If i'm blind, what's the easiest way that I can equalize my heapdhones?

Submitted by ChipsAhoiMcCoy t3_y8lit4 in headphones

Hey all!

​

I just recently got my Audeze LCD-i3, and just wow. I'm replacing my Ananda with them, and I couldn't be happier. THey do everythign I wanted to, and have all the tradeoffs I was expecting. Couldn't be happier.

​

The thing is, as others have said, they are tuned like ass without EQ, which to my understanding is by design. So I was looking into EQing them into different targets to see which target I preferred, and to my understanding Equalizer APO is the way to go.

​

The thing is, I have to navigate my PC with a screen reader, and I'm not super sure if EQAPO has screen reader support. If it doesn't, however, I can have one of my friends help me out with it. How would I go about EQing my Audeze LCD-i3's on Windows in the least painful and easiest way possible?

​

Thanks!

23

Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

johnydazzles27s t1_it156c6 wrote

I think a cool idea would be to get a Schiit Loki or Lokius. Then you would have some physical knobs you can use to EQ to your preferences whenever you want.

20

customds t1_it18dwd wrote

Came here to say this. Pretty easy to figure it out left to right by feel.

2

Egoexpo t1_it0vdjg wrote

Do you have the cipher cable or just the LCD-i3?

2

ChipsAhoiMcCoy OP t1_it11tac wrote

I have the cipher cable but to my understanding I can’t use that with my PC as it’s lightning

1

Egoexpo t1_it16u49 wrote

I don't know if this will distort your LCD-i3, but you can try. Put this in a .txt and import it into Equalizer APO with Peace GUI. Maybe someone can help you. Need a big amp to power this with tons of EQ. Here, two presets, one that I create, and other that is the presets of AutoEQ project:

(1)

Preamp: -19.2 dB

Filter 1: ON PK Fc 20 Hz Gain 3.2 dB Q 2.000

Filter 2: ON PK Fc 37 Hz Gain 11.0 dB Q 0.500

Filter 3: ON PK Fc 39 Hz Gain -1.4 dB Q 1.700

Filter 4: ON PK Fc 100 Hz Gain 0.8 dB Q 1.500

Filter 5: ON PK Fc 1000 Hz Gain -6.6 dB Q 0.900

Filter 6: ON PK Fc 1600 Hz Gain -4.6 dB Q 2.000

Filter 7: ON PK Fc 2400 Hz Gain 4.0 dB Q 2.000

Filter 8: ON PK Fc 4000 Hz Gain 12.0 dB Q 0.500

Filter 9: ON PK Fc 4800 Hz Gain 9.2 dB Q 2.000

Filter 10: ON PK Fc 6100 Hz Gain -2.6 dB Q 2.000

Filter 11: ON PK Fc 9600 Hz Gain -3.1 dB Q 2.000

(2)

preamp: -7.0 dB

Filter 1: ON LS Fc 105 Hz Gain 5 dB Q 0.7

Filter 2: ON PK Fc 1539 Hz Gain -10.0 dB Q 1.56

Filter 3: ON PK Fc 1955 Hz Gain -3.1 dB Q 1.98

Filter 4: ON PK Fc 3638 Hz Gain 7.6 dB Q 1.58

Filter 5: ON PK Fc 5694 Hz Gain 5.1 dB Q 3.55

Filter 6: ON PK Fc 82 Hz Gain -0.8 dB Q 1.75

Filter 7: ON PK Fc 755 Hz Gain 0.5 dB Q 2.32

Filter 8: ON PK Fc 6349 Hz Gain 1.7 dB Q 6

Filter 9: ON PK Fc 9581 Hz Gain 2.6 dB Q 3.33

Filter 10: ON HS Fc 10000 Hz Gain -8.6 dB Q 0.7

1

bolhoo t1_it0zwx0 wrote

I don't know if EQAPO has screen reader support but if you can get it working first, then you can just edit a text file with the desired eq. If you start with a file from another person like oratory it's even easier. It's a plain text file with each frequency, Q factor and the value itself.

1

ChipsAhoiMcCoy OP t1_it11vsy wrote

Do you perhaps know of any tutorials on how to do this? I know of the oratory sub, Reddit, and I know he publishes some content there, and I know with equalizer a PO you can edit everything in there with a text file, but I’m not really sure how to put all of this together.

1

Randolph_Carter_666 t1_it31mmd wrote

Any chance you can get your hands on an amp with a physical EQ?

1

trbd003 t1_it505cs wrote

What about buying a pro audio graphic EQ?

You can get old Klark Teknik units on ebay for pretty cheap, the DN360 is the classic model used on some of the biggest gigs ever. But the XTA and BSS ones are also really good.

You wouldn't normally do headphone EQ with a graphic - most people say parametric. But perhaps with a graphic it'll be easier for you to feel the curve by hand.

1