dsp VS eq_harry

Thanks for detailed comment really apprentice it I found this https://github.com/bmc0/dsp which uses LADSPA API

DSP effects can also be implemented in ALSA via CLI using dsp (this would be closest to a systemwide solution, but does not support Bluetooth)

I guess you can use alsa's ladspa plugin host plugin and your favorite convolution plugin, but there obviously will be no graphical way to adjust any settings.

This SEEMS to be one formula for it, but I cannot decypher the gobbledegook https://github.com/bmc0/dsp/wiki/System-Wide-DSP-Guide

An Oratory1990 preset could help a lot. The stock tuning isn't too good. If you're using Windows, EqualizerAPO and Peace are a good EQ. I think that eqMac 2 will do it for Mac. Linux is a bit more complex to use/research, but maybe EasyEffects, pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa, dsp, or LSP Plugins.

It took me a week to dial in the software side of my setup. NAS shared FLAC's -> Raspberry Pi -> RompR UI -> MPD -> bmc0's dsp for equalizing -> Asgard 2 -> Dan Clark Aeon Open X... and, ok, wow! I now see the appeal in spending an awful lot of cash and the time to fine-tune everything to perfection. I think it hit me when I kept wanting to turn it up because it just sounded so clear, but kept bumping it back down because I was afraid I was hitting some potentially damaging levels. Any other setup I've used was self limiting because of misbalance, a piercing treble spike for example would keep my enthusiasm in check.

If the latter, dsp, if the former look at the lsp-plugins collection. The latter will need Jack/Pipewire as I don't think Pulseaudio supports LV2 (it does support LADSPA for dsp).

Not very likely, the platform is simply too small for audio and gaming to justify the effort and cross platform development is limited when it comes to driver and audio/system APIs. I wouldn't hope for it anytime soon ): I think people wrote about Peace EQ, not sure if it has a Linux version.. otherwise pulseaudio+alsa, jack and calf/lsp plugins, maybe https://github.com/bmc0/dsp ..it gets very frickly very fast with audio on Linux if feel 😅

Ya boi just got his dekoni nuggets and slapped it on the mh 752; this in combination with a custom eq sets me up good for a Friday night.

If you'd like to try some of the fruits of my work (560s are my main after eq), the doors are open.

Some time went by and I gave it another chance, and with a custom made eq.

Sidenote, since we are on the headphones subreddit, the headset I use is voiced and tuned to accentuate intelligibility and vocal clarity, so do not expect it to have booming bass or a flat response. With that being said, I find the lack of bass to be a huge plus, since some plantronics headsets I have used in the past have had enough bass to give me headaches during longer calls. Additionally, with the right eq, the Sennheisers can sound relatively impressive as an "open back" on ear kind of headset. HD 800 killer confirmed /s!

If you are feeling adventurous and would like to eq headphones according to the HRTF instead of a standard like diffuse or harman, feel free to poke around in this repo.