[HungryPanda]

20db...... dang

 

[Saoshyant]

Standardly for bass-oriented music like trip hop, and often with earbuds like Svara L. Softer music usually doesn’t get any EQ.

 

[mbwilson111]

20db...... dang

I know. That would blow my head off.

 

[B9Scrambler]

Lol. You guys need to visit HBB's nutso basshead thread. A 20dB boost probably seems like a casual bump to the most hardcore over there.

 

[Saoshyant]

Yep, hence why I’m only a light bass head if even that.

 

[dhruvmeena96]

First of all, the iem should be able to handle this much boost.


You have reduce all other freq by 20dB to achieve a clear boost.

I have destroyed many cheap earphones and iem by boosting bass, when I was bass head..


Perfect for trip hop and trance is 12dB on dominant freq and a slope slowly moving to mids, then mid and treble slope reduction.


And not straight forward boost

 

[Saoshyant]

Ok, try to keep in mind everyone has different tastes, so dictating a perfect eq boost for a genre won’t work.

 

[dhruvmeena96]

Ok, try to keep in mind everyone has different tastes, so dictating a perfect eq boost for a genre won’t work.

No i mean, dominant single tone can destroy your iem

If you make a slope effect with Wider Q, iem will sustain.


And will have same effect.

 

[riffrafff]

Some DAPs lower the overall volume across the frequency range automagically when engaging EQ (I know the Cayin N3 does this). This gives the amp more headroom, and reduces the likelihood of clipping (at the expense of the maximum volume level). Basically doing what @dhruvmeena96 said.

 

[kukkurovaca]

If you're boosting mainly the subbass, +20 isn't as extreme in practice as it looks.

 

[Saoshyant]

It’s not like I’m doing +20 dB in the treble then grabbing a decent KZ IEM.

 

[chinmie]

You're EQing bass up by 20db?? I don't go up or down by more than 3....

for the lowest sub bass that range is actually okay as long as the driver can stand up to it. but try 20 db boost on the mids, and it would blow the eardrums away

 

[chinmie]

You know this hobby went wrong when you are going to get and S8 and the thing that you are antecipating the most is hearing the AKG iem to compare and share to your chi-fi in head-fi LOL.

No one cares about the phone...

that "AKG" ia not very good. i have it and never want to use it

 

[HungryPanda]

I wouldn't even give the AKG away to anyone, I would have to give them something better

 

[paulindss]

that "AKG" ia not very good. i have it and never want to use it

I wouldn't even give the AKG away to anyone, I would have to give them something better

Funny, i played like, five tracks on them and find it very good. Musical and resolving, really.