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Sean Olive
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i am a former Senior Fellow at Harman doing research in perception and measurement of sound quality including loudspeakers and headphones. Interests include music, hockey, wine, cycling, politics, science and technology. A Canadian who is also American.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 11h
..put preference bounds around the target. Everyone understands what is flat ( ie balanced) and then you understand where in the spectrum there is too much or too little energy.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 11h
Most likely. Hard to remember and I have trouble visually translating raw curves to DF subtracted curves. Not a fan of this method. If you want to make it easier to understand for readers plot the difference between your 1 db/octave target and but bounds around that.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 1d
What?? Which section?
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 1d
Good to see version 2 is much improved. Version 1 had the dubious honor of being the low anchor in our research, reliably producing sound quality scores in the 10-30 percentile. Does Version 1 fall outside your preference bounds?
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 2d
The new books finally arrived from the publisher
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d
Went for a short ride today on my new Canyon after charging the rear derailleur battery which was dead and installing the latest firmware.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d
You could certainly fill a book but how many copies would you sell? Is there a wide enough audience?
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d
I was fortunate enough to be presented the Richard Heyser MemorialLecture Award by his widow Amy who attended the lecture.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 4d
It’s amazing that everyone has a copy except me.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 6d
The AES Heyser lecture is behind me and one more talk tomorrow at 3;30 pm on some headphone research
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 8d
Another rave review

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Sennheiser just DESTROYED the competition
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 8d
Arrived at the Hyatt Hotel Long Beach where the AES convention begins tomorrow. Not sure if I want to attend indoor lectures or drink Margaritas by the pool? It’s like a resort here.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 9d
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Step Aboard! 157th AES International Convention, Long Beach, CA
The Audio Engineering Society returns to the West Coast for its 157th AES International Convention – AES Show 2025 Long Beach. This year’s edition of the renowned AES Convention Technical Program will...
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 9d
It sent me measurements with and without insertion that suggested the device had little effect on sound measured at DRP. And it seemed to stay in place.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 10d
Whenever or wherever
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 10d
Writing acoustic books is not recommended way to make a living. You can make more in an hour as a consultant than what you earn in a year from the book. If the book helps gets you get more consulting gigs then it might make financial sense.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 10d
konstantin sent me the details and we ordered the parts and made them.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 10d
To be honest I don’t think it really matters. Buy it whenever you get the best deal.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 10d
@habs hockey on @amazonprime.bsky.social features uber Eats @uberuu.bsky.social and @habs hockey on Hockey Night in Canada featured Ozempic

One sponsor is literally fighting the other. @canadiens.com
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 12d
They induce constipation by example. Good time to use the bathroom
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 12d
Thanks. The differences in bass and treble between settings are quite stark.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 12d
Is Laine injured?
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 12d
What makes you think the Kali headphone was supposed to be tuned to Harman in its Studio mode in your review?
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 13d
Why waste more time studying preferred target curves when these effects are the one that need to be addressed. What good is a target curve is it cannot be reliably produced for every listener? Of course some of the segmentation effects are related to taste and hearing loss which isn't shown here.
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Sean Olive @seanolive.bsky.social · 13d
Above left is an open canal microphone before a Noire XO headphone is placed on several individual ears. Right are the frequency response variations of the headphone measured on the individuals. Most of these differences are larger than different proposed target curves...which begs the question...
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