Headphone correctionsBowers & Wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins P5 EQ settings

For the P5: 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 · 7 bands
  • AutoEq Measured by Innerfidelity · 10 bands

Every correction, as Equalizer APO settings

Open one to see its settings. In FluidEQ, open EQ Presets and search for P5: every correction below is there, credited, and applies in one click.

oratory1990 Harman Targetown measurement7 bands · preamp -4.5 dB

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Preamp: -4.5 dB
Filter 1: ON PK Fc 20 Hz Gain 4.5 dB Q 1.00
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 190 Hz Gain -2.0 dB Q 1.00
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 400 Hz Gain 1.6 dB Q 1.80
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 1450 Hz Gain -6.7 dB Q 1.00
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 2200 Hz Gain -1.4 dB Q 1.90
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 4000 Hz Gain 1.5 dB Q 1.40
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 6400 Hz Gain -6.0 dB Q 2.50
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 6.6 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 195 Hz Gain -6.6 dB Q 0.41
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 9807 Hz Gain 6.2 dB Q 0.58
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 468 Hz Gain 5.0 dB Q 0.87
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 3165 Hz Gain -4.5 dB Q 3.11
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -3.7 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 1898 Hz Gain 0.8 dB Q 2.04
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 5650 Hz Gain -1.7 dB Q 6.00
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 4588 Hz Gain 1.5 dB Q 3.99
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 2394 Hz Gain -1.2 dB Q 4.88
AutoEq Measured by oratory199010 bands · preamp -6.4 dB

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Preamp: -6.4 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 8.1 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 1573 Hz Gain -5.6 dB Q 0.68
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 444 Hz Gain 3.9 dB Q 0.77
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 3416 Hz Gain 6.8 dB Q 2.69
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 59 Hz Gain -5.1 dB Q 0.52
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain 6.4 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 6372 Hz Gain -5.0 dB Q 5.13
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 8648 Hz Gain 2.4 dB Q 5.07
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 174 Hz Gain 0.7 dB Q 2.98
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 238 Hz Gain -0.8 dB Q 3.53

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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