EQ settings

Trojan Horse · 19 Oct 2013 at 20:10

Hi,

B4 I concontinual I am on iPod

I have creative soundblasetrr Z OEm and have
Phillips fidelio X1, my phones sound amazing but lack oomph, or punch that I want. What eq settings shud I use ?

Trojan Horse · 20 Oct 2013 at 12:09

rids57 · 20 Oct 2013 at 18:18

You're the only one that's going to know whether you like the sound or not, so just twiddle with the equalizer until it results in a grin.

asim18 · 20 Oct 2013 at 18:40

What do you mean by oomph and punch? I'm assuming you want more bass like most people.

What an EQ does is adjust adjust the amplitude of particular frequency ranges. If you increase the left side of an EQ (sub 200Hz) it increases bass, the right side typically adjusts treble.

hughythomas · 22 Oct 2013 at 12:40

Hey Trojan

I'm a professional mix engineer/producer/singersongwriter etc.

Try to attenuate frequencies first. For example, my go to reduction is always 300hz it just sounds muddy (unless on a Neve 1073 which still sounds amazing for some reason?).

If you want more bass try boosting 80-100hz. For midrange 3kHz is the sweet spot. As for high-end try 14kHz.

Also, what EQ are you using?

DEFINITELY reduce FIRST then BOOST if necessary. Turn the volume up once you have reduced 300hz to see if the bass is sufficient I would however argue that you would be better off buying a good pair of headphones or speakers and just not EQ at all!

Remember, a dedicated team of pros have spent a ****e load of monies on preamps, microphones, equalisation, compressors, multi-fx, acoustic isolation, diffusers, absorption, amplifiers, speakers, manual labour to make the record you are listening to a reality. Maybe trust the professionals' listening environment?!

I could go on for hours about this but I think I've made the point lol.