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Possible to have harsher treble on a different computer? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Etherkai@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I usually listen to music on my desktop PC, but today I decided to bring my Truthear Shio and M60x to the office as most of my colleagues were on a work trip. After hooking everything up to my laptop and pressing play, I very quickly noticed the treble was harsher than what I was used to.

Upon getting home, I did some (non-blind) testing and the difference in treble was certainly there.

Music source: Tidal (FLAC)
DAC: Truthear Shio
Headphones: M60x, DT990

This outcome doesn't make sense to me; surely the data coming out of the USB-C ports of my desktop PC and my work laptop should be the same. Has anyone encountered something similar?

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[–] Unbelievable_Girth@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. I got a random CX31993 dongle because the treble on my laptop's built-in DAC was unbearable. Got rid of the treble, but the buzzing sound is still there :(