Sony MDR-XB500 EQ settings
For the MDR-XB500: 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.
- oratory1990 Harman Target · 8 bands
- AutoEq Measured by Headphone.com Legacy · 10 bands
- oratory1990 Harman Target · 8 bands
- AutoEq Measured by Headphone.com Legacy · 10 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 MDR-XB500: every correction below is there, credited, and applies in one click.
oratory1990 Harman Targetown measurement
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Preamp: -3.2 dB Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 0.0 dB Q 0.71 Filter 2: ON PK Fc 145 Hz Gain -3.8 dB Q 1.40 Filter 3: ON LSC Fc 200 Hz Gain -9.0 dB Q 0.71 Filter 4: ON PK Fc 950 Hz Gain 5.0 dB Q 2.00 Filter 5: ON PK Fc 1500 Hz Gain -6.2 dB Q 1.60 Filter 6: ON PK Fc 5280 Hz Gain -6.4 dB Q 5.00 Filter 7: ON PK Fc 7800 Hz Gain 3.0 dB Q 2.00 Filter 8: ON HSC Fc 8000 Hz Gain -4.0 dB Q 0.71
AutoEq Measured by Headphone.com Legacy
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Preamp: -6.9 dB Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain -1.2 dB Q 0.70 Filter 2: ON PK Fc 238 Hz Gain -8.9 dB Q 0.48 Filter 3: ON PK Fc 2907 Hz Gain 6.8 dB Q 1.14 Filter 4: ON PK Fc 840 Hz Gain 7.8 dB Q 1.94 Filter 5: ON PK Fc 8983 Hz Gain 2.5 dB Q 1.58 Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain 1.0 dB Q 0.70 Filter 7: ON PK Fc 1489 Hz Gain -1.3 dB Q 3.79 Filter 8: ON PK Fc 5106 Hz Gain -1.8 dB Q 4.53 Filter 9: ON PK Fc 4051 Hz Gain 1.7 dB Q 5.98 Filter 10: ON PK Fc 2056 Hz Gain 1.1 dB Q 4.17
AutoEq Measured by Innerfidelity
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Preamp: -6.4 dB Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 0.9 dB Q 0.70 Filter 2: ON PK Fc 228 Hz Gain -8.9 dB Q 0.49 Filter 3: ON PK Fc 3073 Hz Gain 6.3 dB Q 1.29 Filter 4: ON PK Fc 844 Hz Gain 7.5 dB Q 1.29 Filter 5: ON PK Fc 1464 Hz Gain -2.2 dB Q 2.71 Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain 2.7 dB Q 0.70 Filter 7: ON PK Fc 9618 Hz Gain 3.5 dB Q 1.59 Filter 8: ON PK Fc 5362 Hz Gain -4.3 dB Q 4.56 Filter 9: ON PK Fc 46 Hz Gain -0.4 dB Q 2.13 Filter 10: ON PK Fc 7142 Hz Gain 1.2 dB Q 5.00
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.