jdelfresco
Member (SA)
honestly that’s ideal for me. My ears are very sensitive when it comes to harsh high frequencies and simblance. I enjoy the transparency of complementary tweeters, but too much brightness seems to have this “piercing” effect on my ears.
i recently got a set of Sony MDR-7506 after quite a while of trying to make up my mind about what to get to replace my broken daily drivers. Their primary use would be with my modded 5th gen iPod, which I keep loaded with about 600GB of strictly lossless files. Because lossless isn’t compressed by shaving off higher frequencies, I immediately noticed was how bright the headphones were, which had me kinda regretting them, and wishing I’d went back to an old set of bass-heavy Beats Studios. I kinda dismissed reviews claiming the 7506 are a bit on the bright side because I didn’t think it would be as big of an issue as it was, and wished I wouldn’t have. Luckily my iPod is software modded as well as hardware modded, because the RockBox firmware I run has extensive settings for EQ tweaking, which allows me to fix the issue by adjusting the sound profile, for a profile that more agrees with my ears.
with that said, I enjoy my 5150 and how it sounds, but if I were to mod it just for it to be too harsh on the highs, it would probably ruin the experience for me entirely. The little experience I have with piezo tweeters has always had me cringing at the piercing highs they produce. I considered taking a gamble on some factory 5150 tweeters I found to replace my non-functioning tweeters with, mostly just to keep it original, but this makes me double down on the decision not to.
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