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Not necessarily...

Posted by Chris Garrett (B) on August 16, 2018 at 10:25:44

In Reply to: RE: You're a cheap bastard like me... posted by PAR on August 16, 2018 at 03:56:15:

I've looked at some of the better IEMs, that musicians might buy and their F.R.s are a lot flatter and I've read various comments by people using these better IEMs: Empire Ears, CampFire Audio, Noble, 64 Audio, Jomo et. al and it really has nothing to do with how the sound is transferred through the ear canal.

Some people just like/want the V-shaped sound signature and some don't, so these IEMs/earbuds are all over the map. Why these IEM/earbud makers just don't make them flatter and let the listener use their DAP's EQ settings, is what I don't understand?

The V-shape sound seems to 'not be due' to a design obstacle, but a preferred EQ for bass heads and rockers, but not for people who are completely into the human voice.

I haven't read of too many people talking about using Patricia Barber, Adele, John Coltrane, or the London Symphony, to review their new $2000 CIEM, so perhaps it's merely 'genre driven?'

Since a lot of this stuff is coming from China/SE Asia, perhaps due to travel/work conditions, people need the bass/treble boost just to hear anything? I don't know, but some of the graphs I've seen are highly exaggerated and people still love/enjoy it, at least in moderation.

Music choices I think, also come into play and heavy bass oriented music seems to be very popular these days. Hence the bass, lack of mid-range freqs and slight treble boost before a steep roll off.

Chris

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