So after Tin t2 and hd599 I went ahead and bought Campfire Andromeda 2020 and Senheiser IE600 and sort of skipped the whole mid fi stage.
I really like both of these but it seems from crinacle and everyone who reviews them the Airpods pro 2 and Samsung buds pro 2 both come pretty close and even do better in some aspects than these 2 I have.
Now I'm not rich or anything but music meant a lot to me last few years so I just went ahead and bought a couple of near endgame stuff knowing id end there eventually. I still wonder if I wasted a whole lot money for no reason.
I really like both the iems I have but they're obviously not without flaws, from thin bass on Andro to slightly sharp treble that needs to be eqd on ie600 and it's terrible cable. Maybe by next generation of products tws would start outclassing flagship iems.
As an aside, what's your favourite albums on Andros or ie600?
Wonder if you wasted money? Here is how you fix this janky headphone issue in this janky industry once and for all!
Instructions below to my fellow music enjoyers:
Headphone Tuning and Calibration Procedureinstructions:Do a google search for the following software:1)download equalizer apo2)download peace eq3) go to program files, select equalizer apo, then select configurator4)select the stereo headphones5)Select trouble shooting options click the checkmark6)set as efx experimental or mfx experimental7)reboot8)open peace eq and click the green plus + to add bands, add the maximum number of bands(32), play some music and adjust some of the bands to make sure the sound is changing and that it has activated properly,( the default value for the bands will be 1000 but we will be changing them with custom frequencies after the calibration.)If the music is not changing when you adjust the default eq bands repeat the steps up to 7 again but this time if you selected sfx, select mfx instead and try again9)to make a custom band with custom frequency put in the frequency at the top and press enter10) frequencies under 100 are your bass frequencies, frequencies over 1000 that you lower will also increase bass and the fullness of the sound. Sub bass frequencies tend to be frequencies from 7-50 and mid bass frequencies tend to be 50-100, most subwoofers sweet spot is 50.Enhancing bass:
https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
Set volume to 100% and play the tone generator each frequency sequence(or hz) by 1,from frequency 7-80 until you find the 6 most resonant sub bass/mid bass response frequencies. Mark them into peace eq and hit enter. For example you are going to pick the 6 most resonant frequencies and mark them down, the most significant responses in between. You have now selected the bass frequencies your hearing device is most responsive to and now have the keys, try finding the keys in every segment of 10 frequency notches aka “Hertz”. So from 10 to 20 if 14 had the most rumble, that’s the key you mark into the eq band. If you want a smoother calibration go for 5 frequencies under 50 and 5 over 50 in between 50 and 100, so you end up with 10 keys, and 10 medians. Since the keys are twice as responsive generally we tune with a ratio of 2:1 , if I boost the median by 1 I boost the key by 2. The median frequencies smooth the rest of the string.Hunting for the high tinnitus inducing “bastard frequencies” that unbalance the new alteration to the bass: Set volume to 50% and mark down the most irritating frequencies, from 300-17000hz) these we want to eliminate and smooth out to balance the bass. One option is to go in segments of every 500 or every 1000, find the most irritating pitch every 1000 notches in the frequency, 1000,2000,3000,4000,5000,6000,7000,8000, etc up to the max of the headphones which is usually around 16,000 human ear has a hard time hearing frequencies over 17,000, these are your keys, the median frequencies should still be kept to balance the sound but aren’t necessary this would result in fine-tuning. For example if frequency 1232 in the range of 1000-2000 stands out the most mark this down, this is a key frequency that the hearing device is most responsive to along this frequency band.We are making a segment of 32, although in find enhancing 8 of the most resonant bass frequencies and reducing 8 of the most resonant high frequencies does the job.Balancing the hearing device properly allows you to enjoy a better balance at a lower volume which protects your hearing! Silent frequencies cause hearing loss and are toxic. If I only increase volume and do not tune/calibrate the hearing device I will also increase the toxic frequencies along with the bass.Experiment with the key frequencies having a 2-1 ratio for bass enhancement or a 75% or 50% boost ratio and the high frequencies the opposite.Fine tuning, comb through the frequencies and make sure they are balanced to the adjacent median frequency and the key frequency. For example I just changed 1000, so now I have to change 1230 the same ratio ive used.Tips, Master bass frequencies will be 33,50,and 83, adjust these to get a perfect mid/sub-bass blend. Another way to fine tune. This is the final step in the process.So we have our balanced bass boost calibration procedure, then we do our fine tuning then we do our master fine tuning. We are basically making a silencer for harsh frequencies and making the hearing device responsive to electronic music genres, much better for hearing, and no longer anemic.Too much punchiness to the bass means you need to reduce 83Too much sub bass means you have to reduce 33 and too much mid bass means you have to reduce 50. Balance the 3 as they are the final stage of fine-tuning the bassNow we will have to fine tune the high pitched frequencies which will be 1000,4000,and 8000, and 16,000 median means an average frequency smoothnessUnfortunately I could do a much better job if I had access to an equalizer with more than 32 bands, however I have to work within the limitations of peace which is the best EQ I could find online and am grateful for.Sadly most headphone manufacturers simply decide on a janky tuning, and this makes the headphones have a sweet spot for driver distortion at certain volumes, especially after heavy tuning, so if the procedure didn’t work, you also have to adjust the volume which is another ultra-fine-tuning step. Or if you adjust the volume, you have to readjust the fine tuning again, which to a trained and experienced ear should be very quick and usually take around a 5 second investment per 3-10 minute song which is an ok sacrifice.Your equalizer should look like thismedian strings:10,20,30,40,50Fine tuning keys example:14,25,36,44two strings smooths it out, and our most responsive calibration test frequencies for the hearing device are twice as pronouncedso i set the median half what i boosted the key by. If i boost the key by 3 DB, i boost the median string by 1.5DBdo the same thing for the treble high frequencies. Except this time instead of "boosting them" were reducing them and doing the opposite.Experiment until you reach perfection. now you know how to equalize like a professional and will have a night and day difference.Its a matter of string symmetry and once you get this right you will get your moneys worth out of the headphones as long as they are solid with capable drivers.
calibration, you find the most responsive frequencies your headphones respond to using the tone generator tool
second, you smooth them out with a median line.
simple as, you obviously can't buy a brain to follow these instructions properly, but if you do follow these instructions properly i doubt you will have to buy headphones ever again