allenk09
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I ordered a pair of Etymotic HF5's about a year ago figuring I'd get much better and much cleaner audio out of them than my $9 paid of in ear Skull Candies.
I was wrong! The HF5's have absolutely no low end at all. Now I wouldn't expect the ridiculous bass the skull candies put out, but I'd expect nice, clean and defined lows. The highs are crisp. I also can't listen to them on my macbook pro because they get under(or over?)driven at about half volume. They have too much impedance.
Do they need to be used every so often to sound good? I rarely ever use them because the sound is not practical for most music I listen to. I want to believe these are good and that they sound good, but they sure don't right now. Maybe they're broken? I have checked the filters, I put them in my ears right and I still can't get anything to sound right.
Source audio is all 320kbps or FLAC.
I was wrong! The HF5's have absolutely no low end at all. Now I wouldn't expect the ridiculous bass the skull candies put out, but I'd expect nice, clean and defined lows. The highs are crisp. I also can't listen to them on my macbook pro because they get under(or over?)driven at about half volume. They have too much impedance.
Do they need to be used every so often to sound good? I rarely ever use them because the sound is not practical for most music I listen to. I want to believe these are good and that they sound good, but they sure don't right now. Maybe they're broken? I have checked the filters, I put them in my ears right and I still can't get anything to sound right.
Source audio is all 320kbps or FLAC.