Can someone please explain the EQ settings?

[jealousguy86]

Settings > Music > Playback > EQ.

 

[ipaqowner]

Artists don't optimize music for any equaliser, it's recorded as is and it's up to the listener to vary playback tone via their listening equipment according to their preference.

 

[Ralfi]

but usually my EQ is set to ”Off.”

You’re doing it right 😏

 

[4bs]

You’re doing it right 😏

agreed. off is good.

 

[bigshot]

I don't use EQ on my AirPods Pro. They are what they are. But I do use a little correction for the AirPods Max because they are good enough to stand a little tweak to pull back the sub bass and boost the vocals a bit.

 

[Dorthygarrett]

Hello jealousquy,

My experience was similar. Music is not optimized for any equalizer, it is recorded as is, and it is up to the listeners to adjust the tone of playback via their equipment based on personal preferences. I don't have EQ on my AirPods Pro. Even so, I do tweak the AirPods Max a little bit since they are capable of standing a slight increase in the bass and boost in the vocals.

Thank You.

 

[bigshot]

Music is recorded, mixed and mastered using speakers. Recording studios have calibrated monitoring systems that present the sound in a consistent manner. The speakers are measured in the room to precise standards. The reason music isn't mixed and mastered using headphones is because there is no way to consistently calibrate frequency response using headphones. The shape of an individual's ear canals significantly affects how headphones sound. The same set of headphones can sound different to different people. This isn't true of speakers in a calibrated studio environment.

If you want to hear music they way the artists and engineers heard it, build a speaker system to as close to studio standards as you can. If you want to listen using headphones, EQ to suit your particular ears.

The Harman Curve is an averaged response curve based on preferences of a wide range of people. That's a great place to start with EQing your APMs. Here is pretty close to Harman using the iTunes equalizer.

 

[AdamNC]

Music is recorded, mixed and mastered using speakers. Recording studios have calibrated monitoring systems that present the sound in a consistent manner. The speakers are measured in the room to precise standards. The reason music isn't mixed and mastered using headphones is because there is no way to consistently calibrate frequency response using headphones. The shape of an individual's ear canals significantly affects how headphones sound. The same set of headphones can sound different to different people. This isn't true of speakers in a calibrated studio environment.

If you want to hear music they way the artists and engineers heard it, build a speaker system to as close to studio standards as you can. If you want to listen using headphones, EQ to suit your particular ears.

The Harman Curve is an averaged response curve based on preferences of a wide range of people. That's a great place to start with EQing your APMs. Here is pretty close to Harman using the iTunes equalizer.

Agree 100%. I was into high end car audio in my late teens / early 20's. I was also an IASCA judge for a few seasons. People hated me. LOL. I was so picky when it came to sound stage realism and reproduction. The best sounding cars ALWAYS had the EQ's more in the negative range over positive. Mid high range being the exception.