ICoeuss OP t1_jdiik2t wrote on March 24, 2023 at 5:09 PM

Reply to comment by Odd-Spend-8757 in I turned my X2HRs to Sundaras by ICoeuss

Sure I'd be happy to take a listen. I can share mine as well but I'm not sure if it would sound right to your ears or anyone's really.

I don't know how to share a txt file so I'll just paste it I guess. Here it is:

Preamp: -8 dB

Channel: R

GraphicEQ: 20 2; 50 -2; 80 -2.2; 170 0; 220 0.8; 254 0; 267 0; 300 1.7; 360 1.9; 410 0.2; 765 2; 808 0; 833 -1; 901 0; 1159 0; 1300 -1.5; 1655 -3; 1764 -5; 2035 0; 2096 0; 2137 1; 2224 0; 2283 0; 2450 1; 2800 2.5; 3202 3; 3469 1.3; 3567 2; 3683 0; 3948 1.5; 4000 -0.8; 4100 -1.5; 4187 0; 4510 0; 4649 2.5; 4710 0; 4850 -5; 4955 -4; 5000 -5; 5158 -4.5; 5268 -7; 5352 -8; 5434 -9; 5538 -8; 5671 -8; 5906 0; 6019 3; 6189 0; 6490 -3; 7439 0; 8003 2; 8739 2; 9140 6; 9312 4; 9465 6.5; 9789 4; 10000 3; 10129 0; 10185 -1.5; 10244 0; 10423 2.5; 10581 0; 10630 0; 10696 2.4; 10763 0; 10828 -1.5; 10868 0; 10951 2; 11026 0; 11124 -10; 11266 -1.5; 11508 -6; 11585 -3; 11930 0; 12437 0.5; 13012 6; 13516 4.5; 13787 5; 14206 5; 14923 5; 15107 7; 16313 7; 17505 0

Channel: L

GraphicEQ: 20 1; 40 0; 50 -2; 81 -2; 170 0; 180 0; 250 0.5; 262 0; 275 -0.6; 292 0; 400 0.9; 433 0; 465 -0.9; 530 0; 760 1; 800 0.6; 842 0.6; 900 2; 951 0; 1019 0; 1197 1.4; 1413 0; 1650 -2.5; 1985 0; 2300 2; 2541 2; 3200 3; 4110 3; 4356 0; 4378 0; 4421 1.8; 4614 2.5; 4666 0.5; 4718 0.5; 4807 2; 4900 0; 5000 -2.5; 5096 -3; 5350 -7; 5426 -5; 5505 -4; 5590 0; 5672 -2; 5731 0; 6002 3.7; 7442 0; 7465 -0.5; 7735 0; 8288 4; 8631 2; 9005 1.5; 9424 5; 9799 0; 9890 2; 9966 0; 10060 1.3; 10097 0; 10125 -1.6; 10176 -1; 10219 -2; 10248 0; 10318 4; 10406 0; 10443 -2.5; 10506 0; 10659 -6.5; 10683 -5.5; 10732 -12; 10767 -10; 10825 -20; 10951 -5; 11092 -7; 11330 -2; 11527 0; 11645 3; 11708 0; 11776 -9; 11859 0; 11894 2; 11980 3; 12176 8; 12430 3; 12788 7; 14914 2; 15158 4.5; 15376 4.5; 15673 7; 15959 2; 16122 6; 16246 6; 16372 0; 16496 0; 16591 -4; 16739 -2; 17122 -3; 17223 -1; 17407 0; 17826 2; 17949 4; 20000 0

Odd-Spend-8757 t1_jdived3 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 6:31 PM

Damn that's a lot of stuff hahaha, what software do you use? My EQ profile is very simple in comparison.

125 Hz, -1 dB, 1.5 Q 275 Hz, -2 dB, 2 Q 800 Hz, -1 dB, 2.5 Q 1780 Hz, -3 dB, 3 Q 2250 Hz, -2 dB, 1 Q 4000 Hz, -4 dB, 6 Q 5100 Hz, -7 dB, 5 Q 7000 Hz, -5 dB, 2 Q 8250 Hz, - 0.5 dB, 6 Q (this last band is not so important)

I know it's a bit strange because there are no boosted frequencies, but here is my take: you won't need them. This headphone is already bassy, so you won't need to add any bass (maybe sub bass but idc). Mids and highs are the confused area, a lot of stupid spikes going on here. Tried oratory EQ preset but I've never found oratory presets to be the best option for my taste, and with this HP in particular, I was not very satisfied. Then tried to work by myself on A LOT of different presets, and found that adding something to this HP is not a good option at all. It only needs to be tamed.

Let me know what are your impressions. Just remember that I'm treble sensitive mostly up to 4-6 kHz and I usually like to listen with high volume (around 80 dB) .

ICoeuss OP t1_jdjcp39 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 8:23 PM

I use Equalizer APO. I'm used to the default interface so I never really tried Peace honestly. I listened to some stuff with your EQ profile and I measured it. It's certainly much better than default tuning. The harshness in 5-6kHz is gone, it even sounds a bit too recessed in that area for me but since you're sensitive to that I guess it's fine. I think the upper-mids are too recessed so I would recommend adding a 3000 Hz, 4 dB, 1.5 Q filter. If you don't like that you could try 2-3dBs instead for your preference.

Odd-Spend-8757 t1_jdjj7he wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:07 PM

Happy to have your feedback. You're right, with that 3k boost it sounds less recessed, which is a thing I noticed but I thought that it was inevitable, having to contain the higher frequency mess. So thank you, my X2HR now sounds a little bit more correct :)

Then I want to precise that our units could be different due to unit variations, so it's all relative.

ICoeuss OP t1_jdjkbun wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:14 PM

No worries, glad it helped :)

Yes, unit variation is definitely something to consider. There's even a very noticable channel imbalance on my unit for example.