NP I don't think EQ setting is a bad thing to do. We all have a different kind of taste and I respect all of them. If EQ setting make a sound better for someone's ears. Use EQ setting is a right thing to do.
Thanks, @ReizeiMako. I don't even know if I have EQ adjustment on my iP6, which is my main transport. But when I use the AK120 I do tend to fiddle with the EQ a bit.
It's an interesting one and each to his or her own, of course. But any music we listen to is mixed, and mixing is basically volume, panning and EQ. And it's done on a particular rig with one or two different monitors, plus the "MP3 test" and the "car stereo test". So listening to music with a particular DAP/DAC and 'phones may result in a track sounding different to how the producer intended. Yet we often treat EQ as a bad thing on head-fi (I appreciate it's a pain having to adjust EQ often, but cranking a bit of bass on a DAP and leaving it cranked may wind up giving you more bass than was intended for any given track anyway - and bass heads probably prefer that.)
Absolute not meaning to criticise #ReizeiMako at all, as we all have different tastes. But EQ is there as a tool to tailor any track to how we like it on any given device. Mileages obviously vary, etc etc.
It's an interesting one and each to his or her own, of course. But any music we listen to is mixed, and mixing is basically volume, panning and EQ. And it's done on a particular rig with one or two different monitors, plus the "MP3 test" and the "car stereo test". So listening to music with a particular DAP/DAC and 'phones may result in a track sounding different to how the producer intended. Yet we often treat EQ as a bad thing on head-fi (I appreciate it's a pain having to adjust EQ often, but cranking a bit of bass on a DAP and leaving it cranked may wind up giving you more bass than was intended for any given track anyway - and bass heads probably prefer that.)
Absolute not meaning to criticise #ReizeiMako at all, as we all have different tastes. But EQ is there as a tool to tailor any track to how we like it on any given device. Mileages obviously vary, etc etc.
Good point. What makes a bad (or good) EQ by the way? Is it the range of frequencies that you can adjust (or lack of) or is it that you can't fine tune it?
Good point. What makes a bad (or good) EQ by the way? Is it the range of frequencies that you can adjust (or lack of) or is it that you can't fine tune it?
its not about only the range of frequencies as both the fiio daps and ak have nearly similar frequencies you can adjust it is about implementation of the eq and i honestly praise astell and kern for having great eqs, i do not know know why their eq is better than other daps but simply it is
If you are ok with AK100ii then you will be ok with DP-X1, AK's are neutral in bass, the EQ on DP-X1 Is awesome, like the Onkyo app, you can have up to 20 band EQ, and you can customize any obscure frequency you want, eg 378Hz etc, and you can alter in decimal increments, eg +1.8dB, you have 20 bands of this complete customizability, it doesn't get any better than this before going to fully parametric eq.
its not about only the range of frequencies as both the fiio daps and ak have nearly similar frequencies you can adjust it is about implementation of the eq and i honestly praise astell and kern for having great eqs, i do not know know why their eq is better than other daps but simply it is
I thought waiting for the release and waiting for someone to buy it for would be an agony but now waiting for it to arrive on my hand turns out to be the biggest pain in the butt. Please someone just post some more impressions, I felt so empty right now.
@Orky261 IRRC you will get your DP-X1 on Monday? Much sooner than most of us here. So you should count yourself lucky. I'm also waiting for your impression as well
@Orky261 IRRC you will get your DP-X1 on Monday? Much sooner than most of us here. So you should count yourself lucky. I'm also waiting for your impression as well
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I don't think EQ setting is a bad thing to do. We all have a different kind of taste and I respect all of them. If EQ setting make a sound better for someone's ears. Use EQ setting is a right thing to do.
