![]() ![]() MacOS includes a great AUNBandEQ plugin that can be used in SoundSource and in it I could add the parametric EQ settings from REW. I know free alternatives exist (Hosting AU with BlackHole or Soundflower), but it required using two separate programs with cryptic UIs, where for $39 I could get something that does the job with one click, thus my preference for SoundSource. The best one I found is SoundSource which costs $39 - it can apply Audio Units plugins system-wide to the output. There aren't many options on the market for software to apply a system-wide EQ in MacOS. For anyone starting out in this Julian Krause's video is the easiest and shortest explanation of the basic process to to follow. Generated parametric EQ settings with 5 bands only using a house curve based on Harman target from Julian Krause's video, without a room curve. ![]() My reasoning for that is it will reflect what my left and right ears hear most accurately. Using Room EQ Wizard I measured with mic pointed from listening position to left and right speaker separately while both speakers + the sub are playing and averaged the curve.This actually surprised me - I expected a laborious back and forth trying to get the perfect EQ settings that translates well to measurements, but in fact REW's suggested EQ made the speakers frequency response exactly as expected. Note that the graph is for a predicted frequency response, but the actual measured one matches it almost perfectly. Here's the original frequency response ( red), the target ( blue) and the EQ'd ( green) frequency response: I can't believe I was listening to the non-EQ'd version of my speakers and thought they sound fine - A/B testing of no EQ vs EQ is a night and day difference! I can definitely say I enjoy my music so much more now. Applying some EQ to correct it to loosely match the Harman target using only 5 bands of parametric EQ (to minimize loss of quality from over EQ-ing) I got an incredible improvement in sound quality. These Rokit 8 G2s measured exactly as they sound - pretty much a V-shaped curve in relation to the target. Little I knew how bad my speakers actually sounded.įew days ago I bought Dayton Audio EMM-6 mic and measured speakers and sub from my listening position using Room EQ Wizard. I'm still a noob in the audio world - have been listening happily to my KRK Rokit 8 G2 studio monitors with KRK 10s subwoofer connected to Motu M2 in my home office and enjoying it a lot. Thanks for the suggestion to use a measurement microphone for room correction EQ at my first noob question on the forum and everyone else's comments - without your advice I would have spent $1000+ on stuff without getting any actual improvement, where now I got a massive bump in sound quality for $70 and got to spend some quality time learning about room measurement and EQ correction. ![]()
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