QUOTE(andrekua2 @ Jun 4 2017, 12:13 AM)
Noooooo.........
Tried the Mi Piston v5 aka Pro and also AKG tuned one from Samsung. Both are bright but one has better bass, and the other has wide soundstage. Then I plugged in my AKG K553 Pro. Both are crap... flat eq also sounds nice.
Nope to me. The no equalizer sound flat, not smooth, no bass, totally flat with over treble and the bundle AKG sound too high pitch in no equalizer setup and unlistenable at all.
The bundle AKG still sound bad just it became a bit listenable after tunes in equalizer.
I actually set the equalizer base on my Bose SoundSports and I find it sound very great now, at least it is on pair or better with iPhone 7 Plus no equalizer need sound quality.
By the way the Mi Piston is not Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro. I had both and both is in different sound stage quality.
I don't have AKG K553 Pro, can't comment and this is big headset not in ear. I just remember i forgot test it on my big headset. Testing now. Haha. Done test - as usual not enough power to push up very high volume. I need to open up to 100% volumes on Sennheiser HD518. Without equalizer will make the Sennheiser HD518 much louder but a bit too much treble already. I am actually regret buy this Sennheiser HD518 as it is too heavy and not very suitable for mobile phone. It sound better when plugin to PC or HiFi set. I am targetting Sony MDR-1000X to replace it. This headset is so far the best sound quality to me. It even better than Bose QuietComfort 35 to me for big headset.
Anyway all is user preferable. My preferable always need strong Mid, strong bass and fine smooth treble. I hate high treble, flat sound with lousy mid and flat bass, some headset got bass but not strong is where I can't accept. I need strong bass where not overlap the mid as well. Some headset is strong bass but overlap the mid is unacceptable to me as well. Also I am extremely particular on hissing, noise & distortion sound. I am not audiophile but I believe I am very tricky on my own need preferable sound quality.
This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Jun 4 2017, 01:31 AM