re bass - looking at Rin's graph, probs isn't too much 180-250 or even 250-500 on BD4.2 at 12 o'clock http://rinchoi.blogspot.com/2014/04/lear-bd42-next-generation-hybrid.html (definitely is closer to max)
compare to say http://www.head-fi.org/t/704283/t-peos-announce-a-releasing-of-h-300-and-start-pre-selling-compensation-sale/60#post_10375953
methinks sub-bass/bass - need more
compare to say http://www.head-fi.org/t/704283/t-peos-announce-a-releasing-of-h-300-and-start-pre-selling-compensation-sale/60#post_10375953
methinks sub-bass/bass - need more
from memory the eq I used was
q=2, f=5.5, db=-2.5,
q=1.5, f=9000, db=-1.5,
(I don't think 7k bothered me as much, rather the 10k one was more noticable for me. It's not a sibilant harsh, but a metalic upper treble excess energy type one for me)
q=2.0, f=50, db=+2.5 (I think it feels like there's too much mid bass, but it's actually the sub-bass not being prominent enough. which is sort of saying the same thing)
As mentioned the bass gradient is too linear, and on higher port settings too steply bleeds into lower mids :}
I think Lear were going for an overall neutral-natural type feel with tunable bass, so maybe the 5.5k bits are a part of it, but I don't think it should be there.