Too much of it and you’ll have diabetes.
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Keep in mind, for some of us this is what takes to keep our children healthy -
Never mind the cost of several Utopias a year! (And a Hugo2 or two).
I know no harm is meant, but using this an opportunity to let everyone in this great group know there’s a lot of misunderstanding about this and its causes.
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Right. And that’s the beauty of EQ, as I see:
– subtle: healthy;
– too much: trouble.
As simple as that.
PS.: I gave up on using analogies on this forum for a while now. I used a blender instead. It just created confusion. 
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Hey Chrono, your EQ on the 660s is different than the one listed here… which is the more updated one?
This thread:
Low Shelf at 80hz, +2dB Q of 0.7
Peak at 150hz, -1.5dB Q of 1.41
Peak at 5500hz, -3dB Q of 5
Review
Low Shelf at 80hz, +2dB Q of 0.7
Peak at 150hz, -1.5dB Q of 1.4
Peak at 5500hz, -5.5dB Q of 5
High Shelf at 11000hz, +1dB Q of 0.7
Or do you have another more updated one?
The ones on this thread are the most recent ones! 
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Hi Chrono! Could you please provide me the appropriate preamp value for the the Philips SHP9600’s eq profile you created. I notice on your eq profiles the preamp value is not mentioned. How do we determine this value? Thank you!
The largest boost is 2db so -3db should be enough.
thank you nick! much appreciated man 
You’re welcome - and welcome to the forum!
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Thank you, what would be the correspondent Low Shelf Filter on Peace?
Low Shelf Filter (Standard, no Q option though) ; Low Shelf Filter (Slope in DB) or Low Shelf Filter (Q as a Slope) ?
Would be awesome if you could standardize your EQ presets on something non-proprietary like Peace.
For peace, low shelf no Q value works fine, it’s the one I use on Peace! 
Also, settings should work the same in both Roon and Peace.
Thank you for this, picked up the Sundara and the slight bass boos was definitely appreciated!
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In some pieces you can really feel the rumble. Sundaras have been my first ever planars. A good place to start.
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Hey Chrono! 
Did you by any chance try EQing the IE 900? I agree in your review in that the treble does have some peaks that render some instruments unnatural and voices sibilant. I think you mentioned it being around 6k and another one at 8.5k.
I’ll try to start with that but I’m still wondering if you maybe had a profile already and just haven’t updated. Also, would appreciate it if you have any other suggestions with the EQ.
Thanks Chrono! 
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Hey, thanks for checking out the EQ’s!
Generally I don’t EQ IEM’s because I mainly use them on the go, where using a parametric EQ is a bit more complicated.
Unfortunately, I don’t have an EQ for the IE900 that I can share. However, I do think that first playing around with the settings at around 5.5-6K, and the ones at 8.5K would be a good place to start with those.
I wish I could be more helpful, but I don’t currently have the IE900 with me. Though, do let me know how your EQ’ing goes, and how you’re liking the IE900!
Cheers!
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Appreciate the response Chrono! I’ll start by playing around with those…
I really like the IE 900 btw, but at first I was fairly disappointed. It wasn’t until I started experimenting around with the included foam filters and tip positions that I finally found a setting I was satisfied with. I tried other 3rd-party tips as well but it ended up messing with the stage a bit. I found out that with the stock tips there are two grooves inside it allowing for two kind of insertion depths (two modes, if you will). So, I ended up with the stock silicone tips inserted halfway on the stem/nozzle with 2 of the foam filters that are in each stock tip shoved inside each eartip. Without 2 of them in, it became too intense for me. Now, it’s pretty much perfect aside from the treble anomaly that can be sometimes distracting.
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I think this profile is working alright:
G -2db F 8.5k Q 2
G -3db F 6k Q 4
Pre-amp -3db
I don’t use EQ often but I think that’s pretty conservative. It does sound less distracting tho, so I’ll try this for now…
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Hi, there is an error for the HE400SE Chrono EQ no ? I mean its supposed to be +2db at 1500hz and not -2db right ? As chrono said in his review that he increased that region so i think it should be +2db but now i’m confused sorry i’m a noob in EQ so now i’m not sure if i should use +2db or -2db at 1500hz region please can someone just tell me what is the correct value ? That being said thx Chrono for that EQ comp i keep using them with all my headphones (6XX, 560S and now HE400SE) and for me it’s always a slight increase in overall tonality !
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Yes, that was a typo and I appreciate you pointing it out! It’s supposed to be +2dB and I’ve now fixed it 
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