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ThUwUsi OP t1_j0no0q7 wrote

Reply to comment by mcjasonb in AirPods Max custom tuning by ThUwUsi

i have the airpods pro 1 and i do agree the tuning is shockingly neutral. AirPods Pro might be probably the best purchase for anyone looking into airpods because they’re pretty affordable and make for some of the best true wireless earbuds. i really love mine

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mcjasonb t1_j0ne3jg wrote

Reply to comment by ThUwUsi in AirPods Max custom tuning by ThUwUsi

Yea, but why not give us a simple EQ. Or allow a third party app to have a system wide EQ.

I had the AirPods Max, but recently sold them. I do like the AirPods Pro 2 tuning without any EQ though.

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ThUwUsi OP t1_j0ndlmi wrote

Reply to comment by mcjasonb in AirPods Max custom tuning by ThUwUsi

we get those bullshit preset EQ settings but they’re pretty shit. and their locked down ecosystem means you can’t run a third party parametric EQ. i suppose lowest common denominator consumer will always be apple’s priority

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blargh4 t1_j0mlj2i wrote

Reply to comment by ThUwUsi in AirPods Max custom tuning by ThUwUsi

They are accessibility settings for the hearing impaired, so I guess being used as an EQ just wasnt the design goal.

There’s also some weird way to import an audiogram that apparently applies some EQ without crushing dynamic range, but I never figured out how to use it. If you feed it some random picture it will prompt you to manually input settings but I never worked out how to get useful results from it.

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