Mark Levinson No.5909

Type: circumaural, closed-back, moving coil with ANC and Bluetooth (v5.1)
Test sample supplied by: Harman Audio
Reviewed in: HIFICRITIC, v16 no2, Apr-Jun 2022

  

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Test Results

Results Table
Passive Mode

  
Uncorrected Responses  -  Confidence Limits, Left  -  Confidence Limits, Right
Passive Mode

  
Uncorrected Responses  -  Confidence Limits, Left  -  Confidence Limits, Right
Active Mode

  
Uncorrected Responses  -  Confidence Limits, Left  -  Confidence Limits, Right
Active/ANC Low Mode

 
Uncorrected Responses  -  Confidence Limits, Left  -  Confidence Limits, Right
Active/ANC High Mode

  
Uncorrected Responses  -  Confidence Intervals, Left  -  Confidence Intervals, Right
Active/Awareness Voice Pass Mode

  
Uncorrected Responses  -  Confidence Limits, Left  -  Confidence Limits, Right
Active/Awareness Ambient Mode

 
Uncorrected Responses  - Confidence Limits, Left  -  Confidence Limits, Right
Bluetooth Mode

 
Corrected Responses
Passive Mode  -  Active Mode

  
Corrected Responses
Active/ANC Low Mode  -  Active/ANC High Mode  - Active/Voice Pass Mode

 
Corrected Responses
Active/Ambient Mode  -  Bluetooth Mode

 
Leakage Responses, Left  -  Leakage Responses, Right
Active Mode

 
Log Impulse Response, Left  -  Log Impulse Response, Right
Passive Mode

CSD Waterfall, Left  -  CSD Waterfall, Right
Passive Mode

 
Impedance  -  Impedance Attenuation
Passive Mode

 
Isolation, Left

 
Isolation, Right

 
Acoustical Crosstalk  -  Electrical Crosstalk
Passive Mode

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Commentary

Harman PPR scores:
    Passive                         90/89 ≡ 78%/78% (L/R)
    Active                           89/83 ≡ 77%/72% (L/R)
    Active/ANC Low        94/84 ≡ 82%/74% (L/R)
    Active/ANC High       97/85 ≡ 85%/75% (L/R)
    Active/Voice Pass     87/90 ≡ 76%/79% (L/R)
    Active/Ambient          92/93 ≡ 80%/81% (L/R)
    Bluetooth                     90/94 ≡ 78%/82% (L/R)