r010159
100+ Head-Fier
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I do not understand why some describe the treble the way they do, using exaggerated terms, like "spikes in the ear". I am very sensitive to the very high frequencies. The treble is boosted a bit, but by not that much, maybe a few decibles. My sensitive ears have no problems with it in several hours of listening. Listening all day and night may be a different situation. The pros that mix and master albums use them, so overall, they cannot be that far off. Looking at the FR graph presented by @legopart, tells a different story. I see the upper middle frequencies being a bit recessed. However, the FR curve returns back to neutral for the high frequencies, except for perhaps a few decible boost, which looks like to be about 3 decibles, for the most part. This explains what I am hearing. I do not think a three decible boost of the high frequencies would be like driving spikes into ones ears. LOL
Assuming that comment actually describes their experience, I would look elsewhere for the source of that problem. With me, it turned out to be the software audio player running on my Mac. At first, I thought it was the headphones too. I had to massively EQ the HF to make the FR close to neutral. One song in the greatest hits album of Enya had a couple notes sung by her sound sibilant to me. This really bothered my ears after listening to it several times. The EQ I used took about all of this away. I then switched to a second player, The sound came across much more neutral, and natural, without any EQing. No more sibilance. No more music being bothersome to my ears. The difference to my sensitive ears was like night and day. I expected this player to sound the same as the first, but it did not. So my problem went away. Like magic, eh? So much for bit perfect playback. BTW at one point in time, I was using an amp that also had boosted HF. This together with the player, which did the same, and the headphones, did tire my ears out.
PS I think each audio player is set up to sound its best, tricks and all. It then has to be reconfigured for bit perfect playback. Sometime figuring out how to do this is no easy task. Seeking help from the author does not necessarily help that much.
FWIW
Assuming that comment actually describes their experience, I would look elsewhere for the source of that problem. With me, it turned out to be the software audio player running on my Mac. At first, I thought it was the headphones too. I had to massively EQ the HF to make the FR close to neutral. One song in the greatest hits album of Enya had a couple notes sung by her sound sibilant to me. This really bothered my ears after listening to it several times. The EQ I used took about all of this away. I then switched to a second player, The sound came across much more neutral, and natural, without any EQing. No more sibilance. No more music being bothersome to my ears. The difference to my sensitive ears was like night and day. I expected this player to sound the same as the first, but it did not. So my problem went away. Like magic, eh? So much for bit perfect playback. BTW at one point in time, I was using an amp that also had boosted HF. This together with the player, which did the same, and the headphones, did tire my ears out.
PS I think each audio player is set up to sound its best, tricks and all. It then has to be reconfigured for bit perfect playback. Sometime figuring out how to do this is no easy task. Seeking help from the author does not necessarily help that much.
FWIW
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