rhalf t1_je8vikz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:12 AM

I'm not sure, but it looks like this headphone uses the same or at least similar driver to K518 DJ, which would make sense because it's not precise with bass. That headphone sounds warmer than you'd assume from the graph.

That said Sonys should be quite a bit bassier. K361s only bloat in the subbass (if your pair is normal). They famously lack clarity and detail, but bass should not be terrible. Maybe EQ the subbass out and see if that helps.

D3athCAP OP t1_je8vze9 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:18 AM

Certainly helped but still not what I would considered good. I messed around with the Loki EQ on my stack, didn’t have any EQ software installed due to my fragile state audio drivers (it’s messy and don’t wanna break it, please help). The 1000XM3 paired to my iPhone is a bass hell. It’s like a pair of Beats all of sudden, sounds fine paired to my Samsung, still bassy but man, iPhone did some crazy stuff to it. In the Sony app I had to do some ridiculous EQ to get it under controlled.

I originally got the K371 for my tiny portable practice amp and EQ wouldn’t be an option on it. On a regular amp it’s possible to work around but that’s a hassle.

D3athCAP OP t1_jedq1q5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:32 AM

This setting seems to 'fixed' the headphone for me, it's closer to the demo unit I tried out now. its much better, but still, if it needs EQ then I don't think I can let it pass, it's a studio headphones, it isn't supposed to need EQ to begin with. I can't imagine mixing with this and have to compensate for this much bass.