AUDIOPHILE GRAPHS EXPLAINED (HOW TO SEE SOUND)

[@jayyaudio]

Make sure to try the examples at the end of the video! And also, when I say “is straight line better” I’m referring to how straight each region is - like the smooth uppermids on the EM6L which has no huge peaks and dips - and not the entire graph. Having a straight line as the entire FR sounds very bad

[@ZainCATO]

0:02 absolute cinema 🔥

[@jayyaudio]

🔥🔥

[@masterlee5684]

@@jayyaudio bro liked the comment so much he commented twice

[@pmdthewizard]

I learned more in a 15 minutes video than I've ever done in the past few years. Please more of these kinds of videos man, very helpful and informative especially to a relatively newbie like me

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it was helpful bro 😎

[@pmdthewizard]

@@jayyaudio You always are bro, you always come up with fresh content and ideas. That makes you reviews even more enjoyable and fun to watch

[@jayyaudio]

@@pmdthewizard Appreciate it yo

[@ishmone21]

Same. Now gonna play with poweramp and try to put it together

[@HobbyTalk]

Graph sniffing 101

[@pmdthewizard]

@@HobbyTalk 😤

[@sleepe8050]

Wow this a wiledddd ! Bro I literally just decided after years and over 20 iems to look up a vid that would explain each thousand up through vocals to learn where they get more foward to learn what graph I like

[@jayyaudio]

Glad I could help bro

[@day-uhndl]

this is going to be so useful to make an educated guess on tuning, awesome!

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it helped

[@exhibitD79]

Love love love this! Thank you so much Jay for making this video. I have only seen a few people attempt this and this one is great.

[@jayyaudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@earlybird3668]

this is the definition of a useful and well done video! thank-you. Excellent. 🙌

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AronAddams7]

I eq a lot and i didn't know all these. Thank you for the awesome content.

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it helped 😎

[@apir3s595]

Amazing video. Education is the key. Well done Jay. What about a video now on how to EQ properly? That would be great 👍

[@Hunter4Knowledge]

Thanks Jay! I always look forward to watching your videos! Helped me learn a bunch. So I just ordered the Yongse Ruyi Rod cable. Audio Amigo said it is supposed to have a 15ohm impedance built in. If true, will be nice to have a cable like that instead of attaching an extra adapter to my dongle 😂

[@jayyaudio]

Oh that’s pretty cool. A cable that actually changes the sound 😂

[@Newtypexz]

this was mad thorough and informative, good work

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it helped 👍

[@vijaymudaliar8636]

A much needed video, thanks for dropping this!

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it helped

[@suprememaster1951]

Estrella is quite peaky in the treble. It is like a tamer vision of the brain damage.

[@MrBlackJava]

Nice video, yes it cleard up some graph talk for me, its a good pointer, but im still confused, but it has to be that we all has different ears, as for me Estrella is one of the shoutiness iem i tried, but the Zeitan legend i was afraid of the same after your review, but i has trouble at all with it, Z12 and FP3 Prado for example is sharper than both Estrella and Legend to me, on Legend o dosent even need foam tips, just airy clean bright, but it needs some bas to balance out and be really good. But know people different taste so i try to be polite and dont complain, i learn to read between the lines of all youtube reviewers to find out if it will be a buy or not for me. You always straight forward and i like your reviews.

[@hkmj8261]

Kudos for explaining this. Jay, EQ 101 next as follow up to this?

[@ubayduddin7226]

Lets go ive been waiting for this

[@jayyaudio]

😎

[@MrDomq22]

Bro, where TF was this video 4 years ago?! 😅 doing the lords work with this one, my boy 🤙

[@jayyaudio]

🙏

[@bluemangroup_1828]

fantastic explanations. especially for 5khz, before I entirely understood graphs I was so confused about how I didn't like anything I tried, it's because that region needs to be at a very specific amplitude for something to sound natural to me

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it helped, that’s the region that gets people.

[@Sonofholhorse]

Fantastic summary and very informative!

[@jayyaudio]

2 kind 🙏

[@Sonofholhorse]

@@jayyaudio Just being honest!

[@hs3204]

Awesome video👍!!! 4:03 "Braindamage" pun intended??😂

[@MML66]

Looks like it's World Frequency Response Day✊️ Thank you, I love the details, and this is an explanation, and I hope you will do the same thing about EQ and why it affects the elements differently. There are those that appear to have a huge difference, and there are elements that barely change. Is there a way to know how much the EQ changes on the elements before purchasing or how good it is, such as the highest By raising the bass, it may be good for some elements and some not

[@DrinkWater713]

Thanks for the usefull and well done video. Will use this info to learn how to EQ better

[@jayyaudio]

Np

[@chickenpie9698]

I think this is good info overall, the main caveat I'd add is that driver types (and we have many when it comes to IEMs, in various wacky configurations) can be one of the biggest determinants of how a your equipment actually sounds. If you are just comparing single DD sets to planar sets (I think this applies to both IEMs and headphones) I tend to find that you can crank the sub bass on planars way higher than you can with DDs before anything sounds too bad or as if you're eating into the mids or the rest of the sound. I also tend to find planars more prone to sibilance than DDs too. The big issue here for me is that you need to know what types of drivers are being used and which regions they are operating in for graphs to make sense - for example, you might have two pairs of IEMs that are both tuned perfectly to something like Harman or JM-1/New Meta but with different driver types and thus a noticeably different sound. You can look at graphs all you want but they tell you sod all about how different drivers sound, how resolving an IEM is or whether it executes characteristics like soundstage or imaging well. I take them with a pinch of salt at this point as I while they're a good indication of tuning and how sound will be balanced, I think the best thing you can do is actually listen to gear when possible.

[@jayyaudio]

Glad you enjoyed it. I'd say tuning is 85% of the sound. Driver types mainly influence how smooth you can get the sound to be, ie, EST has the least distortion than BAs, MP, and DDs, allowing you to tune it more "straight" with less peaks and dips. Planars also distort less than DDs so you can push more bass without it being weird.

[@chickenpie9698]

@jayyaudio I agree but then things like dynamics and soundstage sound different between different driver types to me. Planar bass is just something else entirely for more electronic music but as a drummer, never sounds right compared to DDs for recreating the impact of a bass drum. It feels like planars can sound as if sound is coming from right inside your head or outside it compared to DDs and BAs too but then never sound as natural too. You could get into stuff like open backs for headphones or different room types for speakers too but at least IEMs have less factors affecting their sound from person to person. To me, these are all really tangible and noticeable things though. Graphs just feel less relevant when I own something like the Supermix 4 which is pretty much spot on Harman 2019 but sounds categorically different to something like a single DD IEM or a hybrid IEM as there are different sounding drivers handling the treble, they sound way more dynamic than a planar set tuned to Harman too. In that case, why should graphs matter so much?

[@AichaSeghrouchni]

Hey jays What you recomnd for Slow rock ballads Spécial for Live recording Odyssey or volume s Tnkhs you 🎉🎉

[@jayyaudio]

Odyssey 👍

[@UFO-Audio]

Fantastic work! 💯

[@jayyaudio]

Appreciate it 💯

[@renatobdc]

Cool! Thanks for the class!

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it helped you 😎

[@Musicophile-p5l]

Awesome! I learned a lot

[@jayyaudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Frikilicious]

My grandma put half potatoe when it was soup or beans, the potatote absorbed the salt allegedly 😅 Idk

[@jayyaudio]

Hahaha

[@seanner69]

Dope vid

[@chidimolokwu7518]

You're building an army of audiophiles bruh!!

[@jayyaudio]

😂

[@AliR03]

KZ: Who cares????

[@mrigankadeyMD]

can you do a re-review of cadenza 12 your list is not making it clear what happened with that set. Is it still recommended nowdays for summit-fi ?

[@jayyaudio]

Wdym it’s literally top of the list

[@mrigankadeyMD]

I know, but 2 lines of text are too limiting to define qualities of TOTL set. Along with your explanations for different versions for the same makes it confusing to what exactly happened. Is cad 12 and cad 12 2024 the same ? What is even a pre production tuning, was there a retune ? is it even good rec for 2025 ? should i wait for upcoming flagship sets in market instead ? and many questions like that keep coming to mind. i coundn't find review of it in channel considering its at top of the list ? Maybe make a video for TOTL category buyers and market conditions, what should we wait for and what should be skipped ?

[@veratium]

dont do drugs got scared with the yt preview

[@dorisisaway355]

I should have trademarked “graph sniffer” before Danny nicked it.

[@jayyaudio]

Loool

[@edwinbeta2806]

do you have a recommendation for something like the tea pro’s but that has less bite? bass texture is great, the attack hurts on certain tracks though.

[@jayyaudio]

Tea Pro

[@edwinbeta2806]

@@jayyaudio what 😭 😂

[@ronsprouse7856]

Nice video. Thanks.

[@eduardRyanpiadozo]

Teacher: What is your special talent? Me: I can see sound

[@jayyaudio]

goat

[@dagohutahaeann]

i know graph isn't everything but it sure help

[@jayyaudio]

💯

[@mrhenu]

Do you think you could EQ some other IEM to sound like the Storm?

[@jayyaudio]

Nah, the small peaks and dips are too hard to EQ

[@mrhenu]

@@jayyaudio damn it

[@Viqsyy]

Hi, My iems are making a pop sound whenever for example I play or pause a video. Or also when someone starts/stops talking while being on a discord call. I´m using mangird xenns top with a fiio ka17 dongle. Any idea what could be causing it?

[@jayyaudio]

Might be the cable, try changing it

[@Viqsyy]

@@jayyaudio It must be the dongle because when connecting the iems straight to the 3.5mm port on the pc front panel takes away the popping sound. Any idea? This is driving me crazy

[@Svayum]

ok now i could see sound

[@jayyaudio]

lfg

[@jasonlim1409]

Thanks Jay. I appreciate your videos. You mentioned that Ziigaat Odyssey is tuned similar to Storm. Are there any other IEMs that are tuned similar to Storm? Thanks in advance!

[@jayyaudio]

Odyssey closest I know

[@jirn4196]

hey jay, what mid price IEM would be your go to for FPS games?

[@jayyaudio]

SIMGOT EM6L

[@trucex]

great video

[@jayyaudio]

Glad you liked it 👍

[@thomasdanny7717]

#1 : good balance. But it might be a bit aggressive for some people. Because almost all frequencies are quite forward. But with quality drivers, tuning like this usually has a high technicality. #2 : Very balanced. One of the tunings that suits my taste. This kind of tuning usually gets better when heard at a slightly higher volume. #3 : Mehhh..! I don't like this tuning. Too much sub and mid bass. Whether the volume is high or low, the sound will always be focused in the bass area. But I can understand why many people like this tuning. #4 : Euhhh..! Graphs like this are usually planar. The dip after 2k - 6k usually makes female vocals sound weird to my ears. And it looks too bright for my taste. #4 : A/n shape? Nope.

[@Gershy13]

Bro's got Elmo for a chair

[@jayyaudio]

his cousin

[@ducvan2277]

So hello Jay, i've been followed your vids for long. Therefore i have bought qkzhbb and rosefinch :))) after days of exp, your feeling about these iem's sound signature is so true, so now i want to ask you about eartips, let me continue in this reply below...

[@ducvan2277]

Not only these two's bass level, i wana try sth give even more bass. So now there're 2 eartip : kbear 08 and spinfit cp100. According to their brand's intro, they're both bass enhance. So Jay, do u have any exp about these, if yes, i'll pleasure to hear from you. If no, i'll take time research and thankyou again for good review!!!

[@jayyaudio]

I’ve heard the CP100 and they’re nice, dunno how much they boost the bass, but the fit is good for me

[@hpwrotethis]

This is good shit

[@jayyaudio]

Thanks yo

[@AntiPixel1]

to me all of the graphs look like bass boosted except the last one, looks neutral. In contrast to all the IEMs graphs that came out recently at least.

[@AG-en5y]

❤❤❤

[@PerfectViolation]

I still prefer the Explorer to the Odyssey 💙 Good opening sniffs though

[@Tiagocouto12]

Do you have both?

[@jayyaudio]

👌

[@Tiagocouto12]

@@jayyaudio I have the Sliivo SL41 makes sense to buy the odyssey? since they are mostly the same tune?

[@uber_l]

Ask Hbb to make a Punch but without a 'punch'

[@adibkhan4420]

Hey man. Can I get a braindamage? I am dying to try it but its way too overpriced in my country.

[@mltdwn5415]

Great video and really informative. But watch out for comparison graphs, you shouldn't mix frequency curves.

[@jayyaudio]

?

[@redz8856]

I hate boosted ear gain. From trying around 20 iems i think my endgame will be unique melody mest line. I am enjoying Thieaudio oracle mk3 now have some gain but they are soo balanced beautifully airy , bass 👌 and mids not too forward. my endgame for 2-3 years.

[@letsmobiles3396]

Moondrop Meteor?

[@jayyaudio]

Just shipped

[@veratium]

out of context jay < 3

[@brunobarbagli4573]

graph sniffer, @ImAWSMDanny, your a legend ! And you too Jay ! Your one of my favorite

[@uber_l]

Some singers really shout man, it's not a podcast before sleep

[@jayyaudio]

What does that even mean

[@tanjimahmed5694]

Lol sniffing graph

[@chef_executioner]

You really have this passion high up jay! Your passion towards iems and sharing ideas, knowledge is the best reviewer for me. And you alone can deliver that PASSION AND SHARING at the same time in one video👏📈🤍🇵🇭

[@jayyaudio]

Thanks for the love, I really appreciate it! 🙏

[@lokrj]

Will the Brain Damage ever get to be called by its real name? 😭😭😭

[@jayyaudio]

Nah