[Digital Felon]

I got these a couple days ago and I love them but the highs are way too harsh they hurt my ears without the "treble reducer" EQ setting on my iPod Classic. Also every time someone says a word with the letter S its unbearable! I have them burning in with white noise right now, should this be a issue that fades away with break in? Everything else sounds awesome great bass great mids. Please help Thanks!

 

[jedi_edward007]

this is quite awkward. my s4's treble is very inviting and normally the bass is more forward. well, at least ive never heard of anyone encounter your problem with s4. there isnt too much difference with extended burn-in hours. did you try other pairs of s4s?

if you cant get along with your s4, trade for another phone with a warmer, darker sound. in this case, sennheisers may do good for you.

 

[Digital Felon]

I didn't try any other pair than the ones I ordered off eBay. I have been reading some peoples posts online and they have the same problem as me. Just wondering if it's normal.

 

[ljokerl]

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Originally Posted by Digital Felon /img/forum/go_quote.gif I got these a couple days ago and I love them but the highs are way too harsh they hurt my ears without the "treble reducer" EQ setting on my iPod Classic. Also every time someone says a word with the letter S its unbearable! I have them burning in with white noise right now, should this be a issue that fades away with break in? Everything else sounds awesome great bass great mids. Please help Thanks!

That problem is called sibilance. It's a known property of the S4. Some people are far more sensitive to it than others. I found the S4 unbearable for the first 100 hours or so. They get better with break-in. Whether they ever improve enough for you depends on how sensitive you are to treble harshness/sibilance.

 

[Digital Felon]

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Originally Posted by ljokerl /img/forum/go_quote.gif That problem is called sibilance. It's a known property of the S4. Some people are far more sensitive to it than others. I found the S4 unbearable for the first 100 hours or so. They get better with break-in. Whether they ever improve enough for you depends on how sensitive you are to treble harshness/sibilance.

So keep doing what I'm doing with the white noise? if so getting to 100 hours will take a while lol, I guess I'll leave them on overnight a lot.

 

[ljokerl]

I prefer pink noise. There's a white/pink noise generator here if you leave them hooked up to you PC.

 

[Digital Felon]

I have a wav file on my ipod for white noise playing in a loop. Should I switch to pink noise?

 

[ljokerl]

Shouldn't really make a difference as long as the diaphragms are flexing to their full extent. I actually use a microSD card that's about 50% full of music and 50% of looped pink noise files and leave it on shuffle when burning in headphones.

 

[Digital Felon]

OK awesome thanks for your help. Also I found this website of you want to make a custom playlist for burn ins. They even have silence tracks, Enjoy and thank you! Burn-in wave files: white noise, pink noise, frequency sweep, channel mix