Hello, i just got the WH-1000XM4 thanks to the black friday and my brother advice. I bought it principally for listening audiobook. But i’m a bit overwhelmed by all the settings, especially for the equalizer it’s my first time meeting something like that. And i was wondering what would be the best equalizer settings for audiobooks. I’m asking here because it seem a lot of people are really full of knowledge when it comes to headphones, thanks in advance!
In the equalizer section, try the Mellow preset first, that’s not bad for audiobooks. Usually we don’t want too much treble for spoken word stuff.
1kHz and 2.5kHz are common human voice frequencies, 6.3kHz can also be harsh, turning these bands down would make the sound more mellow. I also like to bump up the bass on spoken word stuff. The Mellow preset has low bass (clear bass set at -3) so you can try adding more (clear bass +5 for instance).
If you want to change it, click on the gear at the bottom right corner of the panel, it’ll show you the 5 bands and the clear bass slider. If you change anything you’ll see the name turn into “Manual” and it’ll be saved under “Manual” in the main screen.