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jon36
4
Apr 19, 2017
Just received these. Plugging them straight up into the iPhone 7 / Macbook Pro 2015, i'm greeted with the same bloated/muddy lower mids some have described. It sounded worse than the H2 on first listen, and this is supposed to be a rebranded H4? However, interestingly using the "treble booster" in iTunes and iPhone settings improved the mids and treble tremendously, to the point it actually sounded pretty decent. Yeah some people will scoff at EQing but it is a good gauge of a earphone's potential for me.
Back home I hooked it up to my usb audio interface (Steinberg UR242) connected to my Windows 7 PC. Hell, these can't be the same IEMs I'm listening to using my Apple stuff. The sound is totally opened up, with bright and airy treble. Plugged it back into iPhone - same muddiness. So it can't be because of running in. Crawled under the table and hooked it to the onboard Realtek soundcard, fired up some noisy rock songs. It is less bright compared to the UR242, but still miles better than the mess heard on iPhone (without the treble booster).
This is not an Apple bashing post (I do all my work on my Mac), there is just something about the default EQ on MacOS that does not work with this IEM. Don't give up on it, I think it's one hell of a driver packed in there.
Neji
156
Apr 20, 2017
jon36I power my set(s) from my Apple phone (6s) and other Apple products. I don't get bloat or mud at all. Not sure what the issue is with your experience. I'm not saying you aren't getting the poor performance you say you are, but I get wonderful results from my Apple equipment with the FAD Heaven III.
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