I would like to know if anyone tries to EQ their pair. I did boost a little bit from 1k-8k, and it brings out vocals a little forward. Sounds natural to my ears.
I havenāt felt a real need to eq mine that much, but I do have a default eq of +4db from 15hz to 45hz set and that gives a nice bass boost
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I would really love to get EQ settings for the Aivaās for a more Neutral headphone. The Aivaās almost have a V shape EQ or maybe more like a U shape lol.
The other day I was listening to Duran Duran and A-haās first album remastered and it sounded so bad i had to EQ down the Bass and Treble. I dont know how to turn up the midrange. I was using Foobar.
I was looking on the web to see if anyone had some neutral EQ settings for the Aivaās and i found a huge project where theyāve EQ literally over 2000 headphones from multiple source frequency response graphs. Its called AutoEQ. The sources include oratory1990, Crinacle, Innerfidelity, Rtings, Headphone.com, Reference Audio Analyzer. Heres the link: https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq
Unfortunately they dont have the Sendy Aivaās. I am hoping that someone will someday post our headphone there. We can use it in the Equalizer APO app. Itās easy via the HeSuVi plugin. Or the front end Peace plugin.
I found a guide on how to do this but i fear its beyond me lol: https://medium.com/@jaakkopasanen/make-your-headphones-sound-supreme-1cbd567832a9
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Thanks for the sharing, that tool looks very interesting. Iāve watched some people sharing their experiences with the aiva, and some of them say aiva can be benefited from EQ. Thatās why Iām curious.
I was using EqualizerAPO and was playing around it a bit with my sdac(amp is o2 and aune x7s). Hope other sendy users can share their experience.
(Btw, I just receive SMSL m500 the other day, and I find myself quite enjoy the sound without any EQ. 
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For a second there, I thought it came with all the adapters and cables, and was very surprised they werenāt charging way more, but then I checked the description and they were add-ons lol
You could buy b stock sendys for 500, but new for 500 is a pretty good price
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Itās on Drop againā¦ Kinda want it. hmmā¦ hmmmmmmmmmm 
Iām extremely tempted, but I just pulled the trigger on the Elex.
Personally I would say the elex is the superior headphone, but the tuning on the sendy is different
That was my impression, I just like the idea of Planars.
The Sendyās or something better will still be there when/if get bored of the Elex.
Yeah, the sendys might be more exciting for sure. Perhaps also look into the lcd1 as well if you are interested in planars
Yeah, I think Iām going to wait. Iām curious to see how the M1070 and m1570 from monoprice review. Might also just save up for some ZMFsā¦
The Elex is great. Personally still love mine, well past the āhoneymoonā period with them. Still my favorite headphone. Love planars as well, also have the LCD2c, but the Elex is a pretty unique dynamic driver.
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I hope no one ordered these on Drop, because Musictek has it at 479 USD for the next few days.
Just got my aiva in earlier tonight, bought secondhand for $375, couldnāt resist that price.
Right away I noticed the build quality is just awesome, as well as the comfort. Iām still getting used to the sound, but itās very detailed and intimate, really enjoying the signature of these. They do have driver crinkle which seems to be normal on these, but like other people it only occurs when I put them on and take them off.
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Did it come with the perforated pads or the other regular one without holes?
It came with the non perf
Gotcha. If you have further issues with the crinkle getting the perforated sendy pads can help. Also makes the sound a bit more open
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Cool I will look into that, Iām guessing they are avaible at musictek?
Yup
Also they are a bit stiffer foam so they donāt compress as much
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I still find it awesome that a (MSRP) $599 headphone can have $25 replacement pads, and I think they raised their price $5 from the original price.
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