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I've been using Poweramp for years and not too long ago they added a wonderful EQ feature where you can set an EQ per Bluetooth device. So now depending on what Bluetooth headset or speaker I have connected to my Android device I can have the EQ set up for that specific speaker, and it will automatically switch between which EQ depending on which device is connected at any given time.

This was the best explanation I've seen on how you actually adjust an equalizer in an app. You explained it in a very easy to understand way and how to isolate certain sounds! Awesome and you didn't say my EQ is the only way, but emboldened you the user to experiment. Great advice I'm having at it right now after watching your tutorial, thank you very much.

I've been a photo retouching since 06 and it's been my career since 09, Ive recently got into the 'audiophile' thing for a humbling changing and I'm loving it. The similarities between EQ and photo grading are so strong. I feel reassured that I'm doing the right thing intuitively as you're doing the same things with the sliders that I'd recommend to a beginner in photoshop. Great video, thank you 😊

I was actually messing with my EQ the other day, good tips that i didnt know, also thanks for your time and effort!

Hi Brandon, absolutely professional and to the point✌🏽 I grew up with my father's (musicologist and producer) recording studio (SWT Südwest-Tonstudio). I produce myself (Ableton Live, Yamaha, Roland, Akai, MPC ONE, Neumann... a lot of stuff) and have had the SONY-M5 for 2 weeks now. WOW, really fantastic and the sound differences to Sennheiser, Bose... are minimal. I chose the SONY-M5 because they also have a cable input, so no latency in production. In fact, I've been using the excellent SONY MDR-84s from the '90s for years ; - ) But what primarily interests me: My daughter is 14 years old, listens to One Direction, Harry Styles, Beatles, as well as Funk & Hip-Hop... I just turned 60 but I still go to raves and clubs. No problem🕺🏼 To the point: Of course, my hearing ability can no longer be compared to that of a teenager. My last hearing test 4 months ago still confirmed that my hearing was above average. But I also noticed the typical, age-related frequency gaps. My question to you as a professional: How can I mix and master my productions correctly for a younger generation despite my age? A topic that probably concerns every musician and producer one day. I would be happy to exchange ideas... Cheers //Markus | tonfusion

What i like to do with equalizing in ears or headphones is use a tone generator. You can instantly find the flaws in the frequency response (most flaws are usually in the low and mid treble) The idea is to have a flat frequency response in your ear. Simply find a benchmark frequency (usually 1khz if its flat in the graph) and then try to make the rest of the frequencies the same volume to your ear. Usually bass and mids are fine, its really the part between 1khz - 10khz which is badly tuned in in ears and headphones.This does take a bit of training and you have to find the right volume (usually 45% to 50% volume). The great thing is that you can easily hear peaks and dips with a tone generator so you know what to correct.

Here are my custom EQ settings for the Sony WH-1000XM4 400: 0 1k: +4 2.5k: +6 6.3k: +1 16k: 0 Clear Bass: -1 Boosted the mids because the XM4 has a bass heavy sound signature. This really brings out vocals and instruments forward and makes bass a little bit tighter but still full. Great video! I’ll definitely be sending my family and friends this when they ask me for EQ advice. Informative but fun and practical at the same time!

I didn't notice a lot of the differences at first, but my Eq was already adjusted. Making it flat again is a must for this video to hear the differences. Probably goes without saying for a lot of the people watching, but thought I'd mention. 👍👍

I just got those headphones and I’ve never used any headphones close to this quality so it was a bit overwhelming going through all the settings in the app lol Thanks for the video! It really helped!

Listened to this video while wearing my XM5s (that I bought on your recommendation!). Best decision ❤ I'm using one of the custom EQs on the app, but now I know how to tweak it if I need to!

I just spent a bunch of money on fancy headphones and now I'm thinking they're wasted on me because I could not tell the difference between 90% of these examples lol

My Sony XM5 EQ: 400: -3 1k: -1 2.5k: +5 6.3k: +3 16k: +4 ClearBass: +2 *I use my headphones for the gym, so I opted for an ever so slightly higher bass response. Awesome explanation video - thank you!!

Bro as a self proclaimed audiophile I'm REALLY digging your videos. I would love to see you do a custom eq comparison between Sony XM5 and Sennheiser Momentum 4

Thank you for this, I use Steelseries Sonar for the EQ software, it has more frequency choice to be customized which makes me more confused lol. so I just copy your setting at 10:25 as baseline and add another frequency at 85hz to boost the bass a bit more to my preferences and IT WORKS! finally a clean yet punchy enough sounds.

Kudos for the excellent video. This is my EQ for XM5. I feel like the upper midrange is already elevated so I turn down 2.5KHz rather than up. Also, I always keep one band as reference point (0) to keep my EQ "normalized". ClearBass: -2 | 400: -1 | 1K: 0 (ref) | 2.5K: -2 | 6.3K: +3 | 16K: +3 I just wanted to add, for those relatively new to EQ, that although boosting around 2.5KHz makes the lead vocal/instrument seem to "cut through" the mix, and adds attack to percussions and guitar, thus making the music sound more lively, it can result to long-term listening fatigue. Human hearing is super-sensitive to this frequency range, so take it easy on boosting this range. 😀Did I get that right?

Thank you so much man I appreciate you we really need more people like you.... you explained it so well and easy with clear vids of what your also doing at the same time.. this video has helped me so much I've just adjusted my headphones and omg its made the biggest difference they sound insane now so much more clearer while still maintaining a nice punch to them.... thank you for making this video you deserve so much more appreciation and recognition

It's amazing how they sounded like crap at the beginning and became alive with your eq settings. Thanks.

Excellent videos. I'm learning so much!

Thanks for this. I was able to tune my Xm4’s. They sound so much more balanced and separated. Before the artist was too blended into the music. Now they sound like they are singing along with and bit in front of the music. The flat profile was okay but not bright enough for details to have their own shine.

Thank you so much for this Brandon! Event though I have been EQing things for myself for over half a decade, but I did pick up a few useful tips from this!

Thank you so much for your video. I own both WH-1000XM 4 and 5 and I was struggling to find one equalizer that made my XM5 sound as good as my XM4.

Custom EQ’s vocal freq. range is clearer compared to flat EQ, and I noticed that the instrumentals overpower the vocals for both EQ’s (something that can only be changed in mastering process I think). The mid-range freqs are the most playable; adjusting the soundstage’s ceiling, sides, depth, and clarity. Essentially manipulating till simulating 3D space of hearing.

These are my settings after like one week of messing around with the EQ and other settings, I'm a video and audio editor myself btw :) SBC or LDAC codec AAC is garbage, no frequencies over 15KHz, lots of artefacts, no detail. I really wish these had APTX so I could use them without artefacts on my Macbook Pro, since I cannot force SBC since MacOS 11. 400Hz: -4 (takes away the boomyness) 1K: -1 (less hollow) 2.5K: +2 (more presence) 6.3K: +3 (more treble) 16K: +9 (air) Clear Bass: -2 or -3 (makes bass more refined and less overpowering) Additionally on Android to get some extra sub bass: Bass tuner: Sustain Compressor Cutoff: 20Hz Post-gain: -2dB

Would love to see a extensive video about Poweramp.. it has so many settings that i feel your input will be easier to understand the complexity of poweramp. I like the way you describe everything in this video. Thank you very much. 😊

I ain't buying nothing till the sennheiser momentum 4 video comes out, I just can't decide until I have a definitive comparison between the two. For context, I'm lighting operator and that means I'm around loud sounds all the time but at the same time I spend my spare time learning music production and lighting production so sound quality really matters and it has to be Bluetooth ofcause added on top that I do a lot of gaming aswell. You can see how many factors are influenced by the choice I make. So please 🥺, don't wait for Christmas for the video to come out I NEEED IT NOW!

Just completed watching the how to equalize your headphones and earbuds video and it was so refreshing to be reminded of how to really equalize again!, thank you!

I love when you make videos like this, Brandon. Great evergreen content for us noobs.

Wow, my M4s sound way better now. Thank you for such a detailed video on this.

Hi all With inspiration from this great video, I have spent some time trying to make these headphones sound as close to natural as I can 'imho' and I think it's not bad, and works for most music genres for me. Settings are 400: -1 1k: +2 2.5k +4 6.3k +1 16k +2 With clear bass anywhere from -3 to -7, I find very pleasant for most listening, feel free to try it out and give me your thoughts. I know it's not very 'bass'y', and I don't like too much bass, but you can of course adjust clear bass to your liking, I think it works pretty well with more boost as well. Cheers all

Where are the 2 EQ charts that you said would be in the description? Thanks for all your hard work btw 🤝

Oh this video is so dope Brandon! Thanks for making it

I just couldn't find the right sound for my Technics EAH AZ80 until I watched your video. I was doing it all wrong. Turning up frequencies because I thought more is better was the wrong approach as I found out watching your video. Thanks a lot. Btw if someone is reading this comment using the same in ears. Don't use the EQ in the official app. I couldn't tune them properly because there are only 5 frequencies. Bass for example isn't really tunable when it comes to the deep bass frequencies. Put it in Flat and start from there. Use Wavelet instead, much better for Equalizing.

Thanks for this video. I been doing eq's the common "wrong" way for as long as I can remember. My headphones sound great!

Thanks dude, now I can feel the bass in my veins!!!

I've been eq my cheap qkz ak6 with dolphin ds50 headphone as the reference. It's been great as I don't use my qkz as my daily driver, no need for upgrading to the expensive one. EQ gets the job done

Wow thank you so much. now my headphones sound so good. I thought they sounded good when it was on the stock “bass boosted” eq but now I have my custom one it really brightens it up and ads a little bass 😊

Something i've been looking for 👌🏼

Great content as always! Looking forward to your Pixel Buds Pro review!

I’ve been using the sennheiser momentum 4s and I used their new customisable eq, now when I use the headphones there’s like a inconsistent loud spark or kick however you explain it, and it will be in the most random sequences, anyone know how I can stop this

Very nicely explained, thanks! I'm keeping your EQ in my settings. I use another which ups the bass one back to flat and the 2.5 on +5, 6.3 on +4 and 16 on +3. It's just a little meatier sounding but probably not as balanced as yours. Depends on the track doesn't it. I love how you can open the sound up and make everything work like this! I also love these headphones :)

Your EQ made my sound way better

I have been looking for this for the past few months.❤️

This helped a lot. I always listened to these on bright setting but your setzing sound better. It can sounds closer to momentum 4

Thanks for the tutorial was much needed 🤝

Very helpful to ser up my first set of premium headphones. Thank you!

Thanks man really helps

Thank you sir this helped me understand a little more about the basics 👍

Thank you for this!

Enjoyed the test tracks, esp Bloodstream and Get Away.

Awesome content! Patiently waiting for your sound testing on the Galaxy Buds2 Pro!

Do you have a custom EQ for pixel buds pro just got me a pair. Trying to figure out how to make it sound better

Super helpful, Brandon! 👍👍👍

This video is underrated.

I own cheap headphones and so EQ on a phone is a must... My clear bass is mostly +3 or +5(due to steep sub bass roll off of those headphones) and 400hz is always negative since most of cheap headphones have a lil bit muddy bass and murky mids, mid is 1khz

Beautifully done 👍👍

I have tried some EQ settings in several headphones, Sony's frequencies choices is weird, but I can say that compared to other EQs and headphones tweeking something to the max, the sound doesn't drown on the frequency, for exampme bass, you tweek bass all the way up in JBL headphones, say goodbye to mids and highs, or put mids all the way up, say good bye to the rest, not Sony.

Great EQ thank you my friend

I cant explain why but you seem such a nice person. Thank you for the tutorial tho!

This is an awesome video... Very insightful👏👏👏

*SUGAR EQ* Water: 0 Coffee: +2 Tea: +1 Energy drink: -2 Beer: 0 Absinth: +3

I wish there was a way have different equalizer settings for the phones speakers and headphones

Do mx5 have physical bass like xm4s? Or is it audible bass like mid range headphones because of the smaller 30mm drivers?

Spotify eqfy is a super good eq in my opinion and I was in band and percussion for 4 years so I have a good ear to things like this

For some reason I love the sound of songs when I amp up the 8k and 16k on full force while keeping the mid range at normal and slightly amp up the low range except the 32 hz. I cut that a little.

truth xm5 some time getting annoyed cus the ANC not accurate , especially when im on call in the train and my gf heard loud & clear noise that came from around me, even in public area if someone just passing me while they talk but other than that overall its perfect for me , i do love the sound quality 👍

What app are you using to adjust the EQ ? And what is the recommendation for XM5 ? I just bought them based on your recommendation

How would you EQ it. Would appreciate your graph settings for the ult wear

today you were my hero

Did I see some Tesseract there in the video? :D Sweet!

We need to hear your review on the Pixel Buds Pro, can't wait.

Can you make the Linkbuds S sound similar to the Galaxy Buds Pro? More cleare less bass? Keep up the good work

What’s the best EQ for the Sony whch720n?

Hi! I've seen those sneaky DT 900's in the back of a couple of your vids. What are your thoughts on them? Love the content!

What eq settings would you recommend for senheiser wireless earbuds? I got these earbuds real recently, and I want to make full use of them. Even though these sound great, I would really appreciate if you can give me a recommendation.

I'm going to buy these phones! How can I find your Custom EQs after I became a member? It it easy to find just using the search bar inside your channel?

Now that's a super useful video. Thanks!

8:55 with Sony audio products especially, I Find One overall EQ I like that works for most things, and this often mean cutting Bass, but that’s easy to compensate for with Sony clear bass. I can leave the EQ Alone and boost the bass ‘appropriately’ for that listening session or song

So...I used this video as a guideline for tuning Linkbuds (donut) and ended up with this: 400: -1 (edit: -2) 1k: -5 (edit: -6) 2.5k: -2 (edit: 0) 6.3k: +7 (edit: +6) 16k: 0 (edit: +6) ClearBass: +5 Does this EQ make sense to anyone else or did I overdo something? Because these numbers seem wild to me. Edited because apparently MP3s don't have anything in the 16k range.

Hii i think you should make a video for best settings for sennheiser momentum 4s their isnt one single video about it

Now all we need is Winamp on our phones. So we can do whatever we want. (P.S. since you are into this sound world, make a video about old music apps vs the new ones. Also if you can suggest something, or even better: "Let's create an app, that you can connect your YT music or Spotify on it, and also have offline songs. 🤔 I don't ask much.

What’s the song in 4:40?

I have the between 3ANC, can you show me an EQ that makes them clear and punchy? Thank you and I enjoyed this video and your EQ was really good

Does equalisation made on phone work for all other sources of music such as laptop? Or when i switch to laptop i must equlise it again? (sony xm4 and sony xm5)

Curious to know your thoughts on using EQ in music apps vs headphone apps. Seems to make sense to use the EQ in my Surface Headphones app so that sound is more consistent across all apps, but I also use different headphones or ear buds, depending on the situation, and of course, there isn't an EQ app for AirPods Pro or Beats Fit Pro.

Some one got some tips on EQing the jbl tour ones they are a bit quite And btw I listen to mostly rap

As an person with sibilance( sentitive to high frequency) using eq is vital for me. So, changing headphones it's super annoying and hard because a lot of headphone have "bad high frequency"( most of the cheap headset). But i have a good friend to save me. This friends it's acctually and eq app for user who have rooted phones or using custom roms. Using these advaced eq is just next level. Dolby atmos revision, yes, he is my good friend for me and ppl with sibilance. This eq have magiacal powers, you can boost any freq to up 32 db ( oh yeahhh, you can make it super louder), but this isn't his magic, this eq make some space for all eq, what does these means???? Well if i boost my favorite freq: the sub bass freq range, this eq is going to make space for mids and highs so its not going to get muddy, its doing a so good job that you will be blow away by it. AS a sibilance person, low freq is my precious freq bcs after 6khz it's painfull for me to lissen, i HATE that, but i have something more, the ppl who boost these freq like crazy and enjoing it, also when a see it also decreasing low freq i'm going crazy :))))). Now, if i cant listen to those freq what i'm going to do????? You have a lot of option, first of all its boosting bass to overtook highs, but you gonna loose mids which is not good, or you can hardware mod them( paper toilet mods works best) but how about not wasting mids and highs, converting those bad highs to good highs eliminating that sibilance from that freq range amd enjoying that lovely bass. To do this you will need some headphones with special signature, flat headphones works good, but i got the best with Soundcore LIfe Q35, these headphones are blessing, these out of the box sounds so good. Using the soudcore app i can set two presets, one for daily use and one for music bcs when i listen music i have totally different sound siganature. For daily use soundcore signature works good, pretty balanced, i like a more bassy sound but for daily use works just fine. For music preset im going to boost 100hz to max , 200hz to 4.5db ( i dont like it higher), for 400_800 hz boosting to 2.5 db, for 1.6 k to 0 db, for 3.2 k boosted to max, and for 6.5-20 lowering them to max. But its dosent sound good dude, i know, those highs are decreased to much bcs we will boost them and converting to more clear highs with the second eq. On dolby atmos revision, you will see an wide freq range to adjust. Before changing anything make sure to enable his magic : volume leveler( this provides us an consistent volume across all content) this means that when you are listening for a music and that song have an voice line so quiet that you can't rl hear, this eq is going to boost specific freq to be able to hear it like how it is suppose to sound, if its too lound it's going to lower that specific freq resulting in same consistent volume, the second magic which is the best it's called dialogue emhancer, this bassically improves the carity of speech in any type of media, its also converting that highs to premium highs, the best part is after enabling this , sibilance it's gone, this is crazy magic, i can boost highs now to 32db and acctually enjoy it. In the end i boosted bass to arround 20 db and mids and highs a little lower : 15db. I like to mention that if i boost bass to 20 db this eq can boost it even more if needed. It can't go lower if you set it manually, if i sett it to 12db this is the lowest, also mids and highs are the most boosted and decreassed by this eq, on a normal song for me it's boosting mids or highs so maximum somethimes its doing it so fast that you will not notice it, you will notice that the volume its consitend nomather what are you boosting. Also, decreasing just a little bit any freq can dramatically change sound stange,( dont worry about that automatically freq ajustement, its just going to mentain that soundstage that you setted.

Thank you! 😊

Very nice Explanation Sir but I request you to review Sony XB910N for Bass Lovers

i have apple and android flagship does one sound better to you ?? if so which one should i use for that if theres a difference

In terms of sound with EQ, how does the Sennheiser's compare with the Moondrop Blessing 2?

ide love to see this for the marshall motif anc 2 you made one for it and you reccomended it and i think the sound sucks but im thinking its for the EQ help!

It would be awesome if yuo do a video but with the JBL App😮

I have a question about eq's. Would you say all the numbers are there just to help visualize what youre hearing and adjusting? Does Anything below 0 actually takeaway decibals? I guess what im trying to say is, could you just say the bottom level of the eq is "0" and the very top is "11" and anything up from the bottom"0" is adding

Hi ! Please can you find for me best equaliser setting for JBL Extreme 3 . I love listening classical & jazz and I would love to know best settings using JBL equaliser app for this music. Thank you 🙏

Would you test the momentum 4 ?

Would love to get your opinions and review on the Skullcandy Crusher Evo's

This is pretty much something I've done with every headphone I've ever owned, tbh I honestly thought professionals used a special device to EQ as close as possible to a specific curvature lol.

Are u planning to review the pixel buds pro? And can u compare it to the galaxy buds pro in that review pleasee

Do you have any plans to review the Soundcore LIberty 4s? I'd love you professional take on them and what you think of their equalizer app and settings......Thanks!