soldiersixteen
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I understand the mids and the lows, but can you still tell me the exact frequencies to go with hip hop, rap and rock.
I use TF10
thanks
I use TF10
thanks
Ok
new , improved ,and most important SUBTLE eq settings
This works great with my J3/RE-262 pairing - rememeber to tweak a bit to find your preferred flavour , i have all 4 user eqs orbiting around the following base settings - give or take 1
BBE : 8
MP Enhance : ON
SE : 3-4
LOWS : 0/-1
MID-LOWS : 0/-1
MIDS : +2,3
MID-HIGHS :+2,3
HIGHS:+2,3
great sound at last - i am finally sold on my 262 - step away 252
What would I do without this forum! Of course your are right fallingreason. I tried your eq settings below with all enhancements turned off and was rewarded with a clean natural sound with just enough treble to brighten up my dark SM3's. All my music is FLAC ripped with EAC from the original CD's.
No offense to cardozo's settings but they sound boomy and un-natural in camparison, they are fun to listen to with some music so I will save them. I love the way you can toggle between user eq settings while playing music, it makes it easy to compare and narrow down what sounds the best.
Quote:Not to criticize your settings, but I find that my FLAC files sound better with much more minimal settings, particularly the enhancements like BBE and MPE. They seem to ruin the faithfulness that FLAC files contain. I'm surprised that with IEM's as neutral and competent as the SM3 you would enhance your FLAC file playback.
I find those settings to make MP3's come alive wonderfully though. However, there is a big difference between listening to a flac file and an enriched MP3.
Lately I've been using the following with my IE7's:
80 - Wide - 0
500 - Wide - 0
1.1k - Narrow - 1
4.1k - Wide - 2
13k - Normal - 2
BBE - 4
Mach3 - 10
MPE - ON
SE - OFF
I have a duplicate profile with MPE off and BBE off for FLAC files.
I find the balance to be great with my IE7 when listening to most types of music. I'm fairy certain (by memory) that I prefer the sound of the J3 to the Sony X1000. All around feature wise, the X can't hold a candle to the J3.
Quote:Don't have any Black Sabbath but my Beatles FLACS have never sounded better!
Quote:Im glad to read this!
And do yourself a favor: If possible, listen to the first two works of Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath and Paranoid) in Flac files, with your SM3 and these settings. Its a real eargasm!
Cheers,
Peter
Quote:These settings sound perfect with my SM3's! Thanks cardozo!!
It sounds really hollow, try to be more subtle.
...and turned off the MPE, since the files are FLAC.
Yes, thanks for these settings. I used them as a baseline for the J3+SM3 (FLAC files) as well, but I've tweaked it a bit:
80 - Wide - +2
500 - Wide - +1
1.1k - Narrow - +2
4.1k - Wide - +3
13k - Normal - +4
BBE - 5
Mach3 - 5
MPE - OFF
SE - OFF
Essentially, I bumped up each EQ setting by one, turned down the Mach3 bass since I'm using an Arrow, with the bass boost set to I, and turned off the MPE, since the files are FLAC. Results are a less dark SM3, without a fat midrange hump. Now I just need to fiddle with EQ settings for the Beyer T50p (which will require taming the mid-mids a bit while boosting the mid-bass) and the ESW9 (with an aim of greater clarity and focus, if possible). If anyone has a setting for either of these that I can riff off of, please post them! Thanks.
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What would I do without this forum! Of course your are right fallingreason. I tried your eq settings below with all enhancements turned off and was rewarded with a clean natural sound with just enough treble to brighten up my dark SM3's. All my music is FLAC ripped with EAC from the original CD's.
No offense to cardozo's settings but they sound boomy and un-natural in camparison, they are fun to listen to with some music so I will save them. I love the way you can toggle between user eq settings while playing music, it makes it easy to compare and narrow down what sounds the best.
Quote:Not to criticize your settings, but I find that my FLAC files sound better with much more minimal settings, particularly the enhancements like BBE and MPE. They seem to ruin the faithfulness that FLAC files contain. I'm surprised that with IEM's as neutral and competent as the SM3 you would enhance your FLAC file playback.
I find those settings to make MP3's come alive wonderfully though. However, there is a big difference between listening to a flac file and an enriched MP3.
Lately I've been using the following with my IE7's:
80 - Wide - 0
500 - Wide - 0
1.1k - Narrow - 1
4.1k - Wide - 2
13k - Normal - 2
BBE - 4
Mach3 - 10
MPE - ON
SE - OFF
I have a duplicate profile with MPE off and BBE off for FLAC files.
I find the balance to be great with my IE7 when listening to most types of music. I'm fairy certain (by memory) that I prefer the sound of the J3 to the Sony X1000. All around feature wise, the X can't hold a candle to the J3.
Quote:Don't have any Black Sabbath but my Beatles FLACS have never sounded better!
Quote:Im glad to read this!
And do yourself a favor: If possible, listen to the first two works of Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath and Paranoid) in Flac files, with your SM3 and these settings. Its a real eargasm!
Cheers,
Peter
Quote:These settings sound perfect with my SM3's! Thanks cardozo!!
how?? thanks
Quote:It sounds really hollow, try to be more subtle.
Thanks Cardozo, I'll play around with those settings for my Etys and see if I can breathe some new life into them.
Sdhobbs, glad you like those settings, it's a work in progress, lol. What tips are you using on the SM3's, by the way?