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No-Context5479 t1_j65fvul wrote

Great buy.

But one small heads up; the terminology for noticing different instruments clearly in a mix is under the umbrella term imaging of which there are two sub sections, separation and layering.

Soundstage is just the perception of grandness in how the audio is presented... So if it sounds like it's coming from a small room, a larger hall, a stadium and so on... That is soundstage... Has nothing to do with locating instruments in a 3D space

Also what EQ do you use, u/forthelol?

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forthelol OP t1_j65inv3 wrote

Thank you for the clarification! The terminology gets thrown around a lot so I'm still trying to figure out what they're actually referring to, especially in my own experience and words, so definitely duly noted my friend!

The AutoEQ is pre-defined in the Wavelet app, but it's either the Crinacle target or the Oratory1990 target that's being used. I'll link both of them respectively as well for your reference.

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No-Context5479 t1_j65j2eh wrote

Ah so you use Wavelet... What do feel about ditching Wavelet and getting a true Parametric EQ app that is systemwide.

Also what streaming service do you use?

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forthelol OP t1_j65khto wrote

I'm not as confident with EQ-ing to my own taste just yet, but I've been fiddling around with EqualizerAPO on Windows to play around at home.

I use Spotify primarily just because the family plan made it cheap and easy across the board. But I'm potentially looking into Tidal since it's the same for the base family plan. Other than that, my media are usually ripped from CDs, or purchased through mediums like Qobuz and ProStudioMasters

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No-Context5479 t1_j65ksx6 wrote

Nope don't get Tidal... MQA isn't lossless.

Keep the Spotify and use other methods to get local files to listen.

Also I can help set a baseline where you go from with the Parametric EQ... But I understand if you're not interested

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forthelol OP t1_j65mwxi wrote

That's actually good to know since it's been a lot of back and forth between the two tiers for Tidal. I prefer to just have my music offline so I'm not tied to needing cell reception or WiFi when listening wherever I go.

> Also I can help set a baseline where you go from with the Parametric EQ... But I understand if you're not interested

I think I'll try to figure out a bit more about sound first, just to see what I like/dislike. But when the time comes to jump into that rabbit hole, I'll definitely reach out. Thank you for the offer!

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imsolass t1_j67vkix wrote

you can try a custom EQ by going to oratory1990's wiki and looking up your headphone model. autoEQ uses his measurements and automatically creates an EQ tuned to harman's in-ear target, but oratory1990's measured all of them by hand and created his own EQs for them as well. there's the harman in-ear target and his custom target (which is similar to harman but with more mid bass and less upper-mids). IMO it's worth trying both of them out as well.

if you want, I can create a wavelet file for those that you can download on your phone and import into wavelet

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forthelol OP t1_j68b884 wrote

What would you use to create the file to import into Wavelet if you don't mind me asking? I've been trying to get EqualizerAPO to work but I think I'm having driver issues on my PC. But I've been manually playing around with the EQ settings in Poweramp, and have Poweramp Equalizer as well.

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imsolass t1_j68h64h wrote

You can use online graph tools (the one on Crinacle's website, squig.link etc.). You insert the values in, and then there's an "export to wavelet" function at the bottom

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forthelol OP t1_j69xy69 wrote

Oh wow, I haven't actually played with that bit because of the paywall bit that shows up after fidgeting a little with it. So if I were to just AutoEQ, would I do a comparison between say Blessing 2 and Blessing 2 Dusk, then under equalizer, select Blessing 2 Dusk > AutoEQ > let it process, then export to Wavelet? And then if I were to play around it myself, instead of AutoEQ, I'd just edit the values myself

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imsolass t1_j6avvde wrote

iirc the paywall appears (only on Crinacle's site, squig.link doesn't have it) when you try to EQ one pair of earbuds to another with autoEQ or if you're using another target that isn't the IEF or Harman target. You can autoEQ to the current target, or you can just manually insert stuff and it'll be fine... or use squig.link and EQ the blessing2 to blessing2 dusk

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forthelol OP t1_j6b2i4y wrote

Gotcha. I'll play around with squig.link a little. Thanks a bunch for the info.

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