docholliday
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About the EQ, just to be sure: are you using Headphone out (not Line Out), wired headphones directly connected to the headphone port (no BT or USB/Coaxial to another device), and normal resolution files (not hi-res or weird formats - try a standard 16/44 FLAC file for testing). Also try changing the EQ BEFORE starting to play a track, just as a test - I ran into an issue where the EQ would quit responding if the EQ was changed during playback a few times.Hi, I don't have any other DAP.
I have a HTC 10, with a very reasonable sound output. I've tried the headphones with it (Sennheiser Momentum in ear, Shure SRH840 and Bose Quietcomfort 25) and I can listen any lighter change I do on any app on the Smartphone. The same with my HIFI system.
With the N3, the sound never change and I don't know what can try.
If I don't find the reason, I'll return the player to the shop.
Thanks again for your attention.
Daniel
As far as the digital filters go, most people won't notice a difference. It takes certain tracks and/or a trained ear to hear the minute differences. Look at tracks that have lots of ride or crash - and listen to the decay on the cymbals, you'll usually hear it best there. Oh, and some headphones cover up the differences, especially anything with active noise cancellation - like those Bose you have. There's also the universal in-ear problem that the driver needs to be placed perfectly in the ear canal to get the most accurate high-frequency reproduction.
You need "accurate" 1:1 monitors and environment to really hear those digital filters as they affect the high frequency cutoff and rounding (as well as hearing that goes into those ranges). Those SRH840s should work, just be in a quiet environment, medium to low volume, and listen for the decays in the highs - do the Sharp filter, then the Super Slow and you'll have the best possibility of noticing the differences (those filters are the furthest apart in operation).
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