Decided to play around some more with the AutoEQ functionality in Poweramp, so I busted out one of my favorite sets of earphones, but also one of the weirdest and kind of worst in some ways, the Advanced GT3 "Superbass".
These guys are fun
- They're called "Superbass", but their tuning isn't particularly bassy by default. (They come with bass and treble emphasizing filters, but they're not good.) They actually are more mid-y. The bass quality is nice though and can be EQ'd up a lot of desired.
- The tuning is objectively bad, but they respond well to EQ, which is why they're a good candidate for AutoEQ. With appropriate adjustment, they sound really nice.
- They're quite small, relatively lightweight despite having steel shells, and are very comfortable. It's a single dynamic driver design.
- However, they require as much power to drive as a pair of Fostex T50s (i.e., more than the majority of full-size headphones).
- Despite seeming sturdy with the full steel shells, they're glued together, and on my first pair one day the glue just...failed. They replaced them under warranty, but that was funny.
I got them on a steep discount. They're long-since discontinued, not that I'd necessarily recommend them to...almost anyone.