how's treble? i've seen people referring to them as smooth

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I don't get what you are searching for. Harman is basically just a bit of extra bass and a bit of extra treble. Want it flat? Just reduce the bass and treble shelfs. Use Crinacles graph tool to visually test it out.

What headphones do you have? I'll make you an EQ profile you can import into Peace.

This^^^. The ear/brain hearing system has a way of adjusting/normalizing nearly any SQ over time. It's how someone could actually enjoy Grado, Bose, or Beats while not disliking more capable or balanced headphones. That is, until they've listened to the balanced HP for awhile - then, when they go back to Grado/Bose/Beats - they'll find them horrible until their hearing adjusts again.

Definitely don't be afraid to bend the earhooks a bit if you don't have a comfortable fit (if you haven't tried of course).

Yes this is why I flared it with drama.

Technically EQ is a solution. Fine. But then why even bother? It's all the same tuning.

It would be like having every car drive about the same. What would be the point of that?

IDK man - to me, HFM and Audeze planars have delectable bass and subbass - while still having excellent mids and treble......

Ah my bad, I swear I saw Pro somewhere in the marketing and may have gotten em mixed up. Good to hear that it performs well.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

I know I might get killed here, but I don't care. Amps/dacs sound different. There I said, it. Some people say that an apple dongle is all anyone will ever need, but I disagree. This is especially true with 300ohm Sennhesiers.

Ok so you just want a rant and not a solution. Best of luck with that.

Hahahaha!!!

I don't EQ because my setup and headphones make EQ unnecessary - I've spent time and money so that I don't have to EQ. Plus, I like to hear my system as-is, not to some generic, homogeneous target that makes everything sound more similar than different.

***My laptop-based desktop system (w/ craftily chosen used pieces):

1. Lenovo Thinkpad T-540p (bought used, upgraded RAM and OS); running Tidal HiFi w/ Audirvana Studio (or Foobar 2K when I feel like it);

2. SMSL SU-9 MQA DAC (connected with true 90-ohm, quad-shielded, solid SPC USB cable);

3. Gustard H20 discrete Class A headphone amp/preamp (bought used, w/ upgraded Class A Sparkos Labs or Burson discrete opamps);

4. Hifiman Arya Stealth headphones; w/ upgraded 8-cores SPC XLR cable;

5. Niles SI-275 stereo power amplifier (bought used, connected to the BAL XLR outputs of my Gustard HP amp/preamp through an XLR to RCA selector switchbox);

6. Energy RC-10 bookshelf speakers; slightly modded w/ more damping material; bi-wired and connected with OFC speaker cable;

***All other interconnects are World's Best Cables BAL XLR interconnects using Canare L-4E6S Star-Quad cable with Amphenol connectors;

As you can see, I've taken care of choosing components that work well together (ie: synergy), that I don't feel the need to EQ at all. This still gives me "goosebumps" when I set up to listen - especially my headphone rig.......

Why are you telling people not to read the text? Do you think they're unable to judge the validity of it for themselves?

I just saw all the comments about the desk and see a link. Guess I wasn’t the only one who likes it. Thanks!

kind of disappointed with my ifi, randomly after my computer goes to sleep or restarts, my computer doesn't recognize it and I have to un plug it and plug it back in.

Cool setup! Just a week ago I jumped into some better audio from old sennheisers to almost exactly same setup (just ifi zen dac v2 and lcd-2's with rosewood)

Selling a pair of these if someone else wants to upgrade!

https://www.reddit.com/r/AVexchange/comments/10myqc9/wts_usaca_h_audeze_lcd2_fazor_bamboo_w_paypal/

I also have the K7 (there isn't a Pro), and also think it's a remarkable DAC/AMP, especially for the price.

I'm using the balanced output, and don't have any desire to swap it out with anything .... so far. :)

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Compensated, comes in flat to the majority of ears.

The problem is one of imaging. IEMs can be perfectly flat but sacrifice Soundstage. You can get your floorstanding speakers fairly flat either out of the box or via EQ or both.

But headphones? Everyone is targeting this same curve because they want that mass market appeal, despite the fact that the mass market doesn't care as much about critical listening as it does about comfort. It's frustrating. I'm big mad about it.

Audeze count as "Mid - Fi"?

And what is your context for flat? How do you quantify flat? Is Crinacle's IEF target "flat" to you? Do you want to look at a graph with a harman target and just see a flat line that ignores the target? Because thats technically flat if you don't consider the raw data.

And the party piece, it’s a BT Receiver. I didn’t need the extra power but wireless IEMs were too enticing to pass

Small and light, can drive any entry level headphone easily (and supports balanced 2.5 if you need more juice), amazing app with great parametric eq and autoeq support, chrome extension, supports PS4/5, can be used as a USB DAC

This is by far the best audio purchase anyone can make for the $110 (that is not an IEM).

Today I put my hd650 on again and I’m Just glad I never sold them and never will. They really are special and i own aeon flow open and lcd x.

Ok, but measurements show the actual distortion and HD650 produces a bit less and they can both handle 10db bass boost just fine. Distortion in the lower frequencies is harder to hear and actually ends up sounding like more bass and its still only at 5% with a 10db boost. Also consider the fact a subwoofer that everyone loves to hear produces something like over 20%. What you're talking about is not really an issue.