AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
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Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#2It even has settings for Apple’s Ear Pods [1] (the wired earbuds). I remember being surprised how applying these values makes them resemble regular headphones.
[1]: https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/tree/master/results/...
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#3it's great project. No idea why some people do not want to eq their headphones at least a little bit. It can make a huge difference. Also frequency response is IMHO at least partially a matter of taste.
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#4FYI, EQs will distort audio. Especially if the adjustments are large.
Your average EQ will introduce phase shifts to the various frequencies that make up a sound.
Linear-phase EQs don't phase shift but they also introduce pre-ringing and post-ringing effects.
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#5FYI, EQs will distort audio. Especially if the adjustments are large. Your average EQ will introduce phase shifts to the various frequencies that make up a sound. Linear-phase EQs don't phase shift but they also introduce pre-ringing and post-ringing effects.
Depends largely on how it's implemented. There is a big difference between the quality of a well implemented convolution engine and a crappy biquad filter.
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#6FYI, EQs will distort audio. Especially if the adjustments are large. Your average EQ will introduce phase shifts to the various frequencies that make up a sound. Linear-phase EQs don't phase shift but they also introduce pre-ringing and post-ringing effects.
Analog distortion of signals also affects the phase. A digital filter might or might not compensate for it, but it's not always bad.
Also, human ears tend to be more sensitive to amplitude than to the phase. Especially if the same filter is applied on both channels, which leaves the phase difference unchanged.
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#7it's great project. No idea why some people do not want to eq their headphones at least a little bit. It can make a huge difference. Also frequency response is IMHO at least partially a matter of taste.
> a matter of taste
Taste, yes; and individual circumstances. My hearing is so good it might count as a disability, but I know where I have peaks and valleys in my sensitivity and a good EQ can help with the spikes taken by tinnitus ringing from youthful big boom car stereo work and explosives.
I checked their suggestions for my headphones against my EQ profile and theirs is pretty good. I like more lowfreq and much less high freq than the "flat" they're correcting for.
They're offering a great resource for skipping the "what does this set of cans sound like" stage. I probably spent 60hr or more dialing these in when i got them.
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#8FYI, EQs will distort audio. Especially if the adjustments are large. Your average EQ will introduce phase shifts to the various frequencies that make up a sound. Linear-phase EQs don't phase shift but they also introduce pre-ringing and post-ringing effects.
At headphone sizes, does your DAC have a good enough clock to even speak about phasing?
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#9it's great project. No idea why some people do not want to eq their headphones at least a little bit. It can make a huge difference. Also frequency response is IMHO at least partially a matter of taste.
I've experimented with this and the results seem to vary depending on the headphones. I have a set of planar magnetic hifimans that don't have enough sub-bass out of the box, but can easily make tons of sub-bass with eq adjustments. On the other hand, some of the other headphones I tried this on sound like they're just distorting more when I try to apply similar levels of eq compensation.
There's also no way to apply a system wide eq to an iPhone, so you'll need an external device.
Re: AutoEQ: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
#10it's great project. No idea why some people do not want to eq their headphones at least a little bit. It can make a huge difference. Also frequency response is IMHO at least partially a matter of taste.
> a matter of taste Taste, yes; and individual circumstances. My hearing is so good it might count as a disability, but I know where I have peaks and valleys in my sensitivity and a good EQ can help with the spikes taken by tinnitus ringing from youthful big boom car stereo work and explosives. I checked their suggestions for my headphones against my EQ profile and theirs is pretty good. I like more lowfreq and much…
In which sense is your hearing 'so good it might count as a disability'?