Wish this was possible, it would be very interesting!

[rincewind]

Forgetting my E4C today and having to use my cheap Sony buds at work made me think of this:

I wonder how good an idea of "neutral" representation of we have. I boosted the bass from my iRiver a little (+3dB@60Hz, +1.5dB@120hz) and found the Sonys much better from then on: I wonder what adjustments others would have made? These buds aren't the cleanest, nor the quickest/most nimble, so they sound a bit bloated compared to other setups I've heard but it's reasonable.

I wonder if we were all given the same situation to mine and only had a fine band EQ to adjust, where we'd all end up compared to each other. I'd wager some would end up with treble happy, some bass happy, some with whacky accentuations/cuts at certain mid frequencies... probably in an attempt to obtain the sound we're used to (unless what you're used to is complete junk). Any thoughts? Would be an interesting experiment. I think the hardest part would be to tell ppl they ARE allowed to play with the EQ. Maybe we'd have to use some purposefully horrible sounding cans so ppl would accept use of EQ

BTW, I don't use EQ at all in normal listening on my normal rig(s). This is just a hypothetical, starting from a 'less than ideal' starting point on purpose. I don't mean this to turn into a EQ vs no EQ debate.

 

[cin__server]

i actually saw something similar on Anythingbutipod. it was people sharing their EQ settings. hmm i bet i could find it....this isnt the big one but i couldn't find the big one but here http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum...alizer+setting

i wonder how it would differ here??

 

[Assorted]

I think it would depend on the quality of the rig the person is used to listening to. Skullcandy users will... and K701 one users will...

 

[omegaman]

Interesting !!! I think most would try and aim for the sound they are used to.

 

[4ki]

I think that the consensus' feel of "good sound" is accuracy and presence in all areas; needless to say, this is very difficult and requires training to accomplish, and I don't think that any of us besides the audio engineers and classical musicians who actually build/mod their stuff physically really know what is "real" bass or "real" treble. If you listen to more than a handful of records, you'll find that all of them have been mixed at different audio levels; how, then, can you find out what is truly neutral?

But yes, we all wish to hear what we are most familiar with, for the most part. For those that have purchased more expensive and varied equipment, I feel that they have a more keen sense of what real "bass" and "treble" is along with what is musical and analytical.

Before coming here, I was very biased against phones with mid-range and bass. That was due to lots and lots of older Audio-technica consumer phones. Anyone who's lived in Japan long enough will know exactly what I mean. I loved the sound, but then picked up a pair of Panasonic retro-phones, and my preferences changed. Then I picked up some ksc75s out of curiosity of the forums, and it changed...again.

I went from liking highs-clarity, to bass-high-soundstange, to tight bass-sparkly mids-even highs. It gets even more confusing with eq. I can't even fathom what I'll think of next, when I get an amp.