BogdanR
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Thanks for this review @amirm . There are a couple of pointers I’ve seen addressed here already, such as on ear placement or the various build variations of these headphones so I won’t dwell on them. I have the no backplate version and it is my main headphone out of many out of my collection.
Anyway, my main point I want to make is that we need good EQ for our transducers, be them headphones or speakers. The “no tone controls for purity“ mantra that has been preached on us by the industry for quite some time makes literally no sense whatsoever, especially considering how subjectively personal music reproduction is for all of us. I’m 53 years old and working in a noisy environment damaged my hearing even with hearing protection being scrupulously used. Coming on top of what happens naturally with aging, it means with no EQ I can’t hear details I KNOW are there in recordings am intimately familiar with. At the very minimum, basic tone controls are needed to bring the sound back to what I subjectively like hearing. I bet good money the response I like measures anything but flat.
In the end, I won’t buy anything which doesn’t have tone controls or the possibility of tailoring the sound of my music the way I like it. It is a deeply personal experience after all, no?
Anyway, my main point I want to make is that we need good EQ for our transducers, be them headphones or speakers. The “no tone controls for purity“ mantra that has been preached on us by the industry for quite some time makes literally no sense whatsoever, especially considering how subjectively personal music reproduction is for all of us. I’m 53 years old and working in a noisy environment damaged my hearing even with hearing protection being scrupulously used. Coming on top of what happens naturally with aging, it means with no EQ I can’t hear details I KNOW are there in recordings am intimately familiar with. At the very minimum, basic tone controls are needed to bring the sound back to what I subjectively like hearing. I bet good money the response I like measures anything but flat.
In the end, I won’t buy anything which doesn’t have tone controls or the possibility of tailoring the sound of my music the way I like it. It is a deeply personal experience after all, no?
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