sustained_vibrations t1_j215n7h wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:22 PM

Reply to comment by RodRevenge in How should real flatness sound like? by gotok1324

Robotic recessed mids, linear non rounded bass, and treble that makes it feel like icicles are getting gouged into your ears.

YQ_Polymathica t1_j23l4jm wrote on December 29, 2022 at 12:06 PM

Maybe just my purist preferences playing around here, but I don't think that flat necessarily sounds soulless like that, although definitely a bit boring. For me, flat means tight bass in quite meagre doses, unexciting but natural mids, and a somewhat cold but not harsh treble.

To be fair, I don't like DF either, because I don't think DF is neutral for mastered tracks, maybe for recorded tracks at most. For mastered stuff, something like IEF neutral is closer to flat for me.