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Post by barnab on Aug 2, 2019 14:11:04 GMT
Hi. First post here. Last year bought marshall monitor (non bluetooth ver.) when it was on sale for 49eur. I use them in transit, they do block outside noise. At home listening I use superlux hd 688 and senn hd 599. Comparing to these I feel the marshall monitor sound has something lacking, details are missing compared to the home phones. The bass is good though. I'm not very well educated on audiophile terminology, I'm no expert comparing sound quality. Just feel marshall sound worse compared to the other two that I use.
So my question is if anyone here is using these, is there way to mod these to better sounding? The marshalls fit my head ok and are easy to take on travel so there are some positives there. I use them off android phone when on transit.
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Post by solderdude on Aug 3, 2019 7:20:36 GMT
It would be best to EQ it.. You can install Foobar2000 on your android and get a very elaborate parametric EQ. The Major 2 also rolled off in the treble.
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Post by barnab on Aug 3, 2019 10:32:04 GMT
I'll test Foobar2000. I now read this review at thephonograph where the author stated that the sound of marshall monitor does improve with eq. He posted this curve, there are some spikes, should i only try to smooth the spikes?
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Post by solderdude on Aug 3, 2019 16:22:29 GMT
It does have similarities with the Marshall I measured I would start by making a gentle rising 'curve'. The 3khz peak may be the artificial ear canal of a measurement rig and could be real. I can find no info on how the plot was obtained.
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Post by barnab on Aug 4, 2019 17:02:57 GMT
Thanks for suggestions, i'll try and see what I can do with EQ. Found another curve on site reference-audio-analyzer.pro
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Post by solderdude on Aug 4, 2019 17:45:12 GMT
Their correction between 2kHz and 6kHz is incorrect. They do not compensate the artificial ear canal enough. This is true for all of their polts. If there really was a +7dB peak there it would sound really shrill/harsh and it sounds anything like that.
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Post by barnab on Aug 4, 2019 19:38:20 GMT
Ok, I'll likely leave that range as it is then.
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