Desertblood
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Is it just me or does the FiiO e7 make the mids muddy? I feel like the mids are a lot more forward straight out of the laptop.
Hey Fidelio X2 crowd, been having some issues and wonder if anyone could help me.
Basically, I've had two X2's with the same exact problem, and I don't know if I should get another replacement or something else is causing this issue. The issue being that they sound unbalanced, and the left ear sounds heavier. It's very subtle, but when I switch my headphones around, the heaviness stays on the left side of the headphones, not my ears. The effect seems to be most noticeable when it comes to vocals and low bass. The effect becomes most noticeable when I set everything to mono.
I can also prove that it isn't my ears, because when I use a tone generator and generate a tone between 30 and 150Hz and listen to each side from the outside, I can hear more vibration coming from the left side. I've tried the headphones on five different sources with the same result. I've used other headphones and they do not have the issue. I've done blind hearing tests where I will close my eyes and try to balance the headphones and I always end up setting the balance to the right.
I find it very hard to believe that I've gotten the same problem twice in a row, although it could be possible. Still, just the fact that I haven't heard this issue anywhere on the internet for these headphones and I just happen to get the issue twice in a row is really making me insane. There are plenty of people who have posted reviews on these headphones with no issue existing, and these are people who would probably notice an issue like this right away.
Should I go ahead and go for a third replacement, or is there something else I should look for that is causing this problem? I'm honestly starting to consider it's my own mind and that I am really just insane.
Run sinegen and move the slider slowly. I guarantee that there will be imbalances. There is NO headphone that is perfectly balanced at every frequency.
@obsidyen I know you don't believe in burn-in but:
Please cook the X2's and if you're still having the same problem send em back for warranty.
Don't think of imbalance and do not focus on it while listening (if you can).
Please pass the 200h mark and report again.
(IMO: Always swap the channels while making trials. Always use different recordings. Be sure that your jack is clean. If possible try different sources).
Well my X2's are on the truck for delivery today! I'm perched in my window listening to my HD650's and scanning up and down the street for the truck. I guess there are far worse vices than headphoneitis
I have the X1's boxed up and ready to go back (as I messed up and ordered those by mistake). It was hard not opening the X1 box just to check them out. But I didn't want to tempt the wrath of Amazon.com.
The X2's are going to spend some time at work so I did order a carry case that should show up Tuesday. I broke out the old Headroom BitHead just in case the IOS devices don't power these well enough on their own.
Channel imbalances are a part of practically all headphones out there, especiialy in the upper mid to treble ranges. As long as the imbalances don't cover a large range of frequencies, it's something we have to live with.
The ones that I particularly don't stand for is bass imbalances.
I spent the last couple of hours listening to random songs, and that imbalance in the 5-6 kHz range was pretty obvious in a good deal of what I listened to. It's impossible to completely EQ out. Also I think the upper mids might be a bit too laid back? The bass-to-midrange balance was fine with everything I've listened to over the past few days. Contrary to Tyll's experience, I might be hearing what the InnerFidelity measurements of the X2 indicate.