My next concern is that yes the headphones sound great! But I find the vocals really fatiguing and forward where as all the other sounds have more distance.....
That's exactly how music is supposed to be on playback. Haven't you heard an actual, proper speaker system before? The vocals are very forward, and the drums are very clearly behind the vocals, and guitars are clearly to the left and right. In classical music you can pick out where each section of the orchestra is sitting.
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Ok....what settings am I loooking to change in the x7 eq?
Depends on what your goals are. If you want to trim the sharpness of the treble and make it more accurate, reduce the 6khz peak, and also the plateau in the upper bass to low midrange area centered at around 400hz. I have no idea what settings are available for the X7's EQ, but if I was using a parametric EQ like the one on NeutronMusicPlayer, I'd use:
1. Center Freq = 6khz ; Q-Factor = 1.8 to 2.0, Gain = -2dB to -4dB
2. Center Freq = 400hz ; Q-Factor = 0.8 to 1.2, Gain = -2dB
3. Center Freq = 2,500khz ; Q-Factor = 1.0 to 1.4, Gain = +2dB
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Now, if your goal is to make the soundstage of the HD800 less spacious, there are a number of solutions other than EQ:
1. Check and make sure SBX Pro/DolbyHeadphone/etc aren't running
2. EQ : boost bass and lower midrange everywhere, which will throw the drums and guitars forward to where the vocals are
3. Sell the HD800 and get a headphone that doesn't have angled driver mounts, because this is one physical attribute of the design that helps with making the imaging as it is, which you can only overcome with EQ by totally screwing up the frequency response, which basically is a waste of $1,200, when you can cut your losses and just use a headphone that makes no attempt to try to sound like speakers