Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
Personally I had a few headphones in the past, based on recommendation from head-fi members. Even when they describe plenty of bass, it's really not that much in reality.
I think it has more to do with music they were using to judge the headphone which could be very different from what you're listening to.
I even compared against an old, crappy pair of in-ear Samsung buds that came with a cell phone from 6 years ago and they have more bass!
Go to this site and download the frequency response test (specifically 10hz to 200hz) and the driver matching test. Once downloaded play them both and see if the audio, specifically the bass, seems off or if one driver is louder than the other. It's a possibility you may have a faulty headphone (loose connection or something). FWIW I can hear the bass around 20HZ.
Edit - I used this site: http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencychecklow.php and at my typical listening volume, I heard nothing until after 30 Hz. However, if I crank the volume, I do start hearing it at 20 Hz. So, I guess they're not defective.
I am not using an amplifier. Would using one help for that particular scenario?