What is your EQ setting?

eMAN

I don't use eq or any boost at all... i've turned all of those functions off becouse i like to listen to the music the way it was recorded...

world2002traveler

I don't understand all of the jargon, but would you all help me out,
by stating the type or types of music that these settings are set for?

Thanks

WT not up on all of the latest tech terms and specs.

Equinox

ehh...sorry, you are not listening to music the way it was recorded. try 5 different earphones/headphones with your settings. they will all sound different. each earphone/headphone has it's own frequency response and none of them is flat -> flat response needed to hear the sounds how they meant to be. Ohh...that's not right..you would need to be in the studio where the exact music was recorded. Nothing has flat frequency response, including the studio equipment so flat would still sound different...

eMAN

you are ofcourse right... you will never get a sound exactlly as it was recorded... i know thar different headphones sounds different but first of all you try to find headphones that sounds "natural" and then if you think it is needed you may change som eq... for example my porta pro gives a lot of bass so you'll have to lower it a bit to get a "natural" sound...

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Job

Please note that no portable audio player with any lossy(or even lossless) codec will give you "natural sound"...as far as that term can be defined...
While I do agree with the fact that the higher your source is the better it will sound its also true that your sound depends much on your earphones, settings and personal preferences

I myself use a Shure set with my Miniplayer and the quality of music is fine.
Way better than the Ipod Video I had and better than the Archos I had.
However, it doesn’t sound nearly as clear and full as my 8 year old Yamaha stereo with good speakers

why? because I use mp3, on a small player, with earphones that simply dont have the room to resonate like normal speakers, usually in a less than silent environment(isn’t that what we all use Mp3 players for?)

Sound quality is largely a matter of personal preferences.
Therefore, debating about the "best" EQ setting is useless..

I use the classical EQ with slightly increased bass.
With bass boost and treble boost on 0 Spatializer on “on” normal, Virtual 3D off ,PCE on 3, VIBE on 0, Speaker type earphone

Is that the best? It is for me... probably not for the next guy with different music choices, codec preferences, ears and earphones…

Just my 2 cents…

khanhfat

The Cresyn can handle +14 bass???? that's crazy bass right there man... if it's nornal earphones, it'll be buzzing all the way.

johnnyz86

e4c's

depends on the genre/artist/song and listening environment.

generally ~+5 or more in the 5 khz range because it is quite low in that region and half in the 2.5 khz range. also +some to taste in the 16 khz and sometimes 10 khz range to taste.

laxx

With my Shure E500's, my EQ is like this.

0 . 0 . -1 . -2 . -1 . 0 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 0

Sometimes, I feel like I need to up the treble a bit more, but when I do, something doesn't sound right, more so than it is now. I'm pretty sure I'm going to give another headphone a try, but for now this is what it's going to be.

uzer

for portable speaker, no lack at high volumes (recommended for no-bass-supporting portable speakers):

bass bost: 0
trebb bost: 2
spatializer: v. 3d
v. 3d: 4
phse c. e. : 2
vibe: 0
speaker type: headphones
eq: -7,-6,-4,-2,0,+1,+3,+4,+5,+7


for senmai s100 (http://www.senmai.com.cn/En_Product.asp?EnBigClassName=In-ear%20Earphone), not very conmmon in here, but they have really good bass, blurry high tones.


bass: 7
trebb: 2
spatializer on v.3d
v3d: 1
PCE: 1
Vibe: 2
eq: 4,3,1,0,-1,1,2,3,5,7

just to add...a chinese brand called OVC have made v-moda-look-like earphones, called OVC T25. for more information

http://sound.zol.com.cn/40/402528.html

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shikitohno

My EQ settings for the bundled PT800:
-1 -5 -5 -5 -8 -6 -6 0 1 0

I tried to mimic the sound signature of my HD555 and this is what I came up with. The earphones respond well to eq and it sounds pretty good using the above settings.