H20Fidelity
Headphoneus Supremus
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I had an idea at some point that low freq being the hardest to locate in space, they were a big part in making 1 single instrument to occupy more space. you know how the er4 pinpoints each instruments, well I thought it was (at least in part) due to the treble extension, and the weak bass/subs. that's really the ER4 that gave me the idea.
I tried to EQ but I felt like I just wouldn't get the sub I was looking for without destroying the rest in the process(don't you feel like the ER4 kind of sucks globally as soon as you try to add like 5 or 6db or more in the sub? so I tried the weirdest stuff, I put on my hd650 above my er4 ^_^ lol.
I went the complicated road with VAC and VSThost to get 2 outputs with independent volume controls and some low pass filter/small EQ for the hd650. in retrospect, it would have worded almost as well with a doubling jack and an old remote cable(rheostat kind) to lower the volume on the er4 and just counting on the isolation to filter the high freqs. oh well.:rolleyes:
anyway I fooled around a long time with that and my very unproven own conclusion was that it might indeed be a choice to make. knife sharp precision in space and detail of the ER4 with kind of flat texture and 180° in line instruments, or more subs, more texture and feeling of "3D", but immediate sense of losing in precision.
can't say if it's about how our brain get distracted by the bass(or maybe receives contradictory spacial cues?), or if somehow the bass comes to pressure the driver in a way that tempers with how accurately it can move for trebles(I remember reading about even multi BAs rolling off in trebles because of bass driver, but I didn't understand the explanation ).
I'm a sub addict so I would sacrifice a great deal for them, but I now doubt it's possible to really get the feeling of the ER4 with good bass. and mr Suyama(fitear) thought the same for different reasons when he tried to make an er4 with bass.
oh and I really was never a fan of dba2, B2 and other stuff with the same double driver spiking close to 10khz. I guess I had them all(only tried the dba mkII a few days though)because I always reach for small form factor. my favorite were the Qjays but they all had the same pros and cons. they were amazing because of how small and comfy they could be, without too much cable noise. but the signature... still yes the soundstage felt maybe not bigger, but more "3D" no doubt. and the massive bass bump could fit with my hypothesis I guess.
You made a hybrid, not only a hybrid but also a cross-breed of full-size headphones / IEM! It's actually an interesting concept. I think the most I've done is use a 3.5mm male to x2 3.5mm female adapter and listen to two different IEM's, one in each ear simultaneously. It sounded similar, like frequencies were cancelling out or the ear wasn't decoding it correctly.
But don't worry, I think we all ride the what if, give a whirl train sometimes.
I've also thought of an ear adapter that would insert into your ear like an IEM but allowing fitments for two IEM nozzles, giving the ability to encounter two IEM at once.
It's just a sign we've been on Head-fi too long my friend.