Poll: Which HE400se EQ Preset sounds best?

[Sebby]

None of them (I haven't tried them all), but this is my e.q.

 

[brydon10]

is it this one? PDF

i have APO eq so i just put the values manually? i can't find this preset on autoEQ.app

Yes, that's the one. I use the Peace GUI for my Oratory1990 profiles. I input the numbers manually and then save the configuration. I have a few different headphones saved. Here is what mine looks like currently:

 

[Ryon]

Here's a little experiment to see which HE400se measurement produces the best EQ preset when corrected to Harman OE2018.

Note that this headphone has impressively low unit variation, which might make deciding rather difficult, so I'm giving you three votes.
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The presets can only be used with vanilla Equalizer Apo for Windows. If you're using Peace, then you can disable that temporarily.
Here's how to load the presets and A/B them: YouTube Link
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Note that in the video you see me setting the preamp to -8.5dB. Here, -10.7dB are required!
rtings' is the only non-GRAS measurement of the bunch, so I "converted" it to GRAS using Jaakko's case study. However, even after compensation it asked for 20+dB boost above 10kHz, so I cut its preset short at about 9.5k
Please make sure that no other DSP is active while comparing.
In case you're interested, here's why I'm using variable band GEQ instead of PEQ. It produces nearly identical results regardless of sample rate. PEQ doesn't.
If you want to compare EQ On vs EQ Off, then you can toggle just the EQ without the overall volume changing - another advantage over Peace.

Happy listening!

Hi, I'm not an audio engineer, just like audio. I recently bought a HE400se V1. Can I use this EQ or it was made for the V2's?

 

[brydon10]

Hi, I'm not an audio engineer, just like audio. I recently bought a HE400se V1. Can I use this EQ or it was made for the V2's?

Yes. The V1 and V2 measure exactly the same.

 

[AdrwM3]

So, the most solid configuration is from oratory?