Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

DWW256 t1_j22v3aj wrote

The Harman target isn't actually flat. If you go back and read the research, Olive et al started with their own "good speakers in a good room" and then took input from a group of trained listeners on tweaking the bass and treble response.

3

YQ_Polymathica t1_j23koku wrote

To be a bit more accurate: he asked a few hundred listeners, some trained, some untrained, to select their preferred sound, and he tweaked the curve accordingly. So the Harman curve isn't a neutral curve, it's a preference curve. Not flat.

1

gotok1324 OP t1_j244ber wrote

Is there any variant to the Harman target that's meant to be completely flat?

1

mcjasonb t1_j2afjdm wrote

Harman is a bit V-shaped. Some will say it’s well balanced, but it’s definitely a bit V-shaped. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing though.

1