i completely feel you, it is very harsh on the highs when there isnt a sub around - there is a dirty reese in there but alot of the high freqs of it are cut out to make space for the chords as they didnt seem to ring enough but i may have gone a little overboard, but the reese tied in with the sub levels things out, unfortunately on phones, tv's and earphones etc.etc. the song does sound a little nasty on the ears. check it out in a system when u get chance ! cheers.