[LEGACY] Measurement of Gold Planar GL850 AMT Headphones

Gold Planar GL850 – Three Sets of Pads – Frequency response measurements
  • purple: solid hybrid pads (default)
  • brown: solid leather pads (factory alternative)
  • orange: D-shaped perforated hybrid pads (GL2000)

What comes to mind when I put these headphones on is ‘Dark Voice’, the brand name of that Chinese tube amp manufacturer : ). Jokes aside, they do have a very special vocal presentation, so lush and inviting. Treble would seem a bit off as in the sense of too dark, but in reality it is better than the graph shows partially I guess is caused by the characteristics of AMT drivers which have been traditionally used as tweeter drivers for speakers. As so the presence of treble seems a bit more prominent than the graph suggests.

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