_gl: Easy UES / Ownluxe A1 EQ Correction Impulses

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Download works now.

 

[Lurk650]

Thanks, will check out when I get back home

 

[Lurk650]

Loaded up the Last revision, Clear & Warm. Clear is the "clear" winner IMHO. Sounds beautiful bro. I can definitely hear that "boxy" bass when I disable the convolver. Listening to Lindsey Stirling album in FLAC right now. 

 

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  Loaded up the Last revision, Clear & Warm. Clear is the "clear" winner IMHO. Sounds beautiful bro. I can definitely hear that "boxy" bass when I disable the convolver. Listening to Lindsey Stirling album in FLAC right now. 

 
Cool

.  I have days when I like clear, but yesterday it was too bright for me.

 

[Podster]

  Being a HUGE fan 

    of  _gl's HD600 impulse curves and having a pair of Easy UEs (Ownluxe A1) on hand I figured WTH and set up another foobar2000 DSP chain with the 64bit balanced RC curve.  And proceeded to listen with an extention cable I have available.
 
First let me say that I never found my pair of UEs as flawed as _gl describes in his opening post in this thread.  None of my 4 pairs of IEMs comes close to the aural experience my HD580 and HD600s provide.  And even my Philips SHP9500 which I also use with my DAP gives me more saatisfaction. But plainly IEMs excel for portability and given all my cans are open back (or in the case of the SHL5500 on ear), isolation.  So they serve me well in circumstances they were designed for.   I simply don't use them with my computer desktop audio system so this "audition" with _gl's corrections is a major departure for me. 
 
Second the sound quality between my Rockboxed xDuoo X3 and my desktop foobar2000 setup out of either my Vali 1 or G1217 Polaris amplifiers is different with the later being richer, more dynamic, and impactful. That's not to say the X3 DAP's SQ is poor.  It most certainly is not.  It's simply that the fb2k desktop system is on a different level albeit subtle.  Frankly only A-B'ing them really reveals the differences. 
 
The UEs sound great out of the fb2k system.  But then activating the convolver I could immediately sense added refinement and as Lurk650 commented, a more natural presentation.  Very nice!
 
So again kudos to _gl for these enhancements for UEs owners. 

 

Man, not only are all you guys enthusiast but engineers as well! Awesome stuff fella's

 

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Man, not only are all you guys enthusiast but engineers as well! Awesome stuff fella's

 
Thanks Pod 

.  It's amazing what you can do with precise EQ - but I might still try a D2.

 

[Podster]

   
Thanks Pod 

.  It's amazing what you can do with precise EQ - but I might still try a D2.

Oh yeah, you smart whipper-snappers do this stuff with software these days, back in the 70's I did it with Soundcraftsman hardware EQ's

Between the SC and DBX units one could make just about anything sound great

 

 

[Bob A (SD)]

You guys might want to check out Joe Blogg's new convolver crossfeed foobar2000 plugin here http://www.head-fi.org/t/811837/natural-crossfeed-on-headphones-earphones-for-foobar2000-v1-0.     What's really interesting is the use of a new stereo convolver.

 

[Lurk650]

Thanks Pod  .  It's amazing what you can do with precise EQ - but I might still try a D2.

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No might. You must

 

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Quote:

  You guys might want to check out Joe Blogg's new convolver crossfeed foobar2000 plugin here http://www.head-fi.org/t/811837/natural-crossfeed-on-headphones-earphones-for-foobar2000-v1-0.     What's really interesting is the use of a new stereo convolver.

 
I'm just trying it out.  It works differently than the other convolver, in that (apparently) each input channel is sent to both left and right output.  So it goes mono if you apply the same stereo correction for each channel.  Just trying changing the correction's channels ...

 

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I've created mono versions that work with the new StereoConvolver (and with the old one actually), but I can't upload them again.  Maybe later ...

 

[Bob A (SD)]

_gl take a look at your HD600 correction thread 

 

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(forgot to submit this one: )
 
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Oh yeah, you smart whipper-snappers do this stuff with software these days, back in the 70's I did it with Soundcraftsman hardware EQ's

Between the SC and DBX units one could make just about anything sound great

 

 
I guess hardware EQs were only slightly less portable than a Windows PC : ).  Actually I wonder if Windows 10 Phones can run desktop apps?  Never really looked at Windows phones.  Tablets are semi-portable, I started designing the curves on my Surface Pro 2 which is a great Foobar jukebox.
 

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No might. You must

 
Sigh - I do like the look of the blue ones : ).

 

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Mono versions are up (separate mono and stereo downloads now, as combined filesize was apparently too large and causing the upload errors).
 
StereoConvolver works with the same mono file for each channel, and mono (and stereo) also works with Convolver.
 
They both sound slightly different to me, Convolver might be slightly higher quality (tested float64).  Do you hear a difference?

 

[Lurk650]

Well I shipped back my "new style" Ultimate Ears cable the other day, the sent me the "old style" in exchange. These have longer pins so they actually secure to the shell but a little too much, they don't sit flush. Oh well, either way the sound is still off. It is the indeed the UEs themselves. The treble actually sounds better through the cables, almost on point to the Clear impulse. The bass from the cable though creates this weird echo, rattle in the bass. Shipping back tomorrow for a refund I guess.