Headphone Measurements: AKG K501

Frequency Response
Top - Compensated and Averaged Isolation
Bottom - Raw Data for Five Headphone Positions Attenuation of External Sound vs. Frequency
20
10
15
5
10
5 0
0 -5
Amplitude (dB)

-5

Reduction in dB
-10
-10 -15
-15 -20
-20
-25
-25
-30 -30
-35 -35
-40 -40
-45 -45
-50 -50
10 100 1000 10000 100000 10 100 1000 10000 100000

Frequency Frequency

Electrical Impedance and Phase

Measured with 600 Ohm output impedance. 30 Hz Square Wave
0.05
300 60
0.04
250 40 0.03
Impedance in Ohms

Phase in Degrees
0.02
200 20
0.01
Volts 0
150 0
-0.01
100 -20 -0.02
-0.03
50 -40
-0.04

0 -60 -0.05
10 100 1000 10000 100000 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10
Time in Seconds
Frequency Impedance Phase Right Left

%THD+noise @ 90dB and 100dB 300 Hz Square Wave

100 0.04

0.03

10 0.02
%THD+noise

0.01
Volts

1 0

-0.01

0.1 -0.02

-0.03

0.01 -0.04
10 100 1000 10000 100000 0.000 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.010
Time in Seconds
Frequency
Left 90dB Right 90dB Left 100dB Right 100dB Right Left

Volts RMS required to reach 90dB SPL: 0.390 Vrms

Impulse Response Impedance @ 1kHz: 123 Ohms
0.03 Power Needed for 90d BSPL 1.24 mW
Broadband Isolation in dB (100Hz to 10kHz): -4 dBr

0.02

0.01

-0.01

-0.02

-0.03
0.0000 0.0003 0.0006 0.0009 0.0012 0.0015 0.0018 0.0021 0.0024 0.0027 0.0030
Time in Seconds
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