I'd try messaging over the "New Version" thread too. I don't know the answer to your question. I'm kind of expecting that this will be the sort of thing solderdude will know. I mean you might end up getting told that all serial numbers after roughly XXXXXX would be the New Version headphone for instance.
Well signs or wear or malfunction but generally I've never encountered receiving a refurbished one when ordering "new" from Sennheiser.
Do you have a HD560S with a 1.
Seems neither. When I measure with a scale, it comes to between 1.85-1.9m.
No worries
. I am not using the EQ of BTR5. Am not sure how I can download the app in Mac and also not sure if the EQ is accessible via usb. Hence never used EQ...I am currently using EQ directly in Mac via SoundSource. I tried these filters...
I agree with what solderdude suggested to you re HD560s. The only place that really could be causing treble issues with you on the New Version is between 4-5.5kHz, so that would be the area to reduce by a dB or two until it sounds right. For me though the New Version HD560s is absolutely fine at stock with no issues, it's very balanced for me, but for me does improve to some degree with an EQ to Harman - not Oratory's because I've already mentioned in this thread that the New Version is different......but you could try the one at this post:
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Great. I have now applied. This sounds great already. I liked your EQs better than EqualizerAPO which is very bass heavy and loosing some mid bass clarity. What is the Preamp level you would suggest? I am still using -5.4 dB from Oratory. At the end, this is how the EQ looks like. Can you please confirm? Tomorrow, I will do long hearing sessions to see if my ear hurts.
I checked those filters against what I posted, just to be sure you'd inputted them correctly, and yes that's correct, but of course your Filter#10 is deactivated which it should be because I didn't use a High Shelf Filter in my EQ. You'd be fine to use just a -4.1dB Negative Preamp with this EQ, but of course the -5.4dB you're currently using is fine and gives you additional overhead to counter intersample overs (which is another topic), but you can use -4.1dB Negative Preamp if you want.
Thanks again! I will try with -4.1 dB Negative Preamp as well. By the way, I listened to almost 2 hours yesterday night with your EQ settings and it did not hurt my ears at all. The sound quality was so good that I did not notice the time at all and just wanted to continue listening music. Was pure enjoyment. I will continue further today and report.
I tried with preamp -4.1 Negative Preamp. Somehow I experienced fatigue..Will go back to -5.4 dB and report.
Ah, ok. It's probably not the preamp, it's probably still that peak at 5kHz and maybe also because I boosted 7-8kHz area. So what I advise is you put in one more filter than you use to experiment with & manipulate that existing EQ, put in a Peak Filter at 5.5kHz, with Q1, and then put in say -1dB into that should reduce both the 5kHz peak but also the 7-8kHz area I boosted. So you'd just experiment with -1dB, or -2dB, try -3dB on that new 5.5kHz Q1 filter that you'd add. Actually, try with -3dB first just to check if it's the right area to reduce, in other words to check you definitely don't get fatigue after doing that......then you'd slowly increase that filter from -3dB to -2dB (& upwards) to see if you still don't get fatigue, because you don't want to be reducing areas more than you have to.
AIMP's built-in GEQ seems pretty useless for precise Headphone EQ:
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