Jivian
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I've got a 2025 R1S Tri and am always excited for any new sound improvements.
Overall, I actually felt the bass was less impactful than before but maybe some of the sound stage sounded wider. I haven't spent much time listening yet but it's not an obvious improvement to me.
I took a spectrum analyzer sample for the same section of a song over Bluetooth at volume level 10 before and after the 2025.34 update. See Below.
While the spectrum looks a little flatter after (usually a good thing on the audio world), the major thing that stands out is that it's a lot quieter in the bass range. The peaks around 70 and 100 hz are roughly 8dB lower which is much quieter. A 10dB drop would be perceived as half as loud.
Caveat here is that this is a free app from the app store and I was holding my phone in approximately the same place but not exactly. The peaks of each spectrum over the section of the song are the grey bars, the orange is just the instantaneous you can ignore those.
That being said, it lines up with my anecdotal experience in that with certain songs, I could feel the bass in my chest at volume 15 in a way that I can't anymore.
Thought people might find this interesting. I wouldn't say this is conclusive of anything but just adding some data to my perception.
Before Update:
After Update:
Overall, I actually felt the bass was less impactful than before but maybe some of the sound stage sounded wider. I haven't spent much time listening yet but it's not an obvious improvement to me.
I took a spectrum analyzer sample for the same section of a song over Bluetooth at volume level 10 before and after the 2025.34 update. See Below.
While the spectrum looks a little flatter after (usually a good thing on the audio world), the major thing that stands out is that it's a lot quieter in the bass range. The peaks around 70 and 100 hz are roughly 8dB lower which is much quieter. A 10dB drop would be perceived as half as loud.
Caveat here is that this is a free app from the app store and I was holding my phone in approximately the same place but not exactly. The peaks of each spectrum over the section of the song are the grey bars, the orange is just the instantaneous you can ignore those.
That being said, it lines up with my anecdotal experience in that with certain songs, I could feel the bass in my chest at volume 15 in a way that I can't anymore.
Thought people might find this interesting. I wouldn't say this is conclusive of anything but just adding some data to my perception.
Before Update:
After Update:
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