If you want to comment on the filters with certain songs I will consider your thoughts. I will never EQ though..I have multiple headphones, loads of iems, and several buds. Plus I have a few daps. My life is complicated enough
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Mostly I just get lost in my music. I take absolutely no pleasure in a-b comparisons or being critical. If I am feeling the music, I am happy. The reason I have too much gear is because I have too much curiosity.
Fair enough. With Cayin, it's easy to like everything. I understand this "Why bother if it already sounds good". It makes sense. And I'm not saying my settings are better than your's. It has much to do with personal preference. Yet I think it's quite a chance you or someone else will like it. Ok, so, the settings are:
- "Sharp" digital filter (could be "Slow" if you really need warmer sound).
- EQ from left to right: -2dB, -2dB, -2dB, -2dB, -1dB, -1dB, -1dB, -1dB, 0dB, 0dB.
So far I like these settings and could say to myself "I don't need to bother anymore, everything sounds good enough". Maybe you will like it more than your current ones.
Let's get to the music. For real instruments and/or vocals "Super Slow" gives me probably the most natural sound, but "natural" is not "neutral" in this case - treble is being rolled off by a (quite) big ammount, and I could hardly accept that. Speaking about electronica, "Super Slow" doesn't really offer anything good to me. Enough of this, let the music play.
You (everyone) are very welcome to ignore my notes and evaluate these settings by enjoying the music (hope you will like at least one) or by any other perspective, post remarks, music recommendations or whatever.
Soundstage/details. This one is evil. Better than many horror movies for me. It's really easy to imagine the roots coming out of the ground, getting over your legs and slowly dragging you to hell. Or a hurricane, slowly sucking you in into a portal to hell. You don't want N3 to save you with bass/warmth, you want neutrality, which brings fine details/treble from the recording to fully enjoy your journey
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Good chill song.
Soundstage/details.
Soundstage/details. (About) every Yosi's song I heard is good for it.
Soundstage/details.
I suggest to pay most attention to an interval from 0:52 to 1:10 and from 1:43 to 2:17. Without EQ, most obvious for me is slightly forward bass. Well, actually, it wasn't obvious until I tried the EQ. It seem to make the sound more linear across all the frequencies, thus I seem to hear a bit more crispness, clarity and details.
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