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dongas420 t1_ix1p5ze wrote

The Sonarworks sound preference test is kind of unreliable if you don't have a supported headphone, but if you try the vocal tracks with all your gear, you might be able to find a common factor. One thing to watch for is whether it consistently shows you a large dip at ~3 kHz, as human hearing can vary a lot around there.

Other potential causes are a broken/defective DAC or amp or simply listening too loud. Try switching out other parts of your audio chain or lowering the volume.

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jinx-s OP t1_ix32ny3 wrote

It isn't the DAC (listened to other people's, including tws, have listened off motherboard, phone too), amp or listening too loud, I've measured my listening volume and it hangs around 55 to 65dB but the timbre of everything I listen to is just hugely off, (i do have speakers to compare to too but outside noise doesn't sound similar either) my ears are also miniscule at around 4.5cm tall, and I do have a jank although somewhat accurate sounding measurement rig for flatheads and they all show high 3kHz (pinna gain) and sound like they have high pinna gain.

I'm going to try sonarworks
edit: never mind i can't select music i listen to and click off the box, even if i could iem response would be better and it only has headphones which do not directly equate to each other.

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