Applying EQ to treble? Is this good or dumb

jaakkopasanen / AutoEq

Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses

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Applying EQ to treble? Is this good or dumb #701

Closed ARDEACT closed 9 months ago

ARDEACT commented 10 months ago

I've always thought the treble 5K and above is the headphones' timbre, and I always find it sounds weird if you apply EQ to this frequency region. Do I have logic in this thinking?

jaakkopasanen commented 9 months ago

"Timbre" is defined by the entire frequency response. Above 2-4 kHz the individual differences start to play a large role and equalizing those based on dummy head measurements is not going to be as accurate but I wouldn't say it's more "correct" to leave them untouched either.