DT 770 Equalization Opinions

[victorluisgr]

I recently bought a pair of DT 770 Pro 80ohms for general consumer use (youtube, spotify, games, etc) and I though they sounded really muffled and muddy compared to my previous "gaming headset" or my earbuds, so I went (as a complete newbie to audio in general) and tried Equalizer APO. Used some presets that I found on this and other forums, but ultimately settled on a custom one.

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31.5 1
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So, what do you think? For me this made music warmer and more open, but probably there are room for improvement here, mainly because I did not made this EQ based on frequency response graphs or anything, just messed with the sliders for a couple of hours until I settled on a nice preset for my ears.

 

[dunring]

Try the profile at
https://autoeq.app/
I had those are couldn't use them for gaming since the bass was too much/boomy. Using the profile there can even them out towards the Harman target.

 

[victorluisgr]

Try the profile at
https://autoeq.app/
I had those are couldn't use them for gaming since the bass was too much/boomy. Using the profile there can even them out towards the Harman target.

Oh, wow. Those presets from AutoEQ made these headphones much better than the one that I made. I see what you mean by really boomy bass, maybe I'm just used to cheap boomy gaming headphones so I just tuned to a familiar sound. Thank you, this is what I was after when I though of buying a studio headphone + mic instead of a headset.

 

[WILLJS]

of course, you can still customise the autoEQ profile to your liking, this is how i started out with EQ.
when/if you decide to scrap the autoEQ profile and make your own from scratch, i'd advise using low amplitude adjustments, to many people try and eq peaks/dips out by putting in a filter decreasing/increasing that frequency by the exact amplitude they see in a graph etc.
this can result in a very peaky response, as headphones don't often react to exaggerated filters as you think they will.