Why do my ATH-CM5's suck with my Dell dj?

[apnk]

I recently bought the cm5's from Avaitor122, they kick ass on my sony cd player but they really suck on my dj. The sound is to bright and bassless, i have tried playing with the eq but no luck. Any idea's?

Oh i thought they might need a little break-in time so i had them going for about 48 hours, but they still sound the same on my DJ.

 

[AuroraProject]

How are your mp3's ripped? What bitrate, software, settings, etc.....

 

[Kirosia]

Source matters. Your cd player is probably just better sounding than your dell DJ (which isn't really surprising).

 

[apnk]

I am using audiograbber, encoded @ 160

 

[sugarkang]

lame encoder?
also.. are you using the line out?

 

[skitlets]

there is no lineout on the dj.

 

[apnk]

no 160 wma.

 

[Mr.Radar]

WMA's tend to sound like you describe (bright). I reccomend switching to CDex or EAC with LAME using alt-preset standard.