but in an ideal room. So high frequency drop off and slope could be different from the response curve depending on high frequency directionality. But yeah, Harmon's research is totally sound, and represents what audio engineers use when mixing. We want to reproduce what those mixing engineers hear (assuming their setup is the ideal), hence the Harman Curve research. But some do misunderstand that high frequency fall off which is a shame

[@brianm2850]

Correct. In some double blind tests they were also wearing a funny white hood. You can't hear headphone audio properly that way.

[@1337wafflezz]

lmao

[@sandramuncelli7976]

That’s very funny. I don’t know if everyone will get that you were joking, especially about the curve you’re recommending using. Thankfully in point of fact, good research has been done and continues to this date.

[@town_mane]

Ok, I'm really boutta drop a whole fucking essay over here. I would like to point out two things.. Firstly, (and i may well be wrong here) having something covering your ears would muffle mainly the high end frequencies due to the low frequencies having more power and thus being able to travel through the felt more easily, where as the high frequencies are less powerful and more likely to dissipate when attempting to move through the felt. This is why if you're outside a car, or a club, or underwater listing to music being played above the surface, the sound you are hearing is very boomy and bass heavy. Having something covering your ears would make the sound MORE bass heavy than if there was no blindfold covering the ears, so the notion that one would prefer to hear more bass in this situation (implying that there is a lack of bass content) is kindof illogical when based on this premise. This is my basic understanding of soundwaves that I've picked up from the book 'the science of musical sounds' by Johan Sundberg, which I highly recommend, it's a good read. I just wanted to put that out there for the fuck if it, but all of this is more or less irrelevant because I'm pretty sure that's just a stock image of someone wearing a blindfold. Not sure if that's actually what the blindfold operation looked like or not. Moving on to the racism. I want to make it clear that the following is mostly just my opinion. I do feel like there is validity there. Like, all these artists are white as fuck, and this is the reason that I do kindof have a beef with the harman curve tbh (from the very small amount of info I've uncovered about it). I think that the problem though was, and probably still is, present in the systemic racism within the music industry. If you are white, it's much much easier to get your hands on a music deal, or have the money to get a professional to produce, mix, or master your music. This, especially back before the whole wave of self-produced music, is why there were indeed a shit load of white artists on the radio and record deals, and why many black artists who got deals were pretty heavily white washed I think. Unfortunately, it does make sense that harman would use these songs from white musicians, because these were likely well mixed, high quality, COMMERCIALLY TASTEFUL songs. I say commercially tasteful because these songs by white artists are probably what were most palatable for white listeners when they were recorded. I personally fuck with not only non white artists (as I think most should, i mean wtf right?), but I also love a good lofi recording, and especially stuff that's not as commercially acceptable. Speaking of listeners, I also have a problem with the demographic of our test subjects. This again is my opinion, but I think that audiophiles and "trained listeners" such as the ones that the study was conducted on, might have a different preference in terms of eq curve than that of the majority of people. The general public is not trained to hear distortions in audio signals, nor are they listening to music through high quality headphones, and I bet most of them aren't listening to these white artists with professional mixes and yes, pretty low bass content. I think that only testing your eq curve on the most skilled ears leaves a lot of the humanity out of the equation. In conclusion, I do agree that the harman curve, as well as the testing and research that went into it, is probably flawed. I just wanted to add onto what you were saying above So that's my little rant. Hope you've enjoyed, and have a good day :)

[@pasi123567]

Can't believe I was so blinded and couldn't see the racism of Harman 😢

[@The_Chad_]

Some of the best dry satire I've ever seen!

[@mhobag]

why yes i do think this is the best channel on youtube

[@reticulatedralphie7176]

Clearly, in today's climate, the most important issue confronting us all is racism, and there is nothing more racist than flawed science. Thank you for bringing this important topic to the community's attention. You're doing Darwin's work.

[@michaelwright1602]

LMAO! This is quickly becoming one of my favorite YT channels, love the thought process that went into this.

[@krollpeter]

That makes absolutely sense. We are being fooled on daily basis, tomorrow they'll chase another pig through the town. Thank you for brightening my brain! From now onwards I will only use the Kim Kardashian curves.

[@fsi2210]

Haha, brilliant. So many people missed that this is satire.

[@scientificaudiophile]

Including @Sharur it seems.

[@scientificaudiophile]

PS: Not satire.

[@bfzsgaming6068]

Good job keeping a straight face through the whole video. I would have pissed myself laughing in the middle of reading the script.

[@scientificaudiophile]

Nothing funny about bad science and racism. Easy to keep a straight face, it was the vitriol and anger I held back.

[@giladkingsley]

@@scientificaudiophile 😂

[@LARDDDD]

Wasn't the photo of the person with the blind photo just some stock image?

[@georgeweah9717]

😂🤣😂 I love your sense of humor. Great video.

[@johnolson4977]

Thank you for fighting the good fight ….

[@darrellross8609]

Just found your channel. Epic. Pure Copper Cables Matter. Best, D.

[@Elliott-Designs]

Unfortunately I feel some somehow won't see the blatant satirical nature of this video 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@Dan-pi6dx]

???

[@Elliott-Designs]

@@Dan-pi6dx satirical comedy, a kind of ironic comedy where something is portrayed as being true even though it blatantly isn't. Because everyone knows it isn't true, it makes it funny

[@Dan-pi6dx]

@@Elliott-Designs but this isnt that ?

[@Elliott-Designs]

@@Dan-pi6dx I can't tell if you believe that or are just joking? 😂

[@niccster1061]

​@@Dan-pi6dxdumbass

[@spacejaime]

That H/KKK curve looks pointy at the top! Surprisingly similar to...oh well, we all know.

[@Foxy_proxy]

I absolutely hate the harman curve. It sounds like someone put a wet cloth over my headphones when I EQ it using Oratory1990's settings for my headphones. It just makes my DT1990's sound like some generic 20 euro headphones.

[@SlenderHime]

It's RACISSSSMM!

[@andysummersthxcinemaandmyc7748]

4:13 so this , this . do you have star trek 2 the wrath of khan on DVD and Alien 3 on DVD . double how about quadruple bind test . oh there is some highs that i bet you not even noticed ? and there is two sides to this . i ain't saying . also never heard of scientific audiophile , i have heard of audio science review asr .

[@KeithCopeland778]

I just found out about the Harman Curve. You make great observations about the Dekoni video!!!! While I respect the research that Harman has done, I don't understand how one altered EQ curve can improve the sound of all headphones.

[@Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr]

Very funny. Harmon curve does sound too bassy though.

[@tenninetwentytwo]

Is he serious?

[@kaz8297]

when did you realize this was a joke. for me it was 2:40

[@Grrrr3FKAGrrrrGrrrrGrrrr]

'Infiltrated by swingers'

[@sloboat55]

Please don't stare into the camera like that, it freaks me out.

[@emjay9733]

BUSTED! 🤣

[@carlb86]

The best curve isn't a curve at all! Ya played yourself harmen! It's supposed to be flat to perfecly reproduce those reels from the studio.

[@supergman312]

Well that was hilarious haha

[@bizkac]

that fan in the background tho (and I am not talking about myself)

[@scientificaudiophile]

That's what happens when your parents complain its too hot in the house. They're so selfish, they wouldn't let me turn it off.

[@bizkac]

looks like they haven't been listening to pipe organ music lately... They are complaining a lot

[@chrisstroud60]

With my ears covered I'd want boosted treble. Not boosted bass. The Harman is just a safe tuning that will probably be preferred by most people but I don't believe tuning is everything

[@wjp04]

Throwing away my Floyd Toole book right now. Thank you for disproving this target and exposing its racism 🫡

[@andysummersthxcinemaandmyc7748]

oh , no , now there be , floyd toole book burning now .

[@giladkingsley]

Haha great funny video

[@scientificaudiophile]

Thanks, but next time leave out 'funny'. Nothing funny about flawed science and racism.

[@giladkingsley]

@@scientificaudiophile ?

[@giladkingsley]

@@scientificaudiophile it's literally a stock image of a women blindfolded, not a Harmon research picture. "woman wearing black blindfold facing sideways photo - Unsplash"

[@scientificaudiophile]

@@giladkingsley Convenient how you seem to be supporting Harman. Are you a paid shill? Sure it’s a stock image today, after 17 years everything falls into the public domain. Why do you ignore the racism?

[@giladkingsley]

@@scientificaudiophile the camera that captured this picture is the canon 77d was released at 2017, and the photographer published the picture at July 8, 2018. The photo is also 24mp which wasn't really around 17 years ago

[@24h_]

headphone

[@LDdrums20]

Hahahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@burzasardaukar]

Is this a parody, isn't? Specially the racism part. You forgot to add some joke about "white" noise!

[@scientificaudiophile]

Damn! White noise would have been brilliant.

[@DekoniAudio]

🤣🤣🤣

[@vineetkumar3422]

LMAO

[@jhovendrass5612]

Racism? no way...

[@giladkingsley]

It looks like a stock image

[@nabbeunkamja]

Is that the excuse that Harman is using?

[@giladkingsley]

@@nabbeunkamja 😂

[@nyantheburrito839]

racist is good

[@lug.5329]

Is this a parody? Satire? Comedy sketch?

[@scientificaudiophile]

You think overt racism at Harmon is some kind of joke? ☹️

[@lug.5329]

@@scientificaudiophile I think S.H.A.G. is the giveaway.

[@alteredanimesh]

I don't know what to say man, this sounds so fake

[@tylou4479]

Most stupid thing I have heard

[@scientificaudiophile]

I know, but some people don’t think like us and swear by the Harman target curve.