[renji1337]

Can i use foobar 2000 to EQ since im using ASIO plugin, or should i turn ASIO off and use my soundcard?
 
Or should i buy a Fiio E5 and keep ASIO on and just hit bass boost or something? i liked the sound when boosted in foobar, but does that ruin the sound?
 
xonar dx btw
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ALSO using ASIO, how am i supposed to control volume

 

[charli3]

The AD700's lack on bass. If you EQ them, you wont notice a huge difference. Why not upgrade? 

 

[renji1337]

well eq'd i seem to notice a huge difference >_< and i dont want to upgrade, i bought these recently.
 
and i also have jvc rx700s if i really need bass bad, lol

 

[169380]

i dont know about foobar, but i use winamp which has a fairly effective EQ. i know there are hundreds of DSP plugins that allow you to "enhance bass" and these are alright. its not worth buying the E5 just for a bass boost - for what you get its definitely not worth the money

 

[Souji]

I would agree that the E5 is not worth the upgrade.
 
I highly recommend the E7 or E11 for bass boost though!

 

[renji1337]

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I would agree that the E5 is not worth the upgrade.
 
I highly recommend the E7 or E11 for bass boost though!

yeah but that would make my xonar dx i got useless >_<
 
 

 

[169380]

why dont you just test out using the soundcard vs ASIO. if you liked the sound out of foobar then obviously the sound isnt being ruined

 

[RPGWiZaRD]

Use the Xonar's DX EQ and don't use ASIO, it's not a night and day difference using ASIO but EQing headphones to your liking might be though. Soundcard's EQ is 90% of the time better working than some software built-in EQ in a player at least in this case when we're talking about not a poor but a decent soundcard. E5's bass boost is fairly small and it's poorly implemented, midrange bleed/too much coloration of the frequency response.
 
Why not simply test it out and see if it satisfies you, don't mind the theoretical part, check what your ears have to say!

 

[Yakult]

Foobar EQ shouldn't ruin the sound as long as you autolevel it. A parametric equalizer would probably work better though. This is what I use with foobar with AD700. ElectriQ with George Yohng VST wrapper.