levi
Still fresh, damnit!
Small speaker don't propagate low frequencies very well at all. That's why hifi speakers have at least a tweeter and a midrange, because the midrange handles the low notes and the tweeter the high. But with a speaker so close to your ear canal, it can be well within the range that that crappy bass gets carried. Take the headphone out of your ear though, and it reverts to a tinny little speaker.
I'm not sure who makes the really high-end stuff, as I'm not convinced I can tell enough of a difference, but I've heard Shure make some pretty high end kit where they have to send an engineer out to fit them to you.
I'm not sure who makes the really high-end stuff, as I'm not convinced I can tell enough of a difference, but I've heard Shure make some pretty high end kit where they have to send an engineer out to fit them to you.