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Apple AirPods (1st generation) EQ settings

For the AirPods (1st generation): one published correction, made by AutoEq. FluidEQ applies a correction to everything Windows plays, offline, as a layer that never touches your own bands.

What the corrections do

Each line is what a correction does to the sound from 20 Hz to 20 kHz: above the middle line it turns that range up, below it turns it down. Pick a tab to see any correction on its own.

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  • AutoEq Measured by Rtings · 10 bands

Every correction, as Equalizer APO settings

Open one to see its settings. In FluidEQ, open EQ Presets and search for AirPods (1st generation): every correction below is there, credited, and applies in one click.

AutoEq Measured by Rtings10 bands · preamp -6.4 dB

Paste this into Equalizer APO, or import it into any equalizer that reads its text format.

Preamp: -6.4 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 6.6 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 9317 Hz Gain -5.7 dB Q 0.58
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 2092 Hz Gain 6.0 dB Q 0.27
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 2033 Hz Gain -7.9 dB Q 0.88
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 81 Hz Gain -4.8 dB Q 1.25
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -0.3 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 236 Hz Gain 0.3 dB Q 1.59
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 44 Hz Gain 1.1 dB Q 4.68
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 59 Hz Gain -0.6 dB Q 3.45
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 4139 Hz Gain 0.5 dB Q 3.33

Correction data from OPRA, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Every correction keeps the name of who made and measured it. Where they all come from.

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