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    Posted: January 10 2012 at 13:54
What should a good config for listening prog rock/metal on cans AKG K271 MII on Asus N73S look like? 

this is my current


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2012 at 13:54
I generally operate under the assumption that it was mastered how it should be eq'd
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2012 at 15:19
That is a very common looking curve for an EQ setting......no idea what it sounds like obviously. If your 100% digital files then I have to assume you like very high end, shrill sounds, based on your 16Khz setting.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2012 at 17:35
run all your sliders up to the top
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2012 at 22:04
In a lot of circumstances, both in recording and on playback, I like to cut high mids and boost low mids a bit. No real point in doing much with the bass or treble really. I think the kind of EQ I just described would be good for progressive rock, or at least just getting a less hard, more mellow gloss over the sound. Use your ears, though. Whether or not a the mix engineer or the mastering engineer intended for you to use EQ is irrelevant. If your ears like something more one way, do it that way. That said, it's probably not a good idea to dramatically boost one frequency while not making it a smooth transition. It's probably going to sound dumb.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 02:32
There is none!
It should only depend on your headphones (compensating the undesired bumps and curves in the frequency response).

If you want to change the "content" of the music, you can toggle the eq any way you want, but that's changing the original response to something YOU like better. So no general rule here.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 11:35
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

run all your sliders up to the top

That's awesome.....LOL

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2012 at 20:52
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I generally operate under the assumption that it was mastered how it should be eq'd

This.


I leave my EQ flat all the time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2012 at 06:21
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I generally operate under the assumption that it was mastered how it should be eq'd


It was mastered for speakers, not always for headphones, and not any headphones.
EQing is useful for compensating for the 'unflat' equipment and rooms we listen in.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2012 at 08:18
I used to be a EQ head. I would thin out the midrange. Now flat is fine.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2012 at 10:48
The EQ settings look fine - the +6.6 dB boost at 60Hz and 5.3dB at 17-Hz are perhaps a little high but it would make the AKG's sound more like Sennheiser in the low end.
 
 
(essentially for a flat response the EQ should mirror [ie be the opposite of] the curves in that link (assuming the link works))
 
However, personnally I would not EQ headphones at all - the naturally boosted mids are part of the appeal of headphones - bass is something that should be "heard" in your chest, not your head.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2012 at 17:09
I think there is no one EQ for all circunstances. I usually low one or two db's at maybe 600Htz and raise one or two db at 200Htz, 4Khz and 12khz, but all of this as a basic initial example...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2012 at 17:40
I have always used my EQs to compensate for inadequacies in my speakers or listening environment.....But really use them to however makes the music sound best for you....There is no right or wrong, only what your ears tell you.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2012 at 02:15
Like said before, the mastering should get you already to a good sound, but considering your own ears,headphones and source of playing, you should adjust it only by how you like to hear your music. And don't forget that a Porcupine Tree album sounds different than The White Album, so there is no right EQ.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2012 at 10:07
I don't like the Beatles so I have no idea what the White Album sounds like.......but I assume nowhere near as good as any Porcupine Tree album for sure....Big smile

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2012 at 12:02
^ You don't have to like them to know how it sounds, i'm sure you have already heard some songs from it. Recorded at Abbey Road studios, it sounds wonderfu, but let's not compare modern to vintage.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 19 2012 at 13:48
^ Some of my vintage albums sound better than my modern albums......Thumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2012 at 11:00
If we're talking about listening to music - flat. What it is, it is, I don't want to change it.

On some rare cases when recording is really bad, equaliser might help (ELP's Pictures is really "dry" and boosted in mid-range).

If one day someone invents a 'de-muffler' for a blurry, muffled recordings, that would be great.

I'm occasionally using EQ in recording/production. It's fun, it could really spice things up - if you're using an eq with really narrow bands.

But I prefer parametric equalisation and low/band/high pass filtering (especially Chebychev and Butterworth ones)Geek
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