How to improve the sound quality of headphones?

Most people want to buy quality headphones, and want to know which brand or model is better from other people and from advertising, but very few people test the headphones themselves. On the other hand, people love their headphones, and many do everything they can to improve the sound quality of their headphones.

What does sound quality mean?

Many people think that good sound quality has a lot to do with volume, but sound quality is actually defined by the clarity, mixing, and tuning of music production.

How do we measure the sound quality of headphones?

Sound quality can be measured from two different angles:

Subjective: Depends on the listener’s experience evaluating and measuring the sound of the media source and reacting positively or negatively to it.

Objective: Sound quality is measured with dedicated tools to assess the accuracy and clarity of sound.

Note: In fact, the average user can measure the sound quality of the headphone by turning the volume to the maximum and check whether the sound distortion can be clearly heard, if so, it means that the quality of the headphone is not very good, so its speakers cannot produce high quality sound.

Technically speaking, in objective measurement, sound quality depends on different factors measured electronically, such as transient response (transient response), frequency response (frequency response), harmonic distortion (Total Harmonic Distortion, THD) and intermodulation distortion ( intermodulation distortion, IMD) distortion, etc. These factors are related to sound quality, but measurements obtained in this way are very similar to testing the driving experience of a car by objectively measuring horsepower, speed, oil and gas levels, and more. So you can see that since the results of objective measurements come from electronic devices, they cannot provide accurate results for humans.

The conclusion is that measuring the sound quality of earphones is relative, and subjective user experience and objective earphone production quality (such as branded products) must be considered. Most of the time you can say that the more expensive headphones have better sound quality, but with normal or cheap headphones you can use wired headphones and listen to a better media player to compare the sound to that of other brands of headphones Compare, evaluate. Therefore, everyone’s perception of sound quality will be different, depending on personal experience and how you feel when using headphones.

Here are 2 tips to improve the sound quality of headphones for your reference.

Tip 1: Do not wear the earphones on the wrong side

Wear the right channel in your right ear and the left channel in your left ear. Confirming that you’re wearing the headphones in the correct orientation ensures that you’re hearing stereo sound, just as engineers intended when making music.

Tip 2: Adjust the position of the headphone cushion or earmuffs

If you’re using around-ear headphones instead of in-ear headphones, try moving the earcups up and down slightly to see if the sound improves. Many times, we don’t notice that slight adjustments affect the quality.

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