Flat Headphones don’t exist, and never will [The Harman Curve, Exposed]

You’ll never find a pair of “flat” headphones.

…And you’ll never successfully “flatten” the frequency response of your headphones.

Here’s a dirty little secret: Headphone EQ correction isn’t even designed to make your headphones “flatter”.

So what does that mean for practical purpises? Can EQ help improve your headphones? Or does it only make them worse?

That’s what we explore today, with a breakdown of the Harman Curve and other headphone frequency response targets.

I hope to clear up a lot of confusion in this one. Watch here:

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