Ya know, I promise the set I had came with such an odd tonality and I kind of ripped Technics a bit for it. I know I am repeating myself but I think I just had a bad set. I'm glad you are enjoying them, that is great to feel good about what you purchase and to actually get some good use out them. I did really like the way they looked as well as the fit. I remember being able to eq them to very nice sounding mids and vocals but was without some sub-bass/mid-bass. Kinda right in between the two. I'm going to try em out again for sure, check if I'm crazy or not... Lol
I think you got a lemon honestly, because that doesn't vibe with what I'm hearing, not entirely anyway.
The mids are pretty great honestly, they are very vocal-forward (almost a bit too much... but just ALMOST).
The bass is 100% very present though, I would say almost too much at times.
I would like some more sub-bass though, and I would appreciate if the mid-bass was a bit faster and a bit clearer, it can occasionally sound slightly too muddy and warm, lacks a little bit of the instrument character and "bite".
I just put the 100hz band in the EQ down to -6 and the 315hz to -8 and the bass is still very much present at a level where it's almost... Maybe I wouldn't say that it's too much, but its just boosted in the wrong frequency, kinda. Too much mid-bass for my taste I would say, and I listen to plenty of bass-heavy music so it's not just that I'm some sort of treble-head, lol. But yeah I'm listening to a track that has a clear bass line but isn't meant to be a bass-bumping anthem and it still sounds plenty heavy on these settings to a point where I wish I had more EQ bands so I could fine-tune these even more.
I also have a hard time doing anything with the EQ that will make these sibilant even if I turn up the treble on them to the max, and I'm usually very sensitive to treble. Took me a bunch of time and eartips to be able to even stand listening to the Sennheiser MTW2's because they hurt my ears from the sibilance.
I find the ANC way worse than I expected when it comes to filtering out high frequency noise than I expected as well, but it seems a lot better than many other earbuds at filtering out low frequency-noises. I mean I know that high frequency noises are harder to cancel out, but I've definitely heard it done better on other headsets.
But overall they're a very solid earbud and they do sound really good, and I think when I've gotten used to the sound signature I will like them even more.
I know I sound like i'm ripping on them but they honestly do a lot of things right:
Battery life seems good so far, case has a decent size, the earbuds fit EXCELLENT in my ears, they feel like they're molded after my ear canals.
They also sound very clear in some frequencies, the mids are really good, the highs are solid enough as well.
It doesn't really sound like we're describing the same earbuds, right? Even to the point where I think the differences in our ears shouldn't make that huge of a difference, right?
