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Personally I like the SRH1540 stock tuning but some people say it can be boring sometimes.

I was playing with Equalizer APO today with Peace interface. I’m sharing two peace files which may suite specific applications:

Bass heads:

This just turns SRH1540 brighter. Here’s the EQ profile:

Brighter
Brighter838×446 45.5 KB

Peace file contents:

[General]
Description=A little brighter with a slight boost in lower bass.Calibrated based on inner fidelity requency response
Web Page=https://www.innerfidelity.com/images/ShureSRH1540.pdf
Configuration Icon=3
PreAmp=-0.5
[Speakers]
SpeakerId0=0
SpeakerTargets0=all
SpeakerName0=All
SpeakerId1=1
SpeakerTargets1=L
SpeakerName1=Left
SpeakerId2=2
SpeakerTargets2=R
SpeakerName2=Right
SpeakerId3=3
SpeakerTargets3=C
SpeakerName3=Center
SpeakerId4=4
SpeakerTargets4=SUB
SpeakerName4=Subwoofer
SpeakerId5=5
SpeakerTargets5=RL
SpeakerName5=Left rear
SpeakerId6=6
SpeakerTargets6=RR
SpeakerName6=Right rear
SpeakerId7=7
SpeakerTargets7=SL
SpeakerName7=Left side
SpeakerId8=8
SpeakerTargets8=SR
SpeakerName8=Right side
[Frequencies]
Frequency1=10
Frequency2=10
Frequency3=10
Frequency4=10
Frequency5=500
Frequency6=5000
Frequency7=20000
[Qualities]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=2
Quality3=1.41
Quality4=6
Quality5=4
Quality6=6
Quality7=12
[Disabled]
Disabled1=1
Disabled2=1
Disabled3=1
[Gains]
Gain4=3
Gain5=1
Gain6=1
Gain7=6
[Filters]
Filter4=8
Filter5=9
Filter6=9
Filter7=9
[Frequencies1]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities1]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies2]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities2]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies3]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities3]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies4]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities4]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies5]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities5]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies6]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities6]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies7]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities7]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies8]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities8]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Configuration]
HotKey=

Less Boomy:

This will remove excess of bass while making the cans brighter. Here’s the EQ profile:

Less Boomy
Less Boomy837×440 45.9 KB

Peace file contents:

[General]
Description=Rolled off bass while slight boosting highs.Calibrated based on inner fidelity requency response
Web Page=https://www.innerfidelity.com/images/ShureSRH1540.pdf
Configuration Icon=6
[Speakers]
SpeakerId0=0
SpeakerTargets0=all
SpeakerName0=All
SpeakerId1=1
SpeakerTargets1=L
SpeakerName1=Left
SpeakerId2=2
SpeakerTargets2=R
SpeakerName2=Right
SpeakerId3=3
SpeakerTargets3=C
SpeakerName3=Center
SpeakerId4=4
SpeakerTargets4=SUB
SpeakerName4=Subwoofer
SpeakerId5=5
SpeakerTargets5=RL
SpeakerName5=Left rear
SpeakerId6=6
SpeakerTargets6=RR
SpeakerName6=Right rear
SpeakerId7=7
SpeakerTargets7=SL
SpeakerName7=Left side
SpeakerId8=8
SpeakerTargets8=SR
SpeakerName8=Right side
[Frequencies]
Frequency1=10
Frequency2=10
Frequency3=10
Frequency4=300
Frequency5=8000
Frequency6=10000
Frequency7=20000
[Qualities]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=2
Quality3=12
Quality4=6
Quality5=4
Quality6=6
Quality7=12
[Disabled]
Disabled1=1
Disabled2=1
Disabled3=1
[Gains]
Gain3=4
Gain4=-3
Gain6=1
Gain7=4
[Filters]
Filter3=8
Filter4=8
Filter5=9
Filter6=9
Filter7=9
[Frequencies1]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities1]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies2]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities2]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies3]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities3]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies4]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities4]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies5]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities5]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies6]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities6]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies7]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities7]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Frequencies8]
Frequency1=20
Frequency2=156
Frequency3=78
Frequency5=39
Frequency6=313
Frequency7=625
[Qualities8]
Quality1=1.41
Quality2=1.41
Quality3=1.41
Quality5=1.41
Quality6=1.41
Quality7=1.41
[Configuration]
HotKey=

I don’t have a Schiit Loki but the above should be achievable quite easily with it.

Cheers.

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