I’m new to using EQ. I find I have to increase the volume going from no EQ to loading an EQ profile. Do I increase the preamp back to 0db, or leave it and increase the main volume?
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When you raise a frequency above flat, you’re basically turning up the volume of that frequency. When doing so, you have to turn the preamp down by a roughly equal amount to compensate so you don’t cause distortion.
Short story. Leave it and increase the volume.
Thank you! I will try this out on APO and see the diference, mainly when i got my hands on DT880 Pro (or the K52 since i want is as an step headphone since i selled my hd569, it was uncomfortable, i could feel the earcup edges against the own earpads and the foam was minimal)
Try to add like 15 db in the bass region and put pre-amp to 0, then play a bassy song. You’ll get a good idea of what happens when you don’t decrease the pre-amp to compensate for the volume increase. Ofc, that’s just an extreme example, may not be as noticeable with typical EQ profiles.
It gets so boomy, looks like fake china headphones, or better, gives you a experience of how Razer Blackshark V2X is, pure trash