Ok, I think this have been posted before but I'm not sure.

1. The following will benefit Shure SE530 users more then non users but you are still welcome to read!!!

The Shure SE530 are known for having very smooth, lush, warm and a very forward midrange. This is very good for certain genre's of music that require this particular midrange more frequently then others. I have came to the conclusion that I don't want an earphone that does 1 frequency perfectly and the other frequencies decently. I want a full sound where each frequency is pretty much balanced...

I was messing around with iTunes and stumbled across the equalizer and began to experiment with it.

This I know is not accurate but it is my best explanation of what I think the Shure SE530's sound reproduction is when a EQ is off:


The midrange is very forward and treble is slightly rolled off with a decent BASS that follows the midrange.


So I thought let me try and well pick up the treble a bit and lower the midrange and pick the BASS a bit to pack that extra punch and see how everything sounds...


I am still amazed at what I have done. My Shure SE530's are amazing now. The sound is completely full. With the added treble I can hear the cymbals of some of my recordings a lot better. It also adds airyness to song improving sound stage a bit. I also raised the BASS a bit and the songs are more punchy and BASS is not so muddy and is now a lot more natural and blends in with the song a lot better. The midrange is more realistic and natural now sounding slightly a little more forward than the instruments instead of in your face and the instruments are not even in the same room.

I am really considering buying a iPod classic now that I can actually use these EQ setups on the device so my Zune will be leaving...

If any of you guys have an iPod and the Shure SE530's try this EQ setup and you will be amazed at how much you have changed an earphone. Thank goodness the Shure SE530 can easily be EQed without distortion...

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I pretty much agree with your findings but have to note that you cannot transfer a custom EQ to any iPod. But there are a couple of canned EQ settings that come close to the above profile, such as Rock and Latin. Both of these provide a low and high-end boost that provides nice support to the SE530's superb midrange.

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Yes you can, you must save your personal EQ setup as the same name as an existent EQ like for example I save my manual EQ as "Rock". iTunes will ask me that there is already an EQ named that and are you sure you want to change it. You click yes and now "Rock" will have your specific EQ setup and then the next time your iPod syncs it will change the "Rock" EQ settings to yours on the iPod itself.

No, you can't. That procedure keeps going around but it doesn't work. There have been countless threads exposing that fact but apparently the rumor will never die...

Killing the mids automaticly results in a more and wider 3d sound. Whereas the opposite brings the music more in your head.

I myself personally like recessed mids too. Thats why I like to use V-shapped EQs like the classic, rock, rnb, latin eqs in ipods.

i also find the ''smiley face'' EQ very engaging and it brings the apparently rolled treble right up to scratch. i use the same setup on my D2 and the shures sparkle just fine.

i have -1 -2 -3 -2 -1. just like a smiley face, nice.

or you could ditch the SE530's altogether and just get some IEM's that give you the full sound in all aspects of Low's Mid's and Highs ....the Sennheiser IE8.

I just did this BTW