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HEAD HMS II.3 + REW + APx555

Calibrated quarterly. Photos and serial numbers available upon request.

Acoustic head

HEAD acoustics HMS II.3

Calibration: HEAD Berlin lab, quarterly

Standard: IEC 60318-7 ear simulator

Pinna: HATS Type 3.3 high-frequency

FFT analyzer

Room EQ Wizard v5.20

Log sweep: 200ms, 32 averages

Resolution: 1/24 octave smoothing

Output: .frd, .mdat, PNG

Audio analyzer

Audio Precision APx555

THD floor: -110dB

Crosstalk: -130dB

Sample rate: up to 192kHz

Reference amplifier

Stax SRM-T8000

Output voltage: 6.2 Vrms

Output impedance: 0.5 ohm

Use case: headphone reference drive

Source DAC

RME ADI-2 Pro FS R BE

SNR: 124 dBA

THD+N: -116 dB

Reference for chain transparency

Environment

Treated 14 sqm room

RT60: 0.22s

Ambient noise: less than 22 dBA

Power: isolation transformer + ground star

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