RPGWiZaRD
Headphoneus Supremus
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I'm starting to concider these 2 headphones now as they seem to best meet my criterias.
I'm looking for the following:
- Quite bassy but balanced mids & highs signature
- Balanced midbass (80 - 150Hz) vs subbass (0 - 80Hz) presence
- Looking for textured punchy bass with impact
- Mids should not be recessed/distant sounding (especially lower mids), I like a more forward "in-your-face" vocal/instrument sound even if separation & soundstage may suffer a little
- Highs should not be emphasized, it quickly becomes too bright for me, I don't enjoy too dark highs either but I tend to slightly withstand a bit on the darker side highs than slightly emphasized highs
- No noticable resonances in the mids & highs (in the bass it's not as important and there all bass emphasized headphones tend to have various amounts of resonances as long as it's not too much so it becomes boomy/muddy)
- Isolation is always a plus as my computer fans aren't the most silent
- Build quality and comfort not as important, I prioritize the sound. Will be used at home only.
I listen to all kinds of genres but I mostly listen to EDM, hardstyle in particular. I even keep mastering hardstyle tracks I find a bass boost around 6~8dB or so in the headphones helps me to better tell how the hardstyle kicks are sounding compared to 0 boost. With my Q40 I especially appriciate it's deep bass capabilities and very balanced midbass vs subbass presence and zero audible resonances in mids - highs as all instruments and vocals decay nicely so it sounds relatively crisp & clean. It's not top that good when it comes to separation and soundstage though and I'd enjoy a little more lower-midrange presence especially. The Q40 is the first headphone I haven't needed to EQ as it sounds close enough to my ideal FR balance:
My ideal FR curve is with bit of a bass bump like with Q40 but overall have a very slightly downhill "slanting" curve from lows to highs and mainly Q40's lower mids isn't quite that forward to make that happen.
Looking at M4U 2's FR response it probably comes closest to that:
I'm looking for the following:
- Quite bassy but balanced mids & highs signature
- Balanced midbass (80 - 150Hz) vs subbass (0 - 80Hz) presence
- Looking for textured punchy bass with impact
- Mids should not be recessed/distant sounding (especially lower mids), I like a more forward "in-your-face" vocal/instrument sound even if separation & soundstage may suffer a little
- Highs should not be emphasized, it quickly becomes too bright for me, I don't enjoy too dark highs either but I tend to slightly withstand a bit on the darker side highs than slightly emphasized highs
- No noticable resonances in the mids & highs (in the bass it's not as important and there all bass emphasized headphones tend to have various amounts of resonances as long as it's not too much so it becomes boomy/muddy)
- Isolation is always a plus as my computer fans aren't the most silent
- Build quality and comfort not as important, I prioritize the sound. Will be used at home only.
I listen to all kinds of genres but I mostly listen to EDM, hardstyle in particular. I even keep mastering hardstyle tracks I find a bass boost around 6~8dB or so in the headphones helps me to better tell how the hardstyle kicks are sounding compared to 0 boost. With my Q40 I especially appriciate it's deep bass capabilities and very balanced midbass vs subbass presence and zero audible resonances in mids - highs as all instruments and vocals decay nicely so it sounds relatively crisp & clean. It's not top that good when it comes to separation and soundstage though and I'd enjoy a little more lower-midrange presence especially. The Q40 is the first headphone I haven't needed to EQ as it sounds close enough to my ideal FR balance:
My ideal FR curve is with bit of a bass bump like with Q40 but overall have a very slightly downhill "slanting" curve from lows to highs and mainly Q40's lower mids isn't quite that forward to make that happen.
Looking at M4U 2's FR response it probably comes closest to that:
