LCD-X 2021 EQ Revision (06-28-22)
For more punch and slam
For those of you interested the EQ profile I posted earlier has under gone several silent revisions. The latest can be found below in the 19 band iteration.
And so for deep, tight bass that sounds more resolving and moves quickly out of the way of the honestly crafted mids and meticulously shaped highs, that accentuates the LCD-X’s "punch and slam" effect with kick drums and snares.
As you can see from the overlay-ed, inverted chart of Oratory1990's Harman Compensated FR (yes PEACE can do that!) I have stuck with a lot of his mids calculations, at times even more religiously than he did. My curve (green) deviates most from his (red) in the bass and the highs, adding a couple shots of bass slam and sparkling highs that makes vocalists more realistic and up close and personal. 80Hz is exaggerated in order target kick drums and make them cut through the mix. The dip after 40Hz is there to give sub, sub bass some slam to bass guitars.
Pre Amp: -14.35 (Be sure to enter this value to avoid clipping)
Band 1: Freq 40
Gain 3.45
Q 0.69
Filter Low Shelf
Band 2: Freq 40
Gain 0.83
Q 4
Filter Low Shelf
Band 3: Freq 80
Gain 5.12
Q 1.67
Filter Peak
Band 4: Freq 90
Gain 9.9
Q 0.65
Filter Low Shelf
Band 5: Freq 120
Gain 2.2
Q 1.41
Filter Peak
Band 6: Freq 220
Gain -3.5
Q 2.2
Filter Peak
Band 7: Freq 325
Gain 3.75
Q 1.2
Filter Peak
Band 8: Freq 450
Gain -1
Q 2.7
Filter Peak
Band 9: Freq 810
Gain -2.2
Q 2.41
Filter Peak
Band 10: Freq 1235
Gain -1
Q 2.4
Filter High Shelf
Band 11: Freq 1500
Gain 8.4
Q 0.71
Filter High Shelf
Band 12: Freq 1910
Gain 1.25
Q 5
Filter Peak
Band 13: Freq 2800
Gain -3.5
Q 2
Filter Peak
Band 14: Freq 3400
Gain 3
Q 2.1
Filter Peak
Band 15: Freq 5780
Gain -4.4
Q 4.8
Filter Peak
Band 16: Freq 7350
Gain -2
Q 7
Filter Peak
Band 17: Freq 10000
Gain -1.05
Q 0.9
Filter Peak
Band 18: Freq 13000
Gain 1.85
Q 2
Filter High Shelf
Band 19: Freq 19000
Gain 0.8
Q 0.8
Filter Peak
To increase or decrease bass, adjust gain to Band 4 to taste.
To increase or decrease treble, adjust gain to Band 17 to taste.
Here’s two original tracks of mine to try this profile out with that I mastered with the LCD-X 2021 that really pushes these cans to do things previously not thought possible by me:
Jonne Haven - “Big Bad World”
Jonne Haven - “Humble Me” (Norah Jones Cover)
It's been said already, but I must add that I've been working on EQing the LCD-X 2021 everyday for over 7 months now and I find that it responds to EQ settings superbly and with the greatest of resolution. Even the smallest of changes are reported, with minute detail and without distortion, the best of any headphone I have EQ'd.
Blessings,
-J