FIJI
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Anyone else notice quite a bit of sibilance in the e500 in certain songs? I've tried a bunch of different songs, and I notice quite a bit of sibilance (at least that's what I think it's called). It's not there in every song, but it's there in a lot. I first noticed it when listening to dianna krall (flac) out of my ipod w/ rockbox. Then I started noticing it in a variety of other songs. I was hoping it was just my ipod, but it's still there when I listen to the songs out of the microstack. The e500's are less sibilant out of the microstack than the ipod, but it's still there. I'm currently using the soft rubber inserts, but I still notice it when using the foam inserts. While the sibilance may be in the recording itself, the e500s seem to REALLY make it noticeable. For what it's worth I have the k701's and hd650's, and I don't find the k701's sibilant as other have found. As I said before, it's not in every song or album so the sibilance must be in the recording itself, but that isn't really an excuse since I don't hear it in my other headphones. Maybe the e500's are just very unforgiving when it comes to sibilant recordings. I'm just wondering if anyone else is hearing this. I still think the e500's are really good, though.
I hope I'm using the word sibilant correctly here. My head-fi vocabulary isn't very good, but sibilance to me is when S sounds sound weird (can't really discribe it). Thanks!
I hope I'm using the word sibilant correctly here. My head-fi vocabulary isn't very good, but sibilance to me is when S sounds sound weird (can't really discribe it). Thanks!