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Hello the ie800 to bright??? With that bass and sub bass??? I think that the ear tips that you using are not the right for your ear canal ,try another size, the treble is in fact very alive but is perfectly balanced with the rest of the spectrum at least with cayin n6 and even better with the hm-901
I am quite sure there is a difference in hearing at work here - I sense it in most sibilance and harsh treble related hi-fi conversations. The high frequencies are where most of the difference in people's hearing lies. Very sensitive to age and also just how sensitive your ears are. This colours how people respond to TOTL Sennheiser products in general. I'm guessing they engineer the treble peaks in their top products so as to make the music sparkle for more seasoned, less sensitive ears. Seeing as seasoned ears come with seasoned wallets. I at least think I have very good hearing and I hear a silvery cloud of harsh smoke around the high frequencies in the IE800 and I'm pretty sure this is what I will hear in the HD800 too.
The word "bright" might have been off though. It's not the lack of low end, it's the quality of the top end that's off for me.
Looks like I'm on the Sennheiser treble odyssey now. Brace yourself bank account, this is gonna hurt.
There's a mod presented in a previous post. I renounce the leaking effect for reducing the bass, otherwise it passably works for me. Equalizing is still mandatory, though, for both bass and treble (or to increase upper mids and lower treble, resp.). Which points to solution 3 – or 3b with the X3 II.
Mods. A classic chapter in the Sennheiser Treble Odyssey.
I'm a bit worried about the amp section of that x3ii though. I'm afraid it won't sound good straight out of the headphone jack since it sounds ghastly out of the old x3.