Audio Will NEVER Be the Same!

Over 500 million headphones are sold annually, but the average person has no idea what sounds the best. At PEQdB, we are doing everything in our power to change that.
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[@richardcook7658]

I'm treble sensitive and I tried this on the ea 500lm which is an iem that i absolutely despised. To my surprise it actually tames the treble down without compromising the rest of the frequencies. I can finally listen to this iem now and I actually enjoy it. I didnt think that was possible. Thanks so much for this.

[@sharuraudio]

you're welcome. please share it with your friends and family

[@Neucher]

blink manually would have been a great name too

[@griffinuts]

listener loved your app bro ! the result was bang on with his basslet taste that he needed to delete it on discord after discovering you're associated with this project lmaoooooo

[@sharuraudio]

lmfao, that was hilarious

[@CrisperHailGaming]

The rating system is super clunky and over 40 trials it's hard to keep track of what I rated what. It would be probably better if you could find a way to do A - B testing over just pure ratings.

[@simonbarth3181]

I agree maybe beta test that one too!

[@sharuraudio]

Users can now upload their own song samples!

[@5PL45H0R]

Ran one test, adjusted my EQ accordingly and got the best sound out of my IEMs ever. You are an audio god. Unironically.

[@sharuraudio]

thank you!

[@sebastianbaran9645]

Excellent! The process was enjoyable, and the end result was very pleasing! I tested this with the Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro headphones. I also own the Neumann KH120 II speakers paired with a subwoofer, so my ears are accustomed to high-quality audio (if that’s relevant).

[@sharuraudio]

I am glad you like it

[@ryon1256]

Hey, I like it... it sounds good even tho it's not the cleanest (but also not bad), it's one of my favorite EQ. I actually like it. Good job bro.

[@deadcow59]

I got to say this is quite nice. I did this with the final e3000 and after it sounded so much better and less bloated. The mids were a little more recessed on the graph than I would like but overall very nice. This would be a lot better if it was tracks I was familiar with because finding what tune you like on a track you’ve never heard is quite difficult.

[@sharuraudio]

We added an upload own song feature under Advanced Options!

[@deadcow59]

@@sharuraudio I saw it after I posted the comment😂 it works great!

[@dbagainagainagainagain]

ok holyyyy fk i just tried the eq on my fav song i cant tell you how shocked and happy i am listening to that song now and hearing new layers of it, its so amazing thank you sharur for this amazing tool.

[@netanelrozen7746]

When you're company go's public

[@AviadMD]

FMSW, very pleasing results off the bat Gonna run it a couple more times with different headphones and IEMs while getting more accustomed to the tracks used but honestly impressed with the initial results.

[@pierreblack4941]

Normal people doesn't know what good sound quality is....your tool is great for a trained listener not for normal people

[@chengong388]

Tried your stuff, all the trials sound the same I don't know how to rate any of them. And in the end I got a result that sounds different sure, I just don't know if it sounded any better. From my experience all the bad sounding headphones are not simply bad because of EQ, and the ones that are good, are not simply good because of EQ. You can EQ a good headphone to sound different. But you can't really EQ a bad headphone to sound good. Also tuning your device according to preference is like calibrating your display not with a sensor but just by eye, and you're just changing the numbers until your 3 photos look "the best" that's just stupid on so many levels. That's not how any of this works, you should calibrate your device such that it reproduces the same signals as the capture device, not to your preference. If the content is not to your preference you should go change the content or make a modification during playback only, not a universal modification.

[@alexanderoneill6160]

What about the the dynamics, detail, resolution, soundstage that can only be obtained from $3000 dac amps?

[@sharuraudio]

lol

[@nl8063]

2:58 man was absolutely shocked lmao

[@scientificaudiophile]

You need to get on Shark Tank right away!❤

[@sharuraudio]

exactly!

[@lilac397]

Very cool, only change I would make is have the songs in order as opposed to interspersed with the others so you can hear the difference between each sample better. I would also start each new song with a label saying "Unmodified" or "Un-EQd" or something along those lines for the first listen of the clip.

[@ishaaqmalik2878]

Bruh I just found out I like -10dB @4khz and +7dB lsf @210hz with my Arya Stealths... Crazy

[@albertoramirez5410]

Congratulations! sounds like a fantastic idea! Any chance you guys add the Simgot EW300? I would like to try it 😁

[@therealraviable]

This will FIX your headphones, even the shit ones, your technological expertise is highly respectable. - Sincerely, a Programmer at heart

[@sharuraudio]

roblox

[@garfieldblessesyouwithadri3944]

thats actually pretty cool

[@OptHei]

this will definitely make prefered audio tuning easy tyty

[@danjones7561]

When you click "next" it should autostart the sample. results are excellent! Much better than Oratory on my Sundara closed

[@sharuraudio]

This is a limitation of streamlit. This will be addressed in the full official release.

[@sharuraudio]

Nevermind, we fixed the issue!

[@akros9333]

So we will now be taken to "another audio level".....can't wait to see you put words to action.

[@NCR_trooper-69]

I tried it on an HD599 and surprisingly it was pretty damn good, and it solved the sharpness on the headphone.

[@NCR_trooper-69]

(Tho the eq provided was way off the target I had to download the target and eq it myself)

[@JaneSmith-co5ev]

@@NCR_trooper-69 On the 599's as well and it sounds solid. What did you mean by your last comment? You can upload a target, but I can't figure out how to download the measurements from a squig link website.

[@dhruba2633]

Please add a feature in the software to export the eq to wavelet as many use it to import from squiglink. I know it has some limitations but I would like to be able to switch between different IEMs and headphones with the preferred target from the software to make better purchase decision in the future.

[@cement_gaming]

That's actually really neat, Sharur. Good job 👏

[@zblus]

It would be useful if you could compare the resulting target to Harman or other preference targets (on the graph, and by audio as well). Also would greatly prefer having the ability to add my own songs. 😗

[@SomeHandleIGuess]

This is great, the only issue is most people use Bluetooth headphones nowadays and specifically on IOS. As far as I know, IOS does not offer any support for equalization unless the phone is jailbroken. Think this is a great step for the audio community but to truly reach everyone we really need Apple to allow PEQ on their phones

[@sharuraudio]

we have a plan for this, don't worry

[@SomeHandleIGuess]

@ sweet that’s great to hear

[@_chiaki_nanami_]

I've rated the free airplane headphones highly thanks to the this new tool. Keep up the hard work!

[@justcausewhynot2483]

I just setup the given eq on my system. Using the first eq given it sounds like I'm underwater. I don't know if that's cause while doing the test I wasn't really sure what to select. It almost sounds better than the eq I've got from autoeq, but again the voices sound underwater.

[@tyapka100]

A-B testing would be prefferable

[@uber_l]

Nice. One sample sounded good everytime and the screechy one did not sound good no matter what. I would like: adding a stock fr of used headphone on the target eq graph plus a harman target to see what happened and for reference.

[@TroyS-x6x]

Just had an idea: haven't checked to see if it's already been tried but why doesn't somebody just put x headphones on test rig and EQ it until they get as close to a given target as they can then sell that EQ profile for x headphones for x target that user can simply pay to dl and import/apply to same EQ software and wallah! Profit? Perhaps a proprietary EQ software that's free to dl and requires product key for each profile~

[@TroyS-x6x]

Like especially for those who don't trust their own subjective discernment but want what is objectively best in terms of adhering to a target

[@TroyS-x6x]

Or maybe each user's paid dl of a profile has product key automatically embedded into the the file that's unique to the user, streamlining the process more

[@TroyS-x6x]

Wonder if there's any FOSS EQ software out there with plenty of points of adjustment that's regarded as 'clean' or 'transparent'

[@sharuraudio]

waste of time. peqdb is more advanced than eq to harman

[@TroyS-x6x]

@@sharuraudio but doesn't it rely on the user being able to recognise what's accurate or in line with a given target (if they're after that)?

[@stolyy8411]

Sharur saved my life. I don’t know what I would do without him. He found me at rock bottom and now here I am: the ultimate audio listener. Thank you for doing us all a favor. Love, Everyone ❤

[@simonbarth3181]

I see what you did here! As soon as you have enough samples, you can extrapolate an average listener profile for each headphone. And if that already would not be enough, from those datasets, you can compare with measurements of all these headphones and find very, very nice target curves for headphones that might rival Harman and such. Very good idea, this service you came up with. I would include a short survey to find trained listeners; that would make this even more powerful! Very cool indeed. But be careful-you should have more variety in song selection because otherwise, your target cannot be accurate. All music is mastered by humans and therefore always with a different target as well. Very stoked about where you are going with this! I think the name is only okay, though; it sounds too technical. If you want this to be a popular app or something, you should find something more casual. Good luck!! Also, as a mix engeneer, I would love a "pro" version with AB testing in the end to finetune the target, and a even more in depth testing in generall. I dont care if ir takes an hour, if it makes my working enviroment more linear im all in!!! : )

[@richardbixler]

Parents must have paid a lot of money for admissions. Terrible website with tremendously flawed methodology. I want my 5min back

[@sharuraudio]

What was flawed in the methodology?

[@richardbixler]

@ So much, it’s a lot to unpack. First of all, the selection of audio devices. Understandably you can’t have all audio devices listed. That said you leave testers who don’t have any of the listed devices to guess as to what is closest. It would have been better to just have broad categories such as “open back hp’s”, “in ear hp’s” etc. Next you have different segments of the song randomly played in between each of the 40 ratings. A/B tests are unreliable at best. When you’re essentially making it an A/B/C/D test the results will be based on what part of the song has the best musical composition rather than what sound profile is best. Another big issue is the UI lent itself to errors. Several times I’d press next and nothing would happen. So I’d press next again and suddenly rate two samples, one of which I had inadvertently skipped. When I was almost done the page timed out and refreshed itself before I had completed the test. In all honesty not a terrible concept, but the implementation needs some fine tuning.

[@sharuraudio]

we are beta testing..

[@sharuraudio]

@ but thanks for the feedback

[@KarstenPHT]

this seems like a great tool, my only issue is the difficulty of adoption that this product might face people like ease of use, so this product is in quite a bit of a tough spot, since even if people knew about it, most people might not bother even trying it out, so you are gonna have quite a lot of difficulty with that. best of luck though

[@KarstenPHT]

id also like to inquire about what to do if my headphone is not listed there (Its the Soundcore Life Q35)

[@louiev.3367]

Wow this actually pretty cool nice job

[@supertree08]

Jays Audio took me here. Thank you!

[@sharuraudio]

no problem!

[@sarahpark5768]

Best idea I’ve seen In a while

[@netanelrozen7746]

I just finished mine on the letshuoer ej07m this thing is amazing your doing Gods work

[@yaraton8]

we should be able to select the music and music should be the same until we vote for all the ratings in my opinion, I just forget what were the musics before I switch to other ones, and didnt like anyone of those to listen 40 times of them.

[@Qimchiy]

So basically, SoundID or on Xiaomi phones, 'Personalized Sound'.

[@sharuraudio]

SoundID is nowhere near as versatile, but i've never heard of something like this from Xiaomi

[@Qimchiy]

@sharuraudio to put it simply so YT doesn't remove my comment. -Xiaomi let's you listen to A and B eqs of a demo track. - Pick A, B, "Both sound the same", "Both sound bad" -Get an general EQ graph ±12db by the end of 6 tests.

[@Reeeepicheep]

Can’t wait for Nouv to try this

[@dante19890]

The best signature is actually V shape. Mainstream agrees.

[@bzelx19]

i hate rating scales. theyre too inconsistent and wishy washy. for example, one day you might think a movie is a 9/10 but another day you might think it is a 8/10. and how can you even discern the difference between 8/10 and 9/10? i agree with the other comment, i would prefer AB testing over rating the sound.

[@classiccj2569]

Sounds like an awesome idea, but there is no support for the Bose QC 45 or Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro (only older versions), which are the only two headphones/earbuds I currently own

[@sharuraudio]

sorry, we'll work on addressing these issues!

[@classiccj2569]

@sharuraudio no problem, it is a beta after all. Otherwise it seems like a cool website!

[@moses1440]

@@sharuraudioNot Sharur acting like a professional mature businessman

[@taaviv4185]

I just came here for a laugh, thanks for the jokes.

[@susokraut]

Sounds nice, especially for someone only recently converted to EQ.

[@sharuraudio]

recently?

[@susokraut]

@@sharuraudio probably less than a year ago.

[@sharuraudio]

@@susokraut more than

[@basikalmurah]

I tried your software and what I can conclude is 10 bands sounds better than 13 bands

[@Natsumi170]

No Ananda Nano support?

[@sharuraudio]

not yet

[@cetinakpan6389]

Nice attempt, thankfully i have my own target and eq so don't have to deal with this thing lol

[@sharuraudio]

this is better

[@cetinakpan6389]

@@sharuraudioWill this know that I have a 16K peak in my ear that doesn't show up in the graph I specifically reduce? Also, you shouldn't use Shelf filters on iems, this doesn't know that too.

[@bary450]

Pretty cool app, unfortunately the loudness seems to vary quite a lot between trials which may skew the results (as we know, in audio louder = better)

[@sharuraudio]

The loudness does not vary between trials. What you are perceiving are variations in tonal balance.

[@bary450]

​@@sharuraudio interesting, could've sworn one sample was a lot louder than the previous one also, the results are very pleasant, might redo it some other time!

[@justino9042]

​​​@@bary450also i think depending on the amount of pre amp the eq does is gonna sound with less volume, you are gonna have to amplified i feel like or turn up the volume more, that's why i dont like to boost frequencies too much.

[@scip11]

PEQdB - the best sound quality during chest day.

[@RensenX19A]

Do you mind dropping the names of the songs? I wanna listen to them fully on my own time

[@sharuraudio]

From Polygonwandaland

[@RensenX19A]

@@sharuraudio Aye thanks mate

[@erinwallborg2290]

Tried it. It's absolutely terrible. Just being honest.

[@sharuraudio]

how so

[@erinwallborg2290]

@sharuraudio I'm a sound engineer, compared it to my own setting and it wasn't even close. I think the idea is good, but the resolution of the Preference Choosing is too broad and doesn't tackle the issues in the audible peaks and dips.

[@malicent2705]

what's your headphone?

[@TheFragranceNiche]

⁠@@erinwallborg2290EQ can’t change peaks and dips. Like I thought people knew this?

[@erinwallborg2290]

@@TheFragranceNiche Well if those people "knew" this - tey'd be wrong. You can do anything with an eq

[@pslern6948]

Brother are you using your truthear nova with equaliser or without an Equalizer.. waiting for your valuable response.. thank you 😊

[@sharuraudio]

i don't use nova

[@pslern6948]

@@sharuraudio not now brother in past

[@nl8063]

Please add Aeon Open X

[@dbagainagainagainagain]

i got one newbie question how can i take that eq ( peqdb one) and use it on my phone ? afaik i cant import the text file into poweramp eq. thx for the help

[@takewealth]

Sharur is the audiophile ever

[@justino9042]

I was expecting this i hope we get a headphone from you soon

[@cheggry45]

if the average consumer has no idea what sounds best, how would they be able to create their own eq based on listening. will the site offer presets after a lot of data is collected?

[@sharuraudio]

The average consumer has no idea what sounds best without listening to all the options. We provide the listener with many options for them to come to their own conclusions.

[@CammyFi]

Phenomenal

[@sharuraudio]

thank you

[@2Lelouch5]

I don't know what to think, I've tried 3 times and all of them game me a bright EQ. All I did is to place bad score to bassy samples as I don't want boomy bass. Edit, ok not bright, but sparkly.

[@sharuraudio]

what headphones?

[@2Lelouch5]

@@sharuraudio Hifiman HE400SE

[@FabioKasper]

Godspeed.

[@lochanpoudel4438]

oh is he finally being gentrified no foul words during whole video

[@ethanhln]

How can I invest in the company, im serious 👀

[@sharuraudio]

send us an email at [e-mail]

[@gmv1453]

i tried it but got "IndexError: list index out of range" when selecting an headphone also i could not find my iem model in the list

[@sharuraudio]

what headphone did this happen for

[@gmv1453]

@sharuraudio Kz PR3

[@sharuraudio]

​@@gmv1453 we'll get this issue fixed

[@mhobag]

first indian owned audio company 👏👏👏

[@zblus]

Isn't audeze owned by an Indian guy?

[@TroyS-x6x]

just realised audeze may be a play on words and derived from odyssey lel like 'audio-odyssey' ^^

[@plompudu2529]

Are you using or planning to use the results for a study on average listener preference? Will it be free in the future? My first results were pretty close to my preferred Target in the midrange and treble, but the Bass range results were meh after quickly going trough the tests. ~400-6kHz pretty much matching the Harman2018OE and SoundGuys Target, Treble right between both Targets. Bass is lower then i usually prefer and the 150Hz range got boosted and sounds a tad bit muddy now. (2dB below Harman, but I usually enjoy 0dB to +5dB depending on at home vs on my way) The resulting EQ is meh for me. I suspect that the EQ sounds not super good in the Treble cause of the measurement used to create the EQ. I used DMS measurement (4128-C) of the Fiio FT1 for my EQ and the results are way better in the treble for me.

[@plompudu2529]

All that being said, thanks for providing this product!

[@sharuraudio]

We have no plans to publish studies, but the data we have received is certainly interesting

[@aysafromnazareth]

will kraft punk sound better with that ?

[@sharuraudio]

yes

[@farazking4699]

How to import the target eq to wavelet?

[@barrymckockiner8737]

Uninstall Wavelet and install an app with PEQ. PowerAmp EQ is a good start. Graphic EQ has a lot of limitations

[@justcausewhynot2483]

An option to download a convulsion file would be nice. Unless there's a reason to not use convulsion files for eq. It sounds better. Is it more accurate sound reproduction, or is it just better sounding? Might be a retarded question, but I'd like to know. Also is a system wide -23 lufs normalizer effect desirable?

[@sharuraudio]

Convolution vs parametric equalization for pure frequency response changes give the same result

[@cheggry45]

what program do you use for the headphone eq?

[@sharuraudio]

You can use Equalizer APO

[@Elaisiagea]

Nice streamlit app, brother~

[@qq8413]

You the next Luigi

[@keven809]

awesomesauce

[@znojnyj]

You should've hired me to do the branding which woulda costed $10 but now since it's public I'll have to charge $1K PEQdB just doesn't sound normal to police enforcement agents Stanford should really push for this since this is is their first and only chance to finally take over Harvard Greatest marketologist of all time (like Sheeva, including future) × science community in desperate need of public support You should think about it, the offer’s kinda limited

[@sharuraudio]

We have someone else in charge of marketing who is going to do a phenomenal job

[@znojnyj]

Well it shows xDdddd

[@Dan-pi6dx]

Stop wearing stan£hit merch and make some PEQdB merch

[@sharuraudio]

real

[@GrumpiestKitten]

Should have used the trump victory song for the trials.

[@sharuraudio]

lmao

[@GrumpiestKitten]

@@sharuraudio Very cool program though, will try with HD650s tomorrow.

[@GrumpiestKitten]

@@sharuraudio I tried it twice now. First time with A/B, 30 trials, song "Schmeebop" from the Skullgirls OST. Gave me -3 dB at 3 kHz compared to user average and more midbass. Second time I used beta AI 15 trials with -5 to +5 rating and the song "ストロボナイツ" from livetune. Starting at 4:30 with the low pass square wave made it easier to notice a difference between the trials. On 2nd I got +2 at 150 Hz and -1.6 dB at 3k compared to user average. I typically EQ my headphones with more midbass and less eargain/treble so I wasn't surprised. With the two 13 band EQs (pregain matched at 500 Hz) I ended up prefering the result from the first try, second try was too sibilant. I feel like 15 trials wasn't enough and adjustment in the presence region around 6 to 8k would be good.

[@sleepyhdt304]

105 Hz Gain -12.7 dB Q 0.71 ain't no way

[@sharuraudio]

That's only one filter. Read the entire output.

[@sleepyhdt304]

@@sharuraudio I think it's easier to take the test several times, such filters are certainly not suitable for moondrop variation. I don't think this program will make a preset better than what you did with vari

[@sharuraudio]

I do not use that vari eq anymore

[@sleepyhdt304]

@@sharuraudio I prefer your preset, but not with stock ear tips, are you listening full stock now?

[@sleepyhdt304]

@@sharuraudio It's hard to imagine something more tonally balanced

[@rosarrthecalf2805]

Im gonna test this out right now and i am going to be one of the first

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

When is your next "I Got Banned From ........" video? It's funny watching you cry about places you keep getting banned from. When's the next one? I loved the Can Jam one. That was funny. You're a great comedian 🤣

[@sharuraudio]

rent free in your head

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@@sharuraudio Paul McGowan knows more about audio than you ever will. Just saying

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@@sharuraudio Paul McGowan would actually laugh at you. You and him should do a battle to see who knows more. You'll never win

[@sharuraudio]

i love you too

[@hartyewh1]

What?! It's an actual website. I thought this was making fun of the concept😅 What a horrible business idea. People don't know good sound so we'll have complete listening novices rate their way over an hour to find perfection🤣 99,3% of the target audience (pun intended) won't bother doing this. Of the 0,7% at least half will have unit variation that makes this not work overall and the rest have better ways of approaching this. To make it into an actual product you get a maximum of 5min of low effort participation and you can't rely much on measurements of other units.

[@madhur7]

Let's go

[@ShadesAwayYT]

Cope

[@sleepywesley]

OMG

[@sharuraudio]

EMMALINE

[@stolyy8411]

where’s brolyy

[@theterriblepuddle1830]

So like Sonarworks

[@sharuraudio]

Our software is far superior and more advanced than Sonarworks's. For example, the bass and treble shelf frequency locations are fixed in Sonarworks's software to what Harman arbitrarily chose in "Listener Preferences for In-Room Loudspeaker and Headphone Target Responses" because Sonarworks themselves do not understand the various psychoacoustic factors at play nearly as well as us. This is clearly demonstrated in their SoundID Reference software for loudspeakers where the entire range is equalized using steady-state measurements.

[@CammyFi]

Absolutely not

[@theterriblepuddle1830]

They have some phone app that gives you tests like this

[@sharuraudio]

@@theterriblepuddle1830 Yes, and they only let you select from like 5 headphones that all perform terribly. Regardless, my first response is the most important part.

[@theterriblepuddle1830]

It's not 5 headphones