To avoid distortion. You can raise that if you like but my guess is that it won't be able to go higher than - 7 dB without distortion. In peace there's a meter that shows if clipping is occurring. You can use that to guage your computer 's tolerance.
thanks for giving it a go. My main goal is to clean up lower mid bleed and bring some additional clarity with the hope of increasing soundstage.
So with the PEQ files, we need to setup a preamp value under -6dB (around -7dB)?
It varies depending on the correction values in the compensation file (as well as the headroom required). Autoeq generates a log file of sorts that gives guidance as to what it things the preamp value should be. However, there is also a good deal of variability dependent on the sound card of the computer/laptop. I haven't yet come across any compensation files generated by autoeq that doesn't require utilizing a negative preamp value on my 2 laptops (the one that was stolen and the one I'm currently on) and desktop. That value can be wide-ranging. I think I have a bud that requires -17dB and others that are find around -5dB.
Welcome!
correct, my bass edition files are not bassy for bassheads or for people already familiar with the earbud world (since buds tend to have detrimentally large amounts of bass, with severe bleed). I only call it that because my neutral versions will be completely flat through the lower mids into the sub-bass regions (like my v1.4 was). Ironically, for buds, bass is still very present when normalizing things to that target curve, but it is more analytical-ish / reference sounding.
