RPGWiZaRD
Headphoneus Supremus
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For sure, I used to do that with every headphone I've had previously and did it very precisely for every headphone until M-Audio Q40 which have roughly or close enough to my ideal FR balance that EQing isn't worth it unless I'd buy a proper hardware EQ for say $250 or so but I don't feel it would be worth it for a 10-15% or whatever gain in sound quality.
Q40 measures like this according to goldenears site:
So hoping M100 has somewhat similar, I wouldn't say no to slightly more forward lower-midrange (~3dB) as well as better extension in the very upper-end though. Don't mind the 9kHz peak, I did some slight modding & burn-in helped and I can't honestly hear any peak there anymore which I was definitely able to tell when I first listened to them out of box, I don't like peaks like that and I'm glad V-Moda doesn't either.
Anyway soundstage is what I'm most interested in hearing an improvement, I tested for example the very underrated Denon HP-700 DJ headphones which is on-ear and comfort is far less than ideal but the soundstage was really nice for a closed/semi-closed headphone but it lacked in subbass extension for my needs, would be nice if M100 would have similar soundstage though.
Let's not ever forget that we can equalize for slight preferences, different environments, sources, genres or even the mastering of songs. But, I haven't had to equalize M-100, personally after extensive use.
For sure, I used to do that with every headphone I've had previously and did it very precisely for every headphone until M-Audio Q40 which have roughly or close enough to my ideal FR balance that EQing isn't worth it unless I'd buy a proper hardware EQ for say $250 or so but I don't feel it would be worth it for a 10-15% or whatever gain in sound quality.
Q40 measures like this according to goldenears site:
So hoping M100 has somewhat similar, I wouldn't say no to slightly more forward lower-midrange (~3dB) as well as better extension in the very upper-end though. Don't mind the 9kHz peak, I did some slight modding & burn-in helped and I can't honestly hear any peak there anymore which I was definitely able to tell when I first listened to them out of box, I don't like peaks like that and I'm glad V-Moda doesn't either.
Anyway soundstage is what I'm most interested in hearing an improvement, I tested for example the very underrated Denon HP-700 DJ headphones which is on-ear and comfort is far less than ideal but the soundstage was really nice for a closed/semi-closed headphone but it lacked in subbass extension for my needs, would be nice if M100 would have similar soundstage though.