Headphone EQ

[dalethorn]

Here's something I found that's no less than spectacular, it's headphone-specific, and for headphones whose sound falls within a more-or-less high fidelity range, the fixup is amazing. Most users assume you wouldn't change the soundstage or the 'constricted' effect with EQ, but it does work, and sometimes makes all the difference in the world.

http://rockgrotto.proboards.com/thread/9667/headphone-equalization-audioforge-app

 

[jimmybob]

Nice tip dalethorn. Thanks for sharing your findings.

 

[dalethorn]

Nice tip dalethorn. Thanks for sharing your findings.

Thanks! I'm updating this every so often, on my site and a couple others. I was experimenting with the Final Audio Pandora VI the last few days, and after trying all sorts of settings, I found that just decreasing the 4 khz response about 6 db and increasing the 5 khz response about 5 db - the slightly pinched, nasal sound was cured!

 

[dalethorn]

On this web page I show the EQ curves (in green) applied to 17 different headphones. The more recent that I'm most confident of are the Apple Earpods, ATH ESW9a, Beyer T51p, Bose OE2i, Brainwavz HM5, B&O Form2, Final Audio Pandora VI, Focal Spirit Pro, Harman Soho, Sennheiser HD380 Pro, Thinksound On1, V-Moda M80, Yamaha 200BL, and Yamaha MT220.

Those that I'm least confident of are the AIAIAI TMA-1x, B&O H6, and Phiaton MS430. The curves for these three are probably an improvement, but the headphones departed before I had a chance to perfect their curves.

http://dalethorn.com/Audioforge_01.html