Fix for Gold treble

[ARandomMan]

Yeah I would say you need room correction to fix the specific bass freq that is “booming” in your room. When I had golds it was around 50hz and 70hz there was a massive peak. It’s amazing how bass boom will also affect all the mids and treble too.

Set up properly there is no way I would have described the mids and treble as anything other than magnificent

When I bought a Dspeaker antimode it made it all sound so much clearer without the exaggerated bass caused by the room interaction.

It would have been hard to dial that down with a basic EQ app as I would have had to turn a massive portion of the bass freq right down.

I’m actually considering getting another pair - but the same as if I tried to cram a massive speaker like a B&W 800 into my small room - I wouldn’t consider it without room correction again to stop the bass bloat!

But as above you can indeed use Spotify EQ via Airplay

Thanks for your - and all the other - replies. It's not room dependent. I've used the Phantoms all over the house and I've owned a lot of real hifi over the years such as Spendors, Wilsons, B&W etc. Straight out of the box, the Golds were always bass heavy and imbalanced. I've auditioned Golds at my dealers too in sonically correct rooms. They're all the same. Listen to them vs a pair of £5-15k speakers side by side and you will see how limited the mid and treble is.

Not sure why you’d think they’re imbalanced. Ultimately the ideal speaker to most is a speaker, with a frequency response perfectly flat or a response resembling the Harman curve. 
The Golds have a frequency response such that below 100hz there is a slight bump in output; not unlike many many other speakers which are multiple times the Golds price, above 100hz they are pretty much flat up to 24khz. 
So as I see it there are a few reasons why you might think the Golds lack in mids and highs. 

1. Room - The only way to eliminate this from being one of the reasons is to buy a measurement mic and take measurements. Until then it’s not possible to eliminate this from being an issue 
2. Source - Poor source = poor quality. Imo 320kbps is the absolute minimum for me. Furthermore you want to be using a lossless transmission protocol above 320kbps ie not Bluetooth. 
3. If by limited you mean the mids and treble lack space and depth then that’s a completely different issue which isn’t caused by the imbalance of frequencies.