I am on pause now... (Patreon)

I tried doing some measurements of the Austrian Audio Hi-X15 which arrived yesterday, but I am having some problems which are probably related to my ear-canals getting blocked. I attached a measurement of the HD600 I did some months ago (on top) and for comparison done now (below).

You can see that there is a big difference especially the deviation between left and right became larger. I already noticed it during my recent recordings that I am getting a slight imbalance but didn't pay much attention to it.

Obviously the influence of my ear-canals on the overall measurement or even capturing of sound is larger than expected. I wanted to talk about this topic in a separate video once, how ear canals getting stuffed by earwax over time can have a huge impact on the perceived sound, although the brain accomodates and compensates for this, you will usually not notice this in everyday life. 

The first time I  noticed this issue was when I started my work on the Earfun Free Pro, the difference in perceived sound before and after professional ear cleaning by an Otologist was frightening. It seems that this also affects the perception of sound and even shows up in measurements as well.

I need to wait until I can get my ears cleaned professionally again to continue all my work, as I cannot even judge the sound of an IEM correctly, as all peaks are shifted to other frequencies.