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Westone ES-5: Chasing Neutral Eq settings - thread update 1.3.15
Thanks for contributing too! I totally agree that changing one frequency can drastically change how you perceive the others, but I believe this is usually an effect of how we mentally filter and process our senses. If one recognizes a frequency range and pays attention to it, one can hear...- Zalken
- Post #35
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Westone ES-5: Chasing Neutral Eq settings - thread update 1.3.15
Here's mine: Freq (Hz), Gain (dB), Q 170,-4.0,0.6 1980, -3.0, 2 3682, -1.5, 3.5 3800, 2.5, 7 4313, 4.5, 3.5 4750, 2.5, 2 5365, -2, 5.5 7500, -3, 9 7600, 4, 3 It's by no means perfect and it definitely takes the warm roundness out of the ES5, but overall I feel...- Zalken
- Post #33
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Broken pins inside a custom IEM : any idea to fix it ?
Nailclippers worked for me.- Zalken
- Post #2
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Westone ES-5: Chasing Neutral Eq settings - thread update 1.3.15
Kept trying out your ES5 measurements for a little more than a month - I like what you did with the rockbox. However, when using your EQ settings with better source such as my desktop setup (Audio-GD DI-V3>Anedio D1), I still think you are forgetting to attenuate frequencies past 4000Hz. There...- Zalken
- Post #27
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Westone ES-5: Chasing Neutral Eq settings - thread update 1.3.15
I tried out the rockbox EQ for about 30 mins today - the -7.5 dB drop at 200 seems a little drastic and makes my headphones sound a little thin- Zalken
- Post #17
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Westone ES-5: Chasing Neutral Eq settings - thread update 1.3.15
I'm using Fab-Filter Pro-Q with Foobar 2k Also the 7180 Hz entry should have a gain of 1.5, not 3.0 (a typo)- Zalken
- Post #10
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Westone ES-5: Chasing Neutral Eq settings - thread update 1.3.15
Some clarification needed - does the 7,4,2,1,7 represent the Q values of each peak respectively? If so, I found the sound of the curve fun but it compressed the sound stage quite a bit and colored the sound. I shall try late on my rockbox give you my impressions on that device. ...- Zalken
- Post #6
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1 $ for Hisound’s new released ROCOO player???
Would love to see how this compares to my other portable media players (Sansa Clip Zip, SFlo:2, iPod)- Zalken
- Post #162
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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OFFICIAL 2012 Bay Area Meet Thread (California) February 11th, Saturday
Quote: oooooo, Could someone bring your Anedio D1? I've been thinking about buying that DAC for so long now....- Zalken
- Post #44
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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Bay Area Meet (California) February 11th, 2012 INTEREST THREAD
I'm quite interested in coming to this meet - sign me up!- Zalken
- Post #191
- Forum: Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties, Get-Togethers
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First Impressions: NFB-3 vs Stello DA100 (The amazing ACSS connection)
So, I just received my Stello DA100 and while I think it is an amazing DAC, it made me realize how ridiculously good NFB-3 to C2 AMP via ACSS is. The NFB-3 connected via RCA to the C2 amp is no match for DA100 connected to the C2 via RCA. However, the sonic difference between connecting...- Zalken
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- stello-da100
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- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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What headphones have the same type of sound as the Sennheiser IE8 earphones?
I personally have owned D2000s, and D5000s with D7000 cups as well as the IE8s (all at once) I find that the bass of the Denons are far more satisfying, providing a head rumbling experience at louder volumes. Soundstage isn't that great on the Denons. The treble between the 2...- Zalken
- Post #10
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Monster Turbine Challenge - Reviewers Wanted!
I'd be interested - I listen to mostly rock, electronic, and classical. My current source is the NFB3, my HP amp is the Audio GD C2 (connceted via ACSS) I currently own the Sennheiser IE8 and Klipsch X5 as far as IEMs go. I'm getting a pair of HE-5s soon. And my speaker setup is Adam...- Zalken
- Post #29
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Problem solved
So, I recently found my IE8s lying in juice I dried them out and tried to get as much juice out of them as possible - then I left them in a jar of rice for several hours. I'm using them right now and...well at least it works. However I'm a little worried there is still...- Zalken
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- sennheiser-ie-8-in-ear-headphones in-ear
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D2000/D5000/D7000 unamped (sorry!)
If you plan on buying an amp for you denon's, I would suggest you look into spending your money on a DAC before you get an amp I got an Audio GD NFB-3 (DAC) and later got a Audio GD C2 (Amp) - both cost around $350 for me, and 350 spent on the source was did so much more than the 350 spent...- Zalken
- Post #14
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Audio Technica M-50 vs Akg K 701
if you just want a small accurate low bass that isn't offensive for classical music k701 would be ur choice otherwise I wouldn't go for the k701 if you are looking for bass- Zalken
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D2000 Equalization Thread?
Yes, you can just connect your audio GD fun to your computer via USB, select the FUN as your output on your operating system and plug in your headphones and go I'm not sure what you mean by the 6 other products (more headphones?) I guess, ideally you'll want Dedicated power source...- Zalken
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D2000 Equalization Thread?
If you are mainly using headphones or have a speaker system that is no bigger than 2 speakers and 1 subwoofer and don't mind using your computer as a source, I would recommend you don't buy a CD player and buy a DAC/headphone amp. An amazing one at the price range that has both is the Audio-GD FUN.- Zalken
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D2000 Equalization Thread?
I think the drivers of the D2000s have the potential to be extremely good with proper EQ, so I gave EQing a shot. Here is my EQ setting for my Denon D2000s I tried to match the frequency response of the Stax Omega 2 and the Audeze LCD-2 (They both have a very similar frequency...- Zalken
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- denon-ahd2000-high-performance-over-ear-headphones headphones over-ear
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D2000 Markl Mod Sibilance
Quote: Adding dynamat to the cups don't add bass - I believe they take away bass. At the very least, they stop the headphone from rattling my skull when they are on my head. However, I would just like more bass control and I'm wondering if adding dynamat to the outer driver will help...- Zalken
- Post #5
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D2000 Markl Mod Sibilance
I recently partially markl modded my d2000's (dynamat on earcups and drivers), however I found the sibilance to be too much for me. I played around with changing the cable (stock D2k cable and Mogami 2893) and removing parts of the dynamat and reapplying it. It seems most of the sibilance is...- Zalken
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- denon-ah-d5000-reference-headphones denon-ahd2000-high-performance-over-ear-headphones headphones
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Posted on wrong board (delete me >.<)
Got Denon D2000s ==> Selling Denon D1001s The Denon D1001s have Markl Modded as described in this thread (http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/350167/markl-type-mods-on-denon-ah-d1001-d1000) They were also recabled as described in this thread -...- Zalken
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Where to buy Y-split in cable?
Hey, I'm trying to re cable my headphones and I was wondering if there was a place where I could buy a rubber y-split thing to put at the y-split in the headphones?- Zalken
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- Forum: Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers, Accessories (DBT-Free Forum)
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Noob wants DT990. Which ohm version would be the best choice for me?
Funny kboe linked to my sale... But there's another amp that I'm thinking of selling that would drive your headphones much better - the starving student millet hybrid amp. I've heard this amp drive the k701 and hd650 with amazing results and I'm sure it will driver your beyers (600 or 250...- Zalken
- Post #7
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)