This guy has taken measurements of a large number of headphones and generated tables with the necessary frequency adjustments: oratory1990’s list of EQ Presets
For DSP I'm using Equalizer APO
I can't recognize my headphones the way they sounded!
Mine are Austrian Audio HI-X15.
Reviews praise them, forums spit on them, but in reality they are really bad for music - a pronounced W frequency response and a very over expressed sound...
For all measured headphones there is a generated pdf in which the tuning parameters are given and tabulated - for mine they are 10 points.
For DSP I'm using Equalizer APO
I can't recognize my headphones the way they sounded!
Mine are Austrian Audio HI-X15.
Reviews praise them, forums spit on them, but in reality they are really bad for music - a pronounced W frequency response and a very over expressed sound...
For all measured headphones there is a generated pdf in which the tuning parameters are given and tabulated - for mine they are 10 points.
Just to point out that, in addition to what's mentioned here about using FabFilter, you may find other differences with different EQs, especially when it comes to shelving filters. For example, I just copied one of the presets into iZotope Neutron 2 to compare it with my Sonarworks plugin and evidently the specified boost/cut is applied at the turnover frequency, so the actual, maximum boost/cut you get in the passband will be twice as much if you just copy the value given in the preset. And I just tried and it seems that FabFilter does the same (the comment in the FAQ linked above refers only to Q values).
TLDR: if you're using anything other than Equalizer APO, always double-check that the FR curve you get matches the one shown in the preset's page, otherwise there may be some surprises...
TLDR: if you're using anything other than Equalizer APO, always double-check that the FR curve you get matches the one shown in the preset's page, otherwise there may be some surprises...
I just use Equalizer APO and the resulting curve is very close to the shown in the pdf file for my headphones.
I've added additional bass and treble boost, because I like it more.
Now I like my AA Hi-X15 very much 🙂
My interface is Audient Evo 8 with cheap chinese amp with TPA6120 chip.
I've added additional bass and treble boost, because I like it more.
Now I like my AA Hi-X15 very much 🙂
My interface is Audient Evo 8 with cheap chinese amp with TPA6120 chip.