Effect Audio Agea (foam eartips) EQ settings
Parametric EQ correction for the Effect Audio Agea (foam eartips), derived from measurements by ToneDeafMonk. It moves the measured frequency response toward a neutral target.
How the Audio Agea (foam eartips) sounds before EQ
Measured against a neutral target, the Audio Agea (foam eartips) comes out mid-forward. The mids sit ahead of both ends, so vocals lead everything.
The air region, openness at the very top, sits about 3.7 dB forward of neutral, so the very top sounds airy and open (measurements this high up vary between test rigs, so treat the exact number loosely). The treble region, cymbals, sibilance and sparkle, sits about 1.7 dB behind neutral, so cymbals sound blunted. The mids region, vocals and most instruments, sits about 1.6 dB forward of neutral, so vocals push ahead of the mix.
The largest single move in the correction is 6.3 dB around 6.8 kHz, on top of a broad tilt of up to 1.7 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 mid-forward 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 6.8 kHz the correction lifts the treble by 6.3 dB, over a medium-width band about 0.6 octaves wide.
- Around 1.5 kHz the correction cuts the vocal presence region by 4.2 dB, over a medium-width band about 0.7 octaves wide.
- At the top of the range the correction cuts everything above roughly 10.8 kHz by up to 4.1 dB.
The preamp of -6.3 dB offsets the boosts so nothing clips at full volume.
Parametric EQ settings
Preamp: -6.3 dB (headroom for the summed boost, not for any single row)
| # | Type | Frequency | Gain | Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low shelf | 105 Hz | +0.4 dB | 0.70 |
| 2 | Peaking | 6.79 kHz | +6.3 dB | 3.10 |
| 3 | Peaking | 1.5 kHz | -4.5 dB | 1.94 |
| 4 | Peaking | 147 Hz | -1.1 dB | 1.40 |
| 5 | Peaking | 934 Hz | +1.8 dB | 2.25 |
| 6 | High shelf | 10 kHz | -4.1 dB | 0.70 |
| 7 | Peaking | 4.76 kHz | -2.6 dB | 4.48 |
| 8 | Peaking | 5.94 kHz | +2.0 dB | 5.97 |
| 9 | Peaking | 8.04 kHz | +2.1 dB | 5.35 |
| 10 | Peaking | 61 Hz | +0.3 dB | 1.72 |
This is the published correction for the Audio Agea (foam eartips), unaltered, 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. These are the values to use: the numbers are not rounded off or simplified for the page, because changing them would change the result.
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 Audio Agea (foam eartips) 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.
Audio Agea (foam eartips) vs other Effect 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Agea (foam eartips) (this page) | mid-forward | -0.1 dB | -0.9 dB |
| Audio Axiom | bass-heavy | +3.2 dB | -3.2 dB |
| Audio King Arthur | bass-heavy | +2.2 dB | -5.5 dB |
| Audio Symphony | bass-heavy | +3.6 dB | -3.4 dB |
| Audio x Elysian Gaea | near-neutral | +0.6 dB | +0.7 dB |
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