HiFiRE
100+ Head-Fier
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Let me start by writing that I find the sennheiser px100's excellent for hip hop, folk music, and classical music. They're detailed and seem to have some soundstage for those genres. They were a bit bright in general when I started using them but they seem to have smoothed out after some burn in. I listen to them both with my laptop and my iriver h10.
When listening to metal and hard rock I find them overly bright, especially after listening for a while. Highs are harsh and it seems like I hear a lot of noise in the high end which really spoils my listening experience. Electric guitar that sounds smooth and pleasurable on my ghetto Koss pro/480's is often very unpleasant to listen to on the px100's. I will try eq'ing the treble down to see if this helps.
To be honest I've never heard a headphone that I thought really works well for metal. I've tried emu0404 + gilmore lite/senn 650, gilmore lite/grado 325i, millet hybrid/senn 595. None of those combinations yielded a great experience with metal for me. You need powerfull fast punchy bass for the drums, clean and forward lows and mids for the guitars, and smooth highs for screams. Maybe it's a genre that simply requires a multi speaker set up. I don't know.
Any insight here would be appreciated.
When listening to metal and hard rock I find them overly bright, especially after listening for a while. Highs are harsh and it seems like I hear a lot of noise in the high end which really spoils my listening experience. Electric guitar that sounds smooth and pleasurable on my ghetto Koss pro/480's is often very unpleasant to listen to on the px100's. I will try eq'ing the treble down to see if this helps.
To be honest I've never heard a headphone that I thought really works well for metal. I've tried emu0404 + gilmore lite/senn 650, gilmore lite/grado 325i, millet hybrid/senn 595. None of those combinations yielded a great experience with metal for me. You need powerfull fast punchy bass for the drums, clean and forward lows and mids for the guitars, and smooth highs for screams. Maybe it's a genre that simply requires a multi speaker set up. I don't know.
Any insight here would be appreciated.