is this perfect for desktop/ipod/laptop?

You are kidding, right? If not: this is ridiculous. +9db at 125Hz? In most cases, this just adds mushy bass and kills most mixes. And: equalizing should match speakers. Since everyone uses different ones, no equalizing will be perfect for everyone.

If you are listening to this and think this sounds perfect, you should invest in new speakers or have your ears checked.

Remember that these kinds of settings can overload the input to your amp. I’d suggest being less dramatic and making changes in the +4 to +6dB range. If you really need to do extreme EQ try lowering the overall volume slightly to avoid clipping.

I’m no audio expert but this seems ridiculous? Shouldn’t equalizer settings be based on your actual sound equipment such as amplifiers, speakers, and room acoustics? How can one setting be “perfect” for everything? It’s like saying x mph is the “perfect speed” for a car.

Great tip. Am I missing something, or do your 500 - 2K not match their suggestions?

Perfect? Which band? Which song? Which speakers? Which room? Whose ears? Whose taste????? ;-(

Just re-read my comment; the last sentence sounds really condecending. Sorry, not a native speaker. But actually, I am serious: the older you get, the less responsive your ears are, especially to high frequencies.

So if you need a boost of +11db at 8kHz, which is really a lot, then maybe the old ears aren’t working very well anymore.

Either that, or the speakers are old and can’t reproduce high frequencies very well anymore.

Well if you have REALLY bad MP3 compression, it may help, but it may also make the bad compression even more apparent. Then again, most people can’t notice bad mp3 compression, even down to 128 kbps.

If it sounds better, all the best, but with good compression (at least 192 kbps) and a decent set of speakers, those settings would be extreme.

My audiophile tip — as with all things — would be to choose the settings that work best for you. And to breathe deeply. Always very deeply.

Thanks a bunch! I think it sounds great. It really makes the vocals pop - helps a bunch for these cheap headphones I use at work.