[Sonic 748i]

Do you also tend to want to crank the volume higher for genres with bass being the star of the show? Such as drum n' bass, techno and hip hop? I do and then when go back to listening to jazz, vocals, blues, rock, etc... I turn the volume down to as loud as I would hear them in real life. The thing is though I can't really get into the bass oriented songs without cranking the volume up and then after about 1 hour I get listening fatigue. I can listen all day if I keep the same volume I do for jazz, vocals, blues, rock, etc... on my bass oriented songs...

 

[Sonic 748i]

I love my setup, even though I love the sensation of bass pounding at the louder volumes I also love hearing the bass and the different notes all in the most highest clarity and detail possible at regular listening volume...I can hear the different bass notes and the raw detail also at higher volumes but I then get listening fatigue eventually and I find myself upping the volume because everything sounds blurred. It's just my ears tired and needs a rest. But at regular volume I don't get the satisfactory sensation of bass but it's still there and it seems like I can hear more details from the music and for a much longer time...

 

[Head Injury]

Looks like you need JH16s? 

 
I only ever crank the volume on classical now, because even with ReplayGain it's too damn quiet.

 

[Sonic 748i]

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Looks like you need JH16s? 

 
I only ever crank the volume on classical now, because even with ReplayGain it's too damn quiet.

Maybe I do, I love the JH13's for their "what you put in it, is what comes out" sound. But, I wouldn't mind a bit of a bass boost. But, I'm not paying $1,150 for it...lol.
 

 

[momomo6789]

eq or buy a amp with bass boost

 

[Sonic 748i]

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eq or buy a amp with bass boost

It's alright now, I'm getting used to hearing the bass instead of feeling it. I love how the JH13 Pro's extend so low in the 20hz range and maintain strength.

 

[Sumflow]

I think I turn unplugged stuff louder.

 

[Young Spade]

I do the exact same thing man. Classical, Acoustic, and Jazz/Vocal stuff, I get it as natural as I think it would be; when I'm listening to rock, hip hop, electronic, pop, etc, I crank the music up with some EQ in there too

 

[Prog Rock Man]

I turn the volume up with more detailed, mellower music to hear the detail and down with any' wall of noise' style as that gets too much.

 

[Zink]

It sounds like people do two completely opposite things. Very interesting thread. I'm in the "up for instrumental and vocal, down for pop/rock/electronic" group. It's mainly so I don't get listening fatigue and so I don't wreck my ears. It is really amazing to actually hear the bass from headphones like the ATH-M50. Sometimes I turn the bass way up for electronic music but the next day If I listen to the same song without EQ the song almost sounds more bass focused because the bass is actually playing bellow the rest of the music instead of playing over the other instruments.

 

[almasy]

i turn it down low for rock and metal (except symphonic metal) 
medium for punk and everything else (not that i really listen to everything else much)
and high for classical and symphonic metal, 

 

[Rossinator]

Most of the time I keep my volume low not matter what genre. Although for the really, really compressed stuff, I have to turn the volume down a little lower.