Yamaha EQ settings

Parametric EQ corrections for 16 Yamaha models, each derived from its measured frequency response. Pick a model for the full filter table, the curve, and how it compares with its siblings.

The Yamaha house sound, by the numbers

Across the 16 measured models, the most common tuning is dark (8 of 16, 50 percent). Next most common: bass-heavy (3), near-neutral (2).

The model that needs the least correction is the HPH-MT220, with no band more than 2.8 dB from neutral. The one that needs the most is the HP-300, off by up to 8.5 dB before EQ.

All Yamaha models