Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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If your headphones don't sound fantastic, it's a skill issue. Or at least it could be if you spend a weekend learning how to manually EQ your headphones with parametric EQ. Get perfect bass, clean up the treble, and feel the satisfaction of having done it yourself. Here's how.

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Because this EQ topic is dense, I'm breaking it up into a few videos. Here's what to expect:

01: youtube.com/watch?v=IJqtExFWE4Y
02: youtube.com/watch?v=WMZdnaH1if8
03: youtube.com/watch?v=EuI82k--9tg
04: youtube.com/watch?v=GX4tlVdmiow 👈 you are here

And for this episode covering manual PEQ, here's your table of contents:

00:00 Intro
00:46 Overview
01:06 PEQ filters explained
07:37 How to: Add a clean bass boost
09:24 How to: Fix muddy bass
10:29 Reduce treble harshness
16:21 Conclusion

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