Pink Floyd and Weed


Really enjoying some Pink Floyd, the Division Bell. Hi-Res download from my PC to my DAC. Anyway, listening to my headphones and noticing way less bass than through my main speakers, nothing I can adjust. My headphone playback is through a modified Musical Fidelity Amp going to a set of Sennheiser HD600 phones, is it the headphones or the amp sucking the bass life out of the music?

If necessary, I can replace the headphones or the amp, but not both.

Thanks!


grm

Showing 2 responses by bluemoodriver

Are you a Roon user?  If so, go to the DSP settings, switch on the cross feed, then adjust the profile so you hear things how you like them, and save the settings for these headphones. 
Room’s own website is excellent - Roon is not like any other service so it is a must read. 
But basically, you install software on a powerful processor (like your home PC or Mac). You then install Roon apps on your phone or tablet which you will have with you in your listening room, to control the music. 
Then you connect suitable streamers wherever you want music; as many as you like - I use a Bluesound Node, a R-Pi, a Chromecast, other Macs. If you want you can also connect a DAC directly to your main processor. 
Roon finds each streamer/DAC and can send different music or the same music to any combination of them. Each end point can have a custom profile of DSP and other filters. So for example if you only use headphones with your Chromecast you can build in a DSP profile for that combination. 
You hook up Roon to your NAS, to Dropbox, to your music folders on your main processor, and to Qobuz/Tidal.  Roon finds, sorts, and describes what you have got, dragging in information about the music it finds and showing it to you on your controller devices as you listen. It’s like having the best LP covers of all time, for all LPs, instantly. 
Best of all is the audio metadata. Roon tells you loads about your signal path quality. It is a digital fiddler’s dream.