Headphone EQ Settings in SoundSource
The current gold standard seems to be the Harman Curve , and enthusiasts have gone to considerable effort to measure different headphones and create equalization curves to try to bring their “cans” more in line with that ideal . One huge repository of presets is found in the AutoEQ project . For instance, the Sennheiser PC38X headset I use at the office has multiple enthusiast-provided EQ settings: Sennheiser PC38X (velour earpads) [ oratory1990 ] (though oratory1990 disclaims : “The ‘Github-page’ ... is created and maintained by u/jaakkopasanen. It’s his thing, has very little to do with me, actually.”) Sennheiser PC38X [ oratory1990 ] Sennheiser PC38X [ Rtings ] On a Mac, the excellent application SoundSource not only allows a system-wide EQ, but it incorporates the AutoEQ database; if your headphones are in the database, a ready-to-go set of EQ parameters is a couple of clicks away. I haven’t been able to find where SoundSource stores these presets, nor does it appear there’s an...