MattTCG
Headphoneus Supremus
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Hi all ,
I own the he-400 sine today morning and im just wondering if anybody has some foobar EQ settings , fitting for the he 400
Greetings,
Dan
A gentle boost centering around 4kHz will make it sound more forward.
Oh god I forgot about that band. I remember reading something about it a while back that suggested lowering the 4khz band to lessen the "cheap" sound of headphones. I suppose it makes sense a grade A set might benefit from it. I almost don't like to mess with bands in the middle like that because it will almost ALWAYS sound "better" with a little dash of 4khz thrown in (at least on this set). Just trying it out with Juno reactor, it brings out the classical guitar attack and synth lead much farther forward and makes it less laid back (which I like, but I have no idea if I should really keep something like the 4khz band up a few db at all times or not.)
Also, it always takes me a while to get used to wearing this pair of headphones' every day. It hurts around the headband area. Do you know any possibilities as to why this happens? (first decent pair of headphones btw)
Also, it always takes me a while to get used to wearing this pair of headphones' every day. It hurts around the headband area. Do you know any possibilities as to why this happens? (first decent pair of headphones btw)
I wonder if I'm driving these headphones to its full potential. I mean, it gets pretty loud from the Valhalla, and I can definitely appreciate the bass of the He-400 opposed to my HD650, but it seems like the mids aren't as rich/clear as the HD650.
Is this a signature property of the HE-400? I do actually appreciate the improved treble (if mine are the r3), it reminds me of the DT880 that I sold. But I'm also thinking it might be from not properly driving the headphones. Cause I remember my DT800 600 became a whole different monster when I got the Valhalla for it compared to just my PC speaker out lol
I can tell I'm going to use the HE-400 on my computer, and the HD650 as my relaxing/reading headphones.
Yeah, too much ~4kHz boost = low-fi sound. They sound the best with around 3-4 dB broadband boost around there, basically as forward as possible without losing the realistic timbre.