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Dr. Sean Olive on the Harman Target and Its Myriad Alternatives
This week, host Jorden Guth is joined once again by Dr. Sean Olive, senior fellow at Harman International, to dive deeper into the development of the Harman target curve for headphones, the reason why so many alternative target headphone curves have cropped up in recent years, and what it all means for music fans.
Sources:
“Sound Researcher Dr. Sean Olive” on the SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast: https://www.soundstage.life/e/sound-researcher-dr-sean-olive-tonmeister-nrc-harman-and-floyd-toole-target-curves/
“Dr. Sean Olive on 35 Years of ‘Fast Car’” by Dennis Burger: https://www.soundstageaccess.com/index.php/feature-articles/1259-dr-sean-olive-on-35-years-of-fast-car
Seong-Jin Cho: https://seongjin-cho.com/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:30 Introductions
00:02:09 A deeper dive into the origins of the Harman target curve
00:18:26 Music Break: “Rush Hour” by Peter John
00:19:24 Everybody and his brother has a target headphone curve
00:38:02 Outro: “Piano Concerto (Ravel)” by Ohad Ben-Ari
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This week, host Jorden Guth is joined once again by Dr. Sean Olive, senior fellow at Harman International, to dive deeper into the development of the Harman target curve for headphones, the reason why so many alternative target headphone curves have cropped up in recent years, and what it all means for music fans.
Sources:
“Sound Researcher Dr. Sean Olive” on the SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast: https://www.soundstage.life/e/sound-researcher-dr-sean-olive-tonmeister-nrc-harman-and-floyd-toole-target-curves/
“Dr. Sean Olive on 35 Years of ‘Fast Car’” by Dennis Burger: https://www.soundstageaccess.com/index.php/feature-articles/1259-dr-sean-olive-on-35-years-of-fast-car
Seong-Jin Cho: https://seongjin-cho.com/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:30 Introductions
00:02:09 A deeper dive into the origins of the Harman target curve
00:18:26 Music Break: “Rush Hour” by Peter John
00:19:24 Everybody and his brother has a target headphone curve
00:38:02 Outro: “Piano Concerto (Ravel)” by Ohad Ben-Ari
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