Headphone correctionsBowers & Wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins C5 Series 2 EQ settings

For the C5 Series 2: 3 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 · 5 bands
  • AutoEq Measured by oratory1990 · 10 bands

Every correction, as Equalizer APO settings

Open one to see its settings. In FluidEQ, open EQ Presets and search for C5 Series 2: every correction below is there, credited, and applies in one click.

oratory1990 Harman Targetown measurement5 bands · preamp -12.6 dB

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Preamp: -12.6 dB
Filter 1: ON HSC Fc 390 Hz Gain 9.0 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 2400 Hz Gain 3.8 dB Q 1.30
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 3573 Hz Gain -1.3 dB Q 2.80
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 5500 Hz Gain -1.9 dB Q 3.00
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 7500 Hz Gain 2.0 dB Q 2.00
AutoEq Measured by oratory199010 bands · preamp -5.0 dB

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Preamp: -5.0 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain -7.5 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 5430 Hz Gain 10.0 dB Q 0.21
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 195 Hz Gain -5.9 dB Q 0.78
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 713 Hz Gain 1.0 dB Q 1.69
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 4865 Hz Gain -9.8 dB Q 0.67
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -2.6 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 67 Hz Gain 1.0 dB Q 1.75
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 119 Hz Gain -0.8 dB Q 2.28
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 2293 Hz Gain 1.2 dB Q 2.89
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 3239 Hz Gain -1.2 dB Q 3.78
oratory1990 USound Targetown measurement7 bands · preamp -3.0 dB

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Preamp: -3.0 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 45 Hz Gain -3.2 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON LSC Fc 400 Hz Gain -5.0 dB Q 0.70
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 850 Hz Gain 1.9 dB Q 1.10
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 1300 Hz Gain -0.6 dB Q 1.50
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 2150 Hz Gain 3.0 dB Q 1.50
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 3500 Hz Gain -1.8 dB Q 3.00
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 5500 Hz Gain -0.9 dB Q 3.00

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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