On Neutron you can use Parametric EQ and there are 4 profiles for this, including the one that has been mentioned here from Oratory.
In fact, I listened to the 4 PEQ profiles and I did not like the one from Oratory.
The ~3kHz peak is very narrow and exactly where it is will depend on your individual head. As it is
very sharp, if you cut or boost in slightly the wrong place you can make it worse. Like Static says if you want to EQ to Harman (or even, just address the peak) it is best to listen to it with a sine sweep and figure out where they are for yourself. For me, cutting at 3,200Hz worked better than 3,300Hz (Oratory). This wasn't a night or day difference, but it was better.
Owning some référence headphones,
* how would you rate the openess of this closed one compare to the other opened and closed ones ?
* how would you rate or describe the detail listening, precision, layering, quantity of data, I mean the "technicality" of this headphone ?
Thx
It's the most open closed back I've ever heard, it does do a remarkable presentation of sounding like you're in a hall. With that does come a certain boominess and weird tonality I guess, but yeah it does give a remarkably open spatial presentation.
Ultimately though, I couldn't hack the frequency response, I did not think it was good. Technicalities other than the remarkable soundstage, for me, were not notable either. Mainly comparing to open backs, but even comparing to something like the Hifiman Edition XS, I would put that ahead in technicalities, as well as being much better tuned. The bass didn't actually sound as offensive as it might look on the graph, I didn't even feel that was much too much (I thought I would). I still EQed down the midbass, but stock I didn't feel it was insane. However, I found it pillowy and undefined. The likes of the LCD-X, Nan-7, many different Hifimans, Focal for punch, were much more satisfying in the bass for me, after EQ. These are all open-backs though.
One of the issues with this headphone, if you're thinking, I can just fix the FR with EQ, it's a bit difficult due to the extreme narrowness of the peaks, I was able to get it to the point it wasn't stabbing me with the 3kHz but it was never terribly satisfactory, and I felt I'd prefer $1,000 than it and sold it, or rather did a three-person swap for a Shure KSE1500, which I'm much happier with.
Like Cuckoo Studio says though, it could sound different to different people. It's definitely a very divisive headphone, it has people who love it and people who hate it. For me, it was not necessarily a total disaster, it's not
quite as bad as the graph suggests. At the same time though, for me, the features on the graph were there, it is a bit too much in the bass, I did hear the 3kHz peak as a definite zing and the rest around that was sort of dark and muffled. So it did sound like the graph, BUT not as extreme as I expected. I didn't feel it was worth the money for a TOTL headphone either so passed it on.
Comfort is really good as is the isolation, they are top notch. They look great and the build is great. Easy to drive with portables... just for me, the sound wasn't there for the money.
