i got my urbanites this morning and took them out with me and played some music and was delighted, decent bass, i even heard some details in tracks i've never heard before, even on my dali zensor 3's which i use for my home cinema. they was a treat, but as soon as i got back home and listened on my sony vaio laptop using a fiio e17 amp/dac it was terrible. worst experience i've ever had..here's why
on my iphone 5s i had to have volume at about 65-70% and this was the same loudness as my old solo hd's on about 90% volume. back home i have my volume on max but 40 volume on amp which is what i've mainly had it on. maxing it at 60 sometimes when want it loud for a little bit
now on 40 volume the vocals are TOO LOUD! the vocal to bass ratio is terrible now im on my other listening setup. at 40 its very loud vocals and 45 is the absolute max i can have it for more pop oriented songs and such.
what happened? and i tried multiple sources, youtube and itunes (256kbps) and even used the equaliser to up to bass to see if it equals out with the vocals ratio but still hardly any change.
is this common? im not used to have vocals this much louder than bass. it's nearly earbleedingly loud in a way. the previous headphones i had were sennheiser momentum (distorted with bass all the time) v moda m100 (wasn't the best), beats solo hd (mainly for mobile use) and most recently razer tiamat 2.2 (40mm dedicated bass driver and 40mm midrange per earcup) never heard anything like this. any tips? its much different on iphone so surely its the amp source? which is my fiio.. i'll try plugging straight into laptop with no amp. and try youtube on my phone.
on my iphone 5s i had to have volume at about 65-70% and this was the same loudness as my old solo hd's on about 90% volume. back home i have my volume on max but 40 volume on amp which is what i've mainly had it on. maxing it at 60 sometimes when want it loud for a little bit
now on 40 volume the vocals are TOO LOUD! the vocal to bass ratio is terrible now im on my other listening setup. at 40 its very loud vocals and 45 is the absolute max i can have it for more pop oriented songs and such.
what happened? and i tried multiple sources, youtube and itunes (256kbps) and even used the equaliser to up to bass to see if it equals out with the vocals ratio but still hardly any change.
is this common? im not used to have vocals this much louder than bass. it's nearly earbleedingly loud in a way. the previous headphones i had were sennheiser momentum (distorted with bass all the time) v moda m100 (wasn't the best), beats solo hd (mainly for mobile use) and most recently razer tiamat 2.2 (40mm dedicated bass driver and 40mm midrange per earcup) never heard anything like this. any tips? its much different on iphone so surely its the amp source? which is my fiio.. i'll try plugging straight into laptop with no amp. and try youtube on my phone.