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ststairz t1_j6blxpd wrote

Reply to comment by AnOldMoth in Why not EQ? by ChromicClaw2

My point is "it's too much of a hassle". Majority of people including myself, just wanna plug and play. I tested oratory1990's EQ harman target. Does it sound good afterwards? Yes. But stock tuning sounds good to my ears as well. There're different, but not for the worse or better. OP asked why people chose not to use EQ. That's my answer. I'm happy with my iem's stock sound signature.

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the_salivation_army t1_j6blbal wrote

Reply to comment by The_Incredible_Rook in Stax SR-L500 + SRM 353X: Audiophile Nirvana. by The_Incredible_Rook

Yeh I’m jealous, they’re just so different to any dynamic set I’ve heard. First ones I ever heard were the SR5 ones I mentioned and they’re nearly 50 year old headphones but the music coming from them was just effortless. I had some really really old set of non-Pro lambda as well. That T1 amp had two Pro holes and one non-Pro hole and ya didn’t have to hook em up through the speakers.

Ah man I really wish I had my Stax stuff still!

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the_salivation_army t1_j6bi243 wrote

Reply to Stax SR-L500 + SRM 353X: Audiophile Nirvana. by The_Incredible_Rook

It’s amazing how different they sound. I had some new version of Lambdas, SR507 they were, with an old T1 amp about ten year ago. Even these dinky old SR5 ones I had blew away dynamics, it sounds like the music is coming from outer space. And they’re expensive, I bloody sold em to put towards the deposit on a house.

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AnOldMoth t1_j6bht55 wrote

Reply to comment by SoNic67 in Why not EQ? by ChromicClaw2

As a recording engineer, everything about this comment is factually wrong.

EQ absolutely can improve the sound. That's why we use it in our mixes, and if your listening gear has odd tonality, then of course adjusting that can improve the sound. It's not debatable.

And we use studio monitors EQ'd (gasp) to flat at the placement of our heads when mixing and mastering, then listen to it on various common devices to ensure there's nothing horribly wrong on any of them.

Please don't spread misinformation.

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AnOldMoth t1_j6bha99 wrote

Reply to comment by ststairz in Why not EQ? by ChromicClaw2

That is entirely untrue. Several of my favorite headphones needed EQ, and were magical once I did. Without them they were decent at best, like the Ananda. Most headphones to my ears literally require it to not sound like hot garbage.

I have never liked a headphone without EQ, and I have tried dozens upon dozens... Well, except the Warwick Bravura, that thing actually just sounded good without anything done to them at all, but I don't have thousands to spend.

And if EQ spares me thousands of dollars, then why on earth would I not spend a few minutes setting it up? I'm not THAT lazy.

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AnOldMoth t1_j6bgnvl wrote

Reply to comment by covertash in Why not EQ? by ChromicClaw2

> the headphones themselves were probably the wrong starting point for you

While I do agree with this in a vacuum, the sad thing is that I have literally never heard a headphone that was "the correct starting point" that was anything resembling affordable. As in, Summit-Fi stuff fits this bill, and anything lower always has a ton of tonal issues that I can't stand.

EQ was the only way for me to afford really good sound, haha. Though of course this is true if you do not have this problem, which I hope other people don't.

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StanKukin t1_j6befy0 wrote

Reply to comment by 717x in Not like the other girls 💅 by 717x

That’s a great set up you got there! And an awesome track record! I had a chance to audition lcd x recently and they almost made me pull the trigger on the spot. But then I heard the elites and was absolutely blown away by their musicality. Definitely going to get the elites in a couple of months. Happy listening!

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