I have the se846s myself and will definitely try this EQ setting once I receive my Q5KWorks fine. Over the air update is like opening a present every update so just for that feeling I would go 5k. App is a must and Fiio sucks at it. There is absolutely a room for improvement appwise with 5k but if you EQ your headphones ever 5k is the one to go.
I have sonarworks, tone boosters morphit on pc, wavelet on android. I made a copy of morphit se846 blue (%50 morphed) profile with curveEQ by sending white noise :
Freq DB
20.00,-1.83
43.09,-2.45
92.83,-1.84
200.00,-1.79
430.89,-3.01
928.32,-1.12
2000.00,1.52
4308.87,3.33
9283.18,3.59
20000.00,3.60
That means I can have reference grade eq profiles on the go easier. That was not possible within a $110 dac until yesterday. Wavelet and viper4android are awesome but when you eq within the dac pricelessly like this it does sound better, also less bulk on phone, more battery life, less compatibility issues, less hassle while switching devices.
I was wondering whether you're using yours in balanced or single ended?
What I've come to understand so far is that in theory, when it comes to sensitive iems, it should be best to keep the output impedance of the DAC/amp to the minimum i.e go single ended, but some say that in practice the balanced output on Q5K is better/fuller sounding even on such a sensitive iem as se846.
Any subjective experience regarding this topic would be very much appreciated
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