If you aren’t into it, not really worthwhile trying to force yourself to like something imo. There are headphones I can enjoy and understand their purpose, but that doesn’t mean it’s something I would pick up
It’s only one piece of the puzzle, and imo the higher you go up, the less and less raw FR matters and the rest of the aspects color the sound. It all goes into the final result, typically I would call it something like a headphones/iems voicing or tuning
A headphone/iem designed with a dsp in mind is not a bad thing, it can allow you to achieve results you traditionally couldn’t in a normal design
i’ve been guided by you and others here so i don’t know if what i’m about to say is possible or not. but i would assume that there are some really sloppy amps out there? like some straight up trash just like there is some trash EQ
Yes there are piss poor amps, I should have noted I would make the comment assuming that neither your software eq nor amp were bad. The thing is, imo there isn’t a software eq (really or hardware eq for that matter) that improves fidelity, it can only do harm, where an amp can have the potential to improve fidelity (from a signal quality or fidelity standpoint, not talking about the result of using eq, talking about the eq itself)
see here’s the only problem, there are things that do need an amp to sound good. straight up. however there are also headphones that don’t change much and their potential to improve fidelity seems to be bottlenecked. ime the 58x sounds a fair bit better with an amp but besides the v30 amp, anything higher ime dosen’t really do much for it (like i don’t remember anything standing out when hooking it up to the spark as opposed to the xduoo or v30). And i can’t really speak for audezeenuts but i have heard that EQ makes some of them actually improve radically (altho i can’t testify for that myself)
Yes, some headphones are more sensitive to amps than others, and things like the 58x aren’t really too picky
So while it can change them, personally I don’t really know if it’s something I would call an improvement, it mainly just modifies their signature that more people might agree with, but if you don’t like the headphone stock besides qualms with the frequency response, the audeze reveal plugin isn’t going to save them for you generally unless you like the rest of the headphone besides the FR (like you like what they have to offer but think they could use a bit more bass prominence). I know @Hazi59 had some lcd x and might be able to give you more detailed thoughts of how the reveal plugin changed them
lol
Edit: I just realized this is was in your database thread @Rikudou_Goku, sorry about that lol
as person that has been on bluetooth adapters and dongle dacs for a long time as much as I complained about the removal of the headphone jack these days I ultimately dont care every phone I owned and tablet for a long time the 3.m5 mm port seemed to break on me . they werent exactly heap products either as I always wen lg to samsung and I wished for something like dongle dacs to exist ultimately I was relegated to using bluetooth headphones and iems. cause I couldnt afford to get my phones fixed. I for one am kinda glad that kinda happenned otherwise I dont think the dongle dac and bluetooth adapter market would be so big without it. but am sad to see it continue to dissapear.
So… I bought the LZ A6 from Nice HCK Audio Store on AliExpress. A nice IEM, but before I got some millage in it it was broken. The volume in the right monitors drops to 50% after some usage, but if I remove it and fidle around with it, it comes back at 100%.
So I wrote to Nice HCK and they are friendly enough, first they didn’t reply, then they did and wanted me to take a video. Apparently did it not help them, so now they want me to take a new, where I show them the problem…
It is an issue that is not present all the time and it can be hard to hear over a video from a mobile phone. And it doesn’t show anything anyway.
I got tirred of that and asked for a refund saying this was a waste of time. Now I haven’t heard from them and in 1-2 days I will contact AliExpress.
Amazon may be the big scare for many, but as a customer things are a lot easier. I am not more a bit and curious what the outcome will be. I have always had good experiences with AliExpress buys, so this doesn’t scare me off, but now I understand why some people prefer to buy on amazon.
But I am thinking A LOT more about QC and how +$150 IEM’s can be returned if needed.
Thanks, that sounds plausible as I cant hear anything rumble about inside the IEM. I will try changing the filters and the mod thing.
I have not used them more than 2-3 hrs before it happend the first time, so I have not really a good feeling for the sound, which is unfortunately.
But QC…
Hi, do you guys think the Fiio FH3 is the endgame in 150$ price range? I don’t know which one to choose, the Moondrop Starfield or the FH3. In my country their price difference is 25 bucks, the starfield is cheaper ( of course if the FH3 worth the price, i can get them, i can spend around 150$)
I dont rec the starfield. The cable is fine, but I would change it because it doesnt feel very good in your hands. And using it balanced makes the FH3 really shine.
more a bit 
and curious what the outcome will be. I have always had good experiences with AliExpress buys, so this doesn’t scare me off, but now I understand why some people prefer to buy on amazon.