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rlinED t1_ja4zwqq wrote

Reply to comment by GarugaHunter in Hifiman Edition XS and Moondrop Venus - Mid-fi Meh by slooploop2

I've had a look at the video and tried out the eq setting he did. My impression is still that the XS sounds pretty damn fine without eq. It's of course worth a try though. Btw I also listen to metal a lot and also sometimes even use the XS for practicing guitar, to me it's fine.

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GarugaHunter t1_ja51ihj wrote

What kind of metal, bands genres etc.

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rlinED t1_ja550aw wrote

Stuff like Caladan Brood, Dissection, Opeth, Vintersorg, Hamferð, Watain, some Stoner, Kyuss and such...

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GarugaHunter t1_ja563id wrote

Based, and double checked. Blues for the Red Sun for example sounds perfectly fine without the EQ, maybe a bit piercing if anything.

Watain’s debut doesn’t gain too much from the EQ either.

Pestilence’s Consuming Impulse I feel does benefit from the EQ, it becomes a lot meatier (IMO as it should).

Ahab’s The Call of the Wretched Seas also benefits more as it’s a more atmospheric album and uses that bass headroom quite well. Without the boost in the low end, it sounds a bit weak.

Again it all depends 😳 I also have a EQ profile where all the changes are 50% of what they originally are. So it’s kind of between that EQ profile and without EQ.

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