Post by Rabbit on Dec 2, 2015 16:19:35 GMT
Sitting at home suffering these awful stones and drinking pure lemon juice to disperse them, I decided to take my mind off of my belly by going through headphones and amps I have scattered here.
One I use a lot is the e12. Actually, the e12 and e12a which is slightly better.
The DT770 got me going because it has such a meaty bass, but also the opposite end is quite raised. Many don't seem to notice the top as much as the bottom.
In any case, as it is, it sounds extremely good in spite of its faults, but on speech .... Sibilance is noticeable. No boom! So if my amp had a treble cut, it would help.
Then onto K712. It has a healthy bass and is good with speech, but on some rock stuff, I want more bass. On the Fiios, there is an excellent bass boost which fills them out nicely.
That made me think that perhaps if an amp had two more switches, they'd make a lot more headphones improve as a result. Instead of two way, it might be nicer if they were 3 way.
So what I'm thinking is bass cut/boost/flat
Treble cut/boost/flat
With two switches that have three settings each, you have an amp with 9 sound settings at the ends, leaving the mids as they are. If the Fiios did the treble as well as they do the bass, they would basically make the best of most of the headphones that I have.
I've only ever seen one amp which is no longer made with treble and bass control (albeit on one rotary knob which isn't great) but it was pretty good with most headphones.
I know that the purist view would be to not have switches in the way, but you know, playing around this afternoon in between bouts of pain, I reckon it would solve a lot of headphone problems, as long as the boosts and cuts didn't bleed into the mids.
The Fiio bass boost is pretty good in that regard. They raise the bass without messing up the upper bass so that the K712 really is excellent with rock music that way. For speech, turn the bass boost off and again, they're great.
While we all look for the headphone that's gives a good 'average', the mythical 'flat', are we playing around with the wrong bit? So many more headphones would be useable with adjustment.
I know .... Kameleon. But that has to have a different bit put in for each headphone.
Is there a portable amp with something that allows you to adjust each end of the spectrum?
One I use a lot is the e12. Actually, the e12 and e12a which is slightly better.
The DT770 got me going because it has such a meaty bass, but also the opposite end is quite raised. Many don't seem to notice the top as much as the bottom.
In any case, as it is, it sounds extremely good in spite of its faults, but on speech .... Sibilance is noticeable. No boom! So if my amp had a treble cut, it would help.
Then onto K712. It has a healthy bass and is good with speech, but on some rock stuff, I want more bass. On the Fiios, there is an excellent bass boost which fills them out nicely.
That made me think that perhaps if an amp had two more switches, they'd make a lot more headphones improve as a result. Instead of two way, it might be nicer if they were 3 way.
So what I'm thinking is bass cut/boost/flat
Treble cut/boost/flat
With two switches that have three settings each, you have an amp with 9 sound settings at the ends, leaving the mids as they are. If the Fiios did the treble as well as they do the bass, they would basically make the best of most of the headphones that I have.
I've only ever seen one amp which is no longer made with treble and bass control (albeit on one rotary knob which isn't great) but it was pretty good with most headphones.
I know that the purist view would be to not have switches in the way, but you know, playing around this afternoon in between bouts of pain, I reckon it would solve a lot of headphone problems, as long as the boosts and cuts didn't bleed into the mids.
The Fiio bass boost is pretty good in that regard. They raise the bass without messing up the upper bass so that the K712 really is excellent with rock music that way. For speech, turn the bass boost off and again, they're great.
While we all look for the headphone that's gives a good 'average', the mythical 'flat', are we playing around with the wrong bit? So many more headphones would be useable with adjustment.
I know .... Kameleon. But that has to have a different bit put in for each headphone.
Is there a portable amp with something that allows you to adjust each end of the spectrum?