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Apple EarPods EQ settings

For the EarPods: 5 published corrections, made by oratory1990 and 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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  • oratory1990 Harman Target · 9 bands
  • AutoEq Measured by Headphone.com Legacy · 10 bands

Every correction, as Equalizer APO settings

Open one to see its settings. In FluidEQ, open EQ Presets and search for EarPods: every correction below is there, credited, and applies in one click.

oratory1990 Harman Targetown measurement9 bands · preamp -8.0 dB

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Preamp: -8.0 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 90 Hz Gain 8.0 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 650 Hz Gain 0.4 dB Q 0.70
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 1890 Hz Gain -9.1 dB Q 1.10
Filter 4: ON HSC Fc 2400 Hz Gain -1.5 dB Q 1.50
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 3600 Hz Gain 0.7 dB Q 3.00
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 5830 Hz Gain -7.4 dB Q 3.30
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 7400 Hz Gain 2.4 dB Q 3.00
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 9600 Hz Gain -5.0 dB Q 4.00
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 14650 Hz Gain -15.0 dB Q 6.00
AutoEq Measured by Headphone.com Legacy10 bands · preamp -6.1 dB

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Preamp: -6.1 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 5.8 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 140 Hz Gain 4.2 dB Q 0.98
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 3016 Hz Gain -10.1 dB Q 2.07
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 1945 Hz Gain 3.8 dB Q 1.11
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 6451 Hz Gain -4.9 dB Q 0.98
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -5.2 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 7713 Hz Gain 3.0 dB Q 4.25
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 460 Hz Gain 0.9 dB Q 2.93
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 6129 Hz Gain -1.5 dB Q 5.97
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 4862 Hz Gain 0.8 dB Q 4.00
AutoEq Measured by Innerfidelity10 bands · preamp -6.1 dB

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Preamp: -6.1 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 6.1 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 823 Hz Gain 4.5 dB Q 0.26
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 2250 Hz Gain -8.4 dB Q 0.88
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 5672 Hz Gain -6.6 dB Q 0.66
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 4283 Hz Gain 7.4 dB Q 1.64
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -1.5 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 109 Hz Gain -0.7 dB Q 2.35
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 78 Hz Gain 1.1 dB Q 3.95
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 6825 Hz Gain 1.7 dB Q 5.91
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 6023 Hz Gain -1.4 dB Q 6.00
AutoEq Measured by Rtings10 bands · preamp -6.2 dB

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Preamp: -6.2 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 6.2 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 6106 Hz Gain -6.5 dB Q 1.79
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 4238 Hz Gain 5.1 dB Q 1.80
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 912 Hz Gain 2.5 dB Q 1.87
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 1739 Hz Gain -2.1 dB Q 1.73
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -0.8 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 147 Hz Gain -1.1 dB Q 1.20
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 78 Hz Gain 1.7 dB Q 2.98
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 108 Hz Gain -0.4 dB Q 2.22
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 2657 Hz Gain -0.4 dB Q 5.13
AutoEq Measured by Super Review10 bands · preamp -6.1 dB

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Preamp: -6.1 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 6.1 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 1953 Hz Gain -14.2 dB Q 0.83
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 517 Hz Gain 2.8 dB Q 0.47
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 3834 Hz Gain 12.4 dB Q 0.54
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 5473 Hz Gain -11.3 dB Q 1.93
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain 4.1 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 7639 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 4.40
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 104 Hz Gain -0.7 dB Q 2.24
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 69 Hz Gain 0.9 dB Q 3.84
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 6382 Hz Gain 0.9 dB Q 6.00

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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