Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro EQ settings
Parametric EQ correction for the Anker Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro, derived from measurements by Rtings. It moves the measured frequency response toward a neutral target.
How the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro sounds before EQ
Measured against a neutral target, the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro comes out V-shaped. Boosted bass and treble with recessed mids: exciting at first, tiring and vocal-shy over time.
The sub-bass region, rumble and the weight under kick drums, sits about 5.4 dB forward of neutral, so kick drums carry extra weight and rumble. The treble region, cymbals, sibilance and sparkle, sits about 5.2 dB forward of neutral, so cymbals and s-sounds can sting. The mids region, vocals and most instruments, sits about 2.7 dB behind neutral, so vocals sit behind the instruments. The bass region, punch and bass lines, sits about 2.4 dB forward of neutral, so bass lines carry extra weight.
The largest single move in the correction is 8.8 dB around 6.6 kHz, on top of a broad tilt of up to 5.4 dB. That is not subtle. This model benefits clearly from correction.
These figures are read from the correction itself: whatever the EQ lifts, the headphone lacked, and whatever it cuts, the headphone had too much of. The target is the community's neutral reference, and how far above 10 kHz you can trust any measurement varies by rig. More V-shaped models.
The correction curve
The solid line is the full measured correction (all 10 filters). The dashed line is what Atrium applies: the same shape at 65 percent strength, capped at 6 dB per band, so the headphone keeps its own character instead of being forced flat.
What the EQ fixes
Summed across every filter, these are the changes the correction actually makes, largest first:
- Around 6.6 kHz the correction cuts the treble by 8.8 dB, over a medium-width band about 0.7 octaves wide.
- At the bottom of the range the correction cuts everything below roughly 125 Hz by up to 5.6 dB.
- Around 835 Hz the correction lifts the middle of the mids by 5.0 dB, over a narrow band about 0.4 octaves wide.
The preamp of -5.0 dB offsets the boosts so nothing clips at full volume.
The filter table below contains bigger numbers than these: its largest single filter is +15.9 dB. That is normal for an automatically fitted correction and it is not a boost of that size. Several of those filters sit on the same part of the spectrum and pull against each other, so what reaches your ears is their sum, which is the curve above. Enter every filter as listed and you get that sum. No single filter's gain is the size of any change.
Parametric EQ settings
Preamp: -5.0 dB (prevents clipping from the boosts below)
| # | Type | Frequency | Gain | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low shelf | 105 Hz | -5.6 dB | 0.70 |
| 2 | Peaking | 6.08 kHz | -15.9 dB | 1.11 |
| 3 | Peaking | 4.87 kHz | +9.8 dB | 1.97 |
| 4 | Peaking | 835 Hz | +4.1 dB | 4.66 |
| 5 | Peaking | 2.94 kHz | +4.8 dB | 0.53 |
| 6 | High shelf | 10 kHz | +1.8 dB | 0.70 |
| 7 | Peaking | 119 Hz | -1.2 dB | 1.94 |
| 8 | Peaking | 246 Hz | +1.0 dB | 1.77 |
| 9 | Peaking | 66 Hz | +0.7 dB | 2.54 |
| 10 | Peaking | 487 Hz | -0.7 dB | 2.91 |
This is the full measured correction in AutoEq format. It pastes straight into Equalizer APO or Peace on Windows, and into most parametric EQ apps. Enter every row, including the ones that cut. The fitting process is free to use large opposing filters that cancel down to a small net change, so a single large gain here does not mean a large change to the sound. The curve above is what the whole set does together.
How to use these settings
Manually: enter the preamp and each filter into any parametric EQ. On Windows that is usually Equalizer APO with the Peace interface. On a Mac, eqMac or SoundSource. Set the type, frequency, gain and Q exactly as listed.
With Atrium: pick your Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro in the app and it applies a tuned version of this correction: 65 percent strength with a 6 dB per-band cap, which fixes the rough spots without erasing what the headphone does well. Atrium also measures how you hear with a short listening test and layers your personal hearing profile on top. Two people with the same headphones do not hear the same sound. Headphone corrections are part of Signature Edition; the app itself is free.
Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro vs other Anker models
Bass and treble are each model's average distance from the neutral target in that range. Positive means more than neutral, negative means less.
| Model | Signature | Bass vs neutral | Treble vs neutral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro (this page) | V-shaped | +3.9 dB | +2.1 dB |
| Liberty 4 Pro | bass-heavy | +3.1 dB | -1.9 dB |
| Liberty 5 | warm | +1.3 dB | -1.1 dB |
| Life P2i | bass-heavy | +5.5 dB | -2.2 dB |
| P3i | bass-heavy | +3.4 dB | +0.2 dB |
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