After a little playing around I managed to reduce the sibilance. The process is described in other threads generally as EQ-ing the headphones. Basically you use Sinegen to determine the peak point of the frequency that bothers you (in my case 7300.0 Hz) and then use Equalizer APO to reduce the...

Thank you for the replies. I tried to listen to the same recording on an Aune T1 MK2 DAC/AMP paired with the Beyerdynamic 990 pro headphones. Unfortunately the sound is improved but the high frequencies are still too sharp. I guess the quality of the recording is not good enough.    I mostly...

Hi,   A have a FiiO E10K Olympus 2 DAC/Amp and a pair of AKG K612 PRO headphones. I mostly listen to acoustic sessions and I noticed a sharpness for example when an artist uses the "s" letter. As an example on the track Kiesza - Take Me To Church (Hozier...