Headphones.com EQ Repository & Request Thread

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What I’d really like to see is an EQ profile that can turn the Sennheiser HD820 into the 800S. Can it be done? The 820 already has kind of an “open” feel, and all the criticism directed at it is about the wonky mid-bass hill and valley, which should be fixable.

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I don’t think it can be done as a generic profile. It would have to be a profile specific to you. That means FR measurements specific to you for both headphones would have to be created somehow. Even then, the additional occlusion and acoustic impedance of the HD820 might prevent it from sounding exactly the same.

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I found these settings for the Z1R whilst doing an internet search:

  • Filter: ON LS Fc 80 Hz Gain -1 dB
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 100 Hz Gain 0 dB Q 10
  • Filter: ON HSC 20 dB Fc 100 Hz Gain -2 dB
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 130 Hz Gain -2 dB Q 4
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 2700 Hz Gain 4 dB Q 3
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 3250 Hz Gain -8 dB Q 10
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 3400 Hz Gain -2 dB Q 20
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 4100 Hz Gain 4 dB Q 10
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 4900 Hz Gain 4 dB Q 5
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 5800 Hz Gain 3 dB Q 5
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 6600 Hz Gain 4 dB Q 10
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 9200 Hz Gain -3 dB Q 5
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 10000 Hz Gain -6 dB Q 15
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 15000 Hz Gain -6 dB Q 10
  • Filter: ON PK Fc 19000 Hz Gain -4 dB Q 10
  • Filter: ON HSC 20 dB Fc 11000 Hz Gain -2 dB

They work very well (for me).