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Mysterious-Evening-7 t1_j6aa7gr wrote

Reply to comment by Chew-Magna in Why not EQ? by ChromicClaw2

The fact that you get downvoted is very interesting, because people are presumably offended by a different preference. That is super weird but at the same time doesn’t surprise me at all. All you say is that you don’t like to EQ your gear.

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Chew-Magna t1_j6ai14g wrote

That's just Reddit for you. Hive mind weirdness. The really odd thing is you can never predict how it will go. Sometimes you'll get wildly upvoted, sometimes downvoted. If this same topic came up a month from now, and I wrote the same response, it could be totally different.

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vivi112 t1_j6avvsd wrote

You expressed open-minded approach in your comment before and it's laughably kind of approach condemned by this sub for quite some time. People want to gatekeep ad nauseum here when they hear some "trigger-topics", even when the message is simply "do what you like, check for yourself" lol.

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717x t1_j6dooq8 wrote

Nobody is offended. Saying eq takes the variety out, and that it messes up what makes a headphone unique is just completely untrue. You’re never going to get one headphone to sound like another and there are more factors than FR that affect this. Proper EQ is mostly used to slightly smooth out anomalies and issues from the factory tuning, and sometimes even bring out the unique qualities the headphone presents. While it’s not the “end all be all” some people think it is, It’s a very useful tool if you have the time for it. Try giving it a fair shot when you have the time 👍

Also, people seem to think you have to use someone else’s preset eq for the best results. This is also false. EQ is an art imo (which is why it’s so time consuming). You have a great amount of freedom to make your headphone sound the most enjoyable if that’s the route you want to go.

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