Clix 2 - disappointing bass/EQ

[bernhof]

I use regular earbuds (Sennheiser MX 600) when listening to music on a portable player. I know that the in-ear ones provide a much deeper bass, but I find them uncomfortable.

I used to own an S10, which I was more than happy with. When using the Custom EQ, I could boost the bass enough to get a really nice deep bass in my regular earbuds. I use the same earphones today with my new Clix2, but I just can't get the same deep sound as with the S10 or the H120 w/rockbox for that matter.

The EQ on the Clix2 seems to be a lot weaker than the EQ on S10. The SRS WOW HD can't deliver sufficient bass either. The sound in general on the Clix2 is not bad, it just seems that the lower frequencies have been somewhat 'neglected' on this player.

Does anyone feel the same way? Is there a solution to this? I really like the player in every other aspect, but since I listen to a lot of bass-intensive music, I can't help but feel very disappointed.

Thanks,

Bernhof

[clieos]

Seems like EQing isn't enough for your taste. I think a pair of warm and bass heavy earphone might just be what you need. Here are two that just might fit the bill: Sony MDR-E888, or Yuin PK3.

[bernhof]

Well, to be honest I'm not sure if that will do the trick. I know for sure that my Sennheiser earphones can deliver a deep bass - just not on my Clix2. So how can I be sure that the Yuin or Sony will?

By the way, I'm a little confused with the frequency response specs on earphones. How come the Yuin PK3 with frequency response 20-20,000Hz is 30 bucks cheaper than the PK2 with freq. resp. 15-20,000Hz? And in general, what should I look for in the specs, if I want to find bass-heavy earphones?

[clieos]

Sound frequency 20Hz ~ 20KHz is generally considered to a normal human hearing range in his/her youth. However the actual fact is, everyone's hearing is different from another person and most of us can't hear sound below 100Hz (but you can feel the air pressure) or higher than 18KHz, cause we don't have golden ear and our hearing degrades as we age.

By that saying, reading into a headphone's frequency response range to determine its sound quality is as bad as trying to read star to determine one's life - a waste of time. There is no measuring device in this world that can tell you how good a pair of headphone will sound to your ear, cause everyone hears thing slightly different from other. The only thing that might give you a hint of whether a headphone is bass heavy or not is the frequency response graph, but they are usually hard to come by.

At the end, your best hope of finding out how an earphone will sound is by either demo a pair, or reading a lot of reviews (head-fi.org is a good place to start). Don't read too much in the spec, they are generally good only for promotion.