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Question about Salnotes Zero (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by delitomatoes@lemm.ee to c/budgetaudiophile@lemmy.world
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Just bought one with a mic and 3.5mm for work because my new office has no meeting rooms and gave us a crappy headset.

I'm used to Soundcore liberty pro 3, self tuned the EQ and the Etymotic MK5, no tuning.

The Zeros sound ok, but not mind blowing like others mentioned. The vocals are a little recessed and sometimes guitars and muddy.

  1. Is this an issue with laptop output? I tried using the apple dongle and it didn't seem to make a difference
  2. Am I too used to the very neutral Etymotics and not used to the more bassy mainstream?
  3. Burn in time?
  4. Not sure if it's fatiguing, but I have tried it for an hour and feels like I don't really feel like keeping on
  5. Does it make sense to EQ the iems?
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[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. Laptop output is more than enough.
  2. More like this IEM is half the price of a well known brands bullet-style IEM. I have a feeling that the etys got tuned a lot more and will always have better details.
  3. Yes, there is a chance.
  4. Based on a quick search, almost every review says that MK5 has recessed treble. Yes, you are hearing more treble. Also salnotes reviews usually say too much treble.
  5. You have not tried EQ-ing them yet?! Its almost step zero for me to apply an autoeq/oratory1990 EQ on any pair.
  • EQ
  • Use foam tips to lower treble (and eq down the excess bass maybe)
  • Get some actually good tips to tune your IEM: https://www.audioreviews.org/guide-to-iem-silicone-eartips/
  • Try tips you have lying around.
  • Get something else. Planars almost always have great technicals compared to dynamics. Trn rosefinch and Celest pandamon are stupid cheap right now.
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