ManiacsInc
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I was playing around with equalizer trying to flatten the response on my headphones. I have a pair of Bose AE2i which we all know isn't really the gear rocked here, but before you hate me, I got them off employee discount for significantly less than retail price, so they were the best for the price.
I was reading the Bose AE2 review on headphoneinfo.com and based on the frequency response chart I created an equalizer profile to flatten the response somewhat. Here's what I got so far:
I intentionally boost the bass a bit because I like fuller sounding music without compromising the mid-high to highs. I took account for the resonance of the ear canals which I read is about 3-7K range, so the 4K was a bit lower.
To me this sounded a lot better than flat EQ as everything I played had more detail. This did made some of my lower quality mp3s sound even worse though. I did all this on the X-Fi Control Panel as I have a Creative X-Fi Titanium HD sound card in my system.
Obviously I didn't have any equipment to test any of these; I used music and pink noise to calibrate the responses in addition the headphoneinfo graph. I'm still a beginner when it comes to this stuff so any help is appreciated. What are some tips and tricks to tinkering with EQ?
I was reading the Bose AE2 review on headphoneinfo.com and based on the frequency response chart I created an equalizer profile to flatten the response somewhat. Here's what I got so far:
| 31 Hz | +2.0 dB |
| 62 Hz | +1.7 dB |
| 125 Hz | +2.6 dB |
| 250 Hz | +0.0 dB |
| 500 Hz | +0.0 dB |
| 1K Hz | -0.5 dB |
| 2K Hz | +6.0 dB |
| 4K Hz | +2.2 dB |
| 8K Hz | +5.3 dB |
| 16 Hz | +8.0 dB |
I intentionally boost the bass a bit because I like fuller sounding music without compromising the mid-high to highs. I took account for the resonance of the ear canals which I read is about 3-7K range, so the 4K was a bit lower.
To me this sounded a lot better than flat EQ as everything I played had more detail. This did made some of my lower quality mp3s sound even worse though. I did all this on the X-Fi Control Panel as I have a Creative X-Fi Titanium HD sound card in my system.
Obviously I didn't have any equipment to test any of these; I used music and pink noise to calibrate the responses in addition the headphoneinfo graph. I'm still a beginner when it comes to this stuff so any help is appreciated. What are some tips and tricks to tinkering with EQ?
