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julesibulesi OP t1_j1s28ck wrote

Reply to comment by adeyfk in Got ATH-msr7b for Christmas, find them a bit ‘empty‘ sounding. What’s a good alternative? by julesibulesi

That’s interesting, thanks for the input! With Sony and Sennheiser BT headphones, it seems to be the opposite, that their sound falls apart a bit in wired mode. I’ve steered clear of wireless for that reason. For me, wired would be the norm, wireless just sporadic icing on the cake. Didn’t think there’d be a manufacturer with similar priorities. :-)

I haven’t tried EQ’ing them, but I will give it a shot. I keep thinking that it’s odd slapping my own EQ on top, instead of finding something that’s closer to my listening preferences. A bit like getting a Ferrari, then tweaking the suspension until it’s smooth like a Mercedes. :-D

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adeyfk t1_j1s48d7 wrote

I see it more akin to adjusting your suspension settings to suit the quality of the road surface that you're on. Most headphone users will EQ their cans, some even have genre or song specific EQ to compensate for issues with the original production, or to boost/cut frequencies that are predominant in a given genre. I also have a pair of M50X's that have to be EQ'd when listening to heavy electronic music as you can't hear yourself think! That is totally down to the amount of compression used in EDM/dance/IDM, which is used to make the recording sound better and louder than it needs to be. Some producers/sound engineers did a fantastic job (check out pretty much any Steely Dan album), and others seem very lazy.

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julesibulesi OP t1_j1tmy3x wrote

Thanks again. I’ll play around with EQ and give them another week-or-so to make up my mind. They might grow on me still. :-)

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