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Bass on the RS140

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fzkl

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After reading some good reviews on the net about the RS140, I picked one and I am terribly dissapointed with the bass. There are no controls for bass in the speakers. I wonder if I am missing any obvious control. Nothing wrong with the audio I am playing. Any ideas? Also, I didn't understand what the compression button was for. Any help would be appreciated before I decide to return these.
 
HMM, both of those aren't the best of sources. Have you messed with the EQ on either (if the iPhone has one).
Most headphones need time to "burn-in" in order to be as the manufacturer intended. This is usually ~=100 hours. I would wait about 100 hours of listening and then decide after that. Truthfully I would have went with a nice cMoy amp and some other headphones or got some iGrados.
HEH, but as many times as I almost run over my cord w/l might be a step in the right direction.
 
I intend to use this headphones mainly with my PC and not my laptop or the iphone. I however do not access at the moment to my PC and hence the worry that the sound source wouldn't make anything better. The bass is simple for non-existent.
Thanks for the info anyway.
 
IDK, try it with your PC. DO NOT use WMP, it sounds like shiz compared to Foobar and WinAmp.
What sound card do you have currently in your computer?
 
Originally posted by: fzkl
audigy 2 zs. The sennheiser cx 300 wired that I have at the moment sounds a lot better.
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Of course, those are a different kind of headphone altogether.
Those will have WAY more bass than the closed phones.
 
Most people are used to overly exaggerated levels of bass. They tweak EQ settings by ear and are fairly well off a "flat" frequency response. So when some people hear a flat frequency response it may come off as having very little bass. Couple that with the sealed design of these headphones(which normally have a slightly rolled off bass response) and I am not surprised that the bass is disappointing to you.

http://www.headphone.com/produ.../sennheiser-rs-140.php

(confirms slightly rolled off bass response)
 
Yeah,
Like many sealed headphones, the overall sonic signature is slightly on the boxy side with a trace of hollowness in the mids and highs and a slightly thin bass response.
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Probably what you are hearing is the true magical tone of sound!
 
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