Audiophiles out there, what EQ settings are you running..
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Though I do enjoy the simply stunning Sound in ED and attempted to optimise this experience at first, I'm turning the volume down all the time and listen to political podcasts.
I'm a bad person
I'm a bad person
I don't do anything..Someone far more competent than I has already done a far better job with far superior equipment. The only thing customer equipment can do is detract from that.
The only audio control you need for this game is the volume.
Anything else compromises the truly stunning work done by the devs.
You, me, or anyone else cannot improve on their work.
Anything else compromises the truly stunning work done by the devs.
You, me, or anyone else cannot improve on their work.
I set the Audio options in-game on normal and use an optical cable to my Denon receiver which is set for 5.1 surround, Dolby Game.
I have my Audigy Fata1ity set for no effects and the output varies according to the time of day I play.
The amp setting I use is no loudness, flat bass/treble and full volume (0 dB)
I hear the engines thru the back speakers and subwoofer, the rest through the front and centre speakers.
I am well pleased with the results.
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The responses surprise me from audiophiles.
Unless one has studio monitors, I would assume it would be highly dependent on the speaker set, amp, placement, etc, etc.
In other words, the answer would seem to me to be: It depends...
Unless one has studio monitors, I would assume it would be highly dependent on the speaker set, amp, placement, etc, etc.
In other words, the answer would seem to me to be: It depends...
Audio team are excellent, by they don't have my ears and I don't have their audio gear.
I increased 125hz a bit, and decreased 62hz a bit. This eased the bass a bit for me, but also brought out some other sounds that the bass was hiding.
Beta is taking a lot of my time atm, but I fully intend to tailor the audio to my taste and equipment.
I increased 125hz a bit, and decreased 62hz a bit. This eased the bass a bit for me, but also brought out some other sounds that the bass was hiding.
Beta is taking a lot of my time atm, but I fully intend to tailor the audio to my taste and equipment.
Mostly they are saying they can not make it sound any better with any messing around, it may, however, sound nothing like the sound the audio designers created
I listen as flat as possible, I don't see any reason to increase or decrease anything, they've done a great job with the levels.
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Indeed. I use Equators, sounds great and doesn't need to be messed with at all.
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As someone who has done that kind of work, I agree.
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Indeed. I use Equators, sounds great and doesn't need to be messed with at all.
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As someone who has done that kind of work, I agree.
I can't say I have any special EQ settings, but I do have a pretty decent DAC/Amp (Schiit Lyr 2, Nuforce Icon HDP) + decent headphones (Denon D7000).
Sound effects set to max and Dynamic Range set to "Full Range". ymmv based on quality of your audio setup.
Sound effects set to max and Dynamic Range set to "Full Range". ymmv based on quality of your audio setup.
These are the rules I go by:
1. Buy the best equipment you can afford, which you perceive to sound great.
2. If you use speakers, then experiment with their room placement as best you can.
3. Adjust sound volumes from within the game to mix as you best perceive it.
4. As a last resort, if you perceive an unbalanced audio spectrum then apply careful and moderate use of equalisation.
5. Human hearing and perception changes over time, so you'll eventually go back to step 1.
I'd say one more thing too, although this is very much personal opinion: Avoid applying equalisation just because you can.
1. Buy the best equipment you can afford, which you perceive to sound great.
2. If you use speakers, then experiment with their room placement as best you can.
3. Adjust sound volumes from within the game to mix as you best perceive it.
4. As a last resort, if you perceive an unbalanced audio spectrum then apply careful and moderate use of equalisation.
5. Human hearing and perception changes over time, so you'll eventually go back to step 1.
I'd say one more thing too, although this is very much personal opinion: Avoid applying equalisation just because you can.
99% of the people NEED to use EQ to get the sound FD intended us to hear, as most of us do not have flat-response monitors in perfectly isolated rooms. As all of us listen under different circumstances using different gear, there is no point to sharing such settings at all. My monitors for example are quite mushy in the upper-end of the bass, so I cut that a bit. Chances are that if others did that the sound would become thin.
This is, in fact, the answer.. As someone who installs home theatre systems, and them calibrates the audio, along with screen calibration - it really is a unique setting for each individual space. I could tell you the setting in my Marantz receiver, but they are set based on my speakers and room, an dbe completely useless to anyone else but my system in that room, as it is now.
While this seems fair enough, th eproblem is, most people are clueless as to what something "should" sound like, and even what sounds good. this is also true for video - the number of people I see going into hi fi stores, looking at the big screen TV's saying how "amazing" the imag elooks - when in fact, th econtrast is way too high, the screen is so bright it'll cook a duck at 100 yards, the colours are set so high that the reds are bleeding like crazy, greens look unnatural, and let's not mentiont he fact that most TV's overscan, so that lovely 4k content is cropped by 5%, and then rescaled, which kills the detail, and destroys th epoint of buying such a hi resolution screen to begin with.
Audio is the same (people usually like the bass way too high, treble also overdone, with no mid range...).
Sadly, people need to sit down and listen to properly set up equipment to understand what good sound is. Sadly, most people prefer to suck up the marketing departments ideas of "good" when it comes to audio and video, not the people who actually know...
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Using AKG K272HD. They have pretty flat frequency response, and i run flat EQ. I just like it that way) Not consider myself an audiophile. I blow my budget on guitars and gear, not much left for anything spectacular for actual listening
I think you will find that "audiophiles" do not have any EQ settings to play with as anything in the signal path degrades the sound.
The only adjustment I have in my system is a volume - this is typical of any half-decent "audiophile" system.
I am not sure what "quality " the game outputs it sound whether it is a lossless/lossy format. If you are about the sound get a good DAC and Headphone amp and Half decent headphones and you should be good. I am running HD800's with pretty expensive amp/dac and the sound fx is good, sound quality is ok.....
about the sound get a good DAC and Headphone amp and Half decent headphones and you should be good. I am running HD800's with pretty expensive amp/dac and the sound fx is good, sound quality is ok.....