Nicolaij R.
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Hi to everyone (first post ever...)
My portable setup is composed by:
Shure E4c
iPod (4th gen)
I have read tons of stuff on head-fi forums about the bad sinergy between E4 and iPod redarding the bass region of the spectrum; surely I have to admit that (even with the foam tips and boosting the bass frequencies with the iPod EQ) expecially the not-favoured-by-the-mixing bass lines are diffucult to be noticed.
However the main problem I have had with this setup so far redargs the treble department: I have noticed a pronounced distortion of the high frequencies and the problem appears almost exlusively on piano solo recordings.
I have tried the following combination:
HD580 + iPod
E4s + home source (Onkyo DVD-CD player)
E4c + PC line out (playing from PC hard disk)
E4c + PC line out (playing from iPod hard disk)!!!
and I have NOT noticed the distiortion in any of the above cases. The original tracks where encoded using the Apple Loseless format, but trying with WAV or high quality MP3 files does not solve the problem.
Expecially the E4c + PC line out (playing from iPod hard disk) cambo is starting to make me belive that the problem is in the iPod output stage...
Has anyone noticed the same problem? Can a good amp fix it?
My portable setup is composed by:
Shure E4c
iPod (4th gen)
I have read tons of stuff on head-fi forums about the bad sinergy between E4 and iPod redarding the bass region of the spectrum; surely I have to admit that (even with the foam tips and boosting the bass frequencies with the iPod EQ) expecially the not-favoured-by-the-mixing bass lines are diffucult to be noticed.
However the main problem I have had with this setup so far redargs the treble department: I have noticed a pronounced distortion of the high frequencies and the problem appears almost exlusively on piano solo recordings.
I have tried the following combination:
HD580 + iPod
E4s + home source (Onkyo DVD-CD player)
E4c + PC line out (playing from PC hard disk)
E4c + PC line out (playing from iPod hard disk)!!!
and I have NOT noticed the distiortion in any of the above cases. The original tracks where encoded using the Apple Loseless format, but trying with WAV or high quality MP3 files does not solve the problem.
Expecially the E4c + PC line out (playing from iPod hard disk) cambo is starting to make me belive that the problem is in the iPod output stage...
Has anyone noticed the same problem? Can a good amp fix it?