Question for E6i owners

[Otherside(UK)]

I have just got these headphones and the amount of treble they give out is driving me mad. I have tried experimenting with the EQ settings on the iPod (3rd gen.) but I can't find a suitable setting, the treble is just too much, too grating...

Any suggestions?

I think I have a good seal as I can hear the bass ok, there's just too much detail and sharpness to the treble.

[Jackonicko]

That's the ER6i signature sound. Accurate, cold and harsh.

Don't use the EQ, as it will just give you distortion.

Bear in mind that the Gen 3 has less bass than current iPod models, so many new reviews will reflect phones that sound good on the Nano and Video, rather than on the Gen 3/4/Photo.

Send them back or sell them.

Try the warmer, more bass heavy Sennheiser CX300 (Only

[Otherside(UK)]

they sound fine plugged into my hifi and even when listening to itunes on the pc, it's just with the ipod...

[Otherside(UK)]

got it on Latin EQ and they're sounding a lot better, I will stick with them for a bit then see...

i hated my sennheiser hd497 headphones at first but now i love them, so I'll see how these work out, the main thing I want is good isolation to save my hearing on regular long train journeys as I was finding with my EX71s I was turning the volume up pretty loud to drown out the sound of the train, hopefully these will avoid that situation.

[scoss]

i find that setting my eq to rock give me the best sound.

[feh1325]

don't use the EQ and buy yourself an amp

[Jackonicko]

For the train, maybe what you need are active noise cancelling phones?

[warpdrive]

Did you try the foam tips. Those give me a completely different sound than the flanges. The harsh sound I was getting with the triflanges went away with the foams. The treble is now very balanced with the rest of the frequency range.