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Headphoneus Supremus
So I've tried a whole bunch of open headphones now (most of Audeze, Focal, Abyss Diana V2, Rosson RAD-0, HD650 etc etc)
I'm generally coming from IEMs - some of you might have seen my reviews across the Portable Audio Forums, and no matter which headphone I try there's one glaring issue I find with it... It has this ultra diffused and "open sounding" bass which kind of works for instrumental performances, jazz, rock and the classic audiophile test tracks, but the moment I put on anything that actually has a bass THUMP it comes across more as "pum pum pum." From what a friend of mine explained it's an issue with me being super used to super high pressure bass that IEMs are capable of putting out, so when I try on headphones where you can't really hear any of the bass but can rather "feel" it, it comes across to me as practically having no bass whatsoever
I've tried super powerful sources, super high end ones etc etc - nothing is able to really resolve this for me. I'm currently running the Diana V2 off the LPGT into the Romi BX2 Plus and listening to Jungle's Jungle album (which is an album I love for its bass-heavy notes), and the Diana V2 isn't really able to transmit any of that whatsoever. It does great with live music as well as the classic audiophile tracks and recordings, but Idk... is that the only thing openbacks are really good for?
I've also tried EQing a whole bunch of bass into headphones, so I add something along the lines of 7 or 8 decibels of bass, and I still can't get any real bass presence and impact - once again it sounds extremely diffused, almost as if I'm listening to an IEM that I haven't been able to seal properly
Anyone have any tips of suggestions?
I'm generally coming from IEMs - some of you might have seen my reviews across the Portable Audio Forums, and no matter which headphone I try there's one glaring issue I find with it... It has this ultra diffused and "open sounding" bass which kind of works for instrumental performances, jazz, rock and the classic audiophile test tracks, but the moment I put on anything that actually has a bass THUMP it comes across more as "pum pum pum." From what a friend of mine explained it's an issue with me being super used to super high pressure bass that IEMs are capable of putting out, so when I try on headphones where you can't really hear any of the bass but can rather "feel" it, it comes across to me as practically having no bass whatsoever
I've tried super powerful sources, super high end ones etc etc - nothing is able to really resolve this for me. I'm currently running the Diana V2 off the LPGT into the Romi BX2 Plus and listening to Jungle's Jungle album (which is an album I love for its bass-heavy notes), and the Diana V2 isn't really able to transmit any of that whatsoever. It does great with live music as well as the classic audiophile tracks and recordings, but Idk... is that the only thing openbacks are really good for?
I've also tried EQing a whole bunch of bass into headphones, so I add something along the lines of 7 or 8 decibels of bass, and I still can't get any real bass presence and impact - once again it sounds extremely diffused, almost as if I'm listening to an IEM that I haven't been able to seal properly
Anyone have any tips of suggestions?