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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_j1g08r9 wrote

Personally, as both a bass head and someone who listens to classical about 90% of the time, I don't think flat is the way to go. I want a nice meaty bass shelf to represent the contrabass, percussion, and cellos - and some nice zing in the upper range to represent the high strings and woodwinds. So basically mildly V-shaped. Most classical music is heavily mastered towards mids anyway, so you can sacrifice a bit there in order to get a truly enveloping "concert hall" sound. IMHO, bass is sorely underrepresented and underrated in classical recordings and playback.

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Better_Box_2787 OP t1_j1hccjn wrote

Is it basically Harman with a bass boost?

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Overall_Falcon_8526 t1_j1j52w7 wrote

https://imgur.com/a/87SARCl

So I am using only a 10 band EQ, because that's what my device has. But as you can see in this image, since I have the Z1R, I actually tune the low end shelf down just a touch, then I've boosted a few areas of the higher range to bring a perception of more detail in strings/piccolos/triangles etc.

Because the Z1R is already quite bassy, to get the mild v-shape I am after, this EQ curve works with the head phone's native FR to achieve it.

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