SoundPeats Air3 Deluxe HS EQ settings

Parametric EQ correction for the SoundPeats Air3 Deluxe HS, derived from measurements by Regan Cipher. It moves the measured frequency response toward a neutral target.

How the Air3 Deluxe HS sounds before EQ

Measured against a neutral target, the Air3 Deluxe HS comes out warm. The low end sits ahead of the treble, which flatters bad recordings and rounds off detail.

The bass region, punch and bass lines, sits about 6.0 dB forward of neutral, so bass lines carry extra weight. The presence region, vocal clarity and attack, sits about 4.9 dB behind neutral, so detail and clarity soften. The mids region, vocals and most instruments, sits about 3.8 dB behind neutral, so vocals sit behind the instruments. The sub-bass region, rumble and the weight under kick drums, sits about 3.6 dB behind neutral, so kick drums lose their weight.

The largest deviation runs to about 6.0 dB, which is impossible to miss. 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 warm 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

The biggest moves in this correction, and what they do:

• The filter at 8.66 kHz cuts the treble by 9.7 dB with a medium-width band (Q 1.30).
• The filter at 105 Hz lifts the bass punch region by 9.1 dB with a shelf.
• The filter at 81 Hz cuts the bass punch region by 8.8 dB with a broad band (Q 0.56).

The preamp of -7.0 dB offsets the boosts so nothing clips at full volume.

Parametric EQ settings

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.

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 Air3 Deluxe HS 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.

Air3 Deluxe HS vs other SoundPeats 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.

Headphones that sound similar

Closest matches across all 4,332 measured models, by distance between their deviation curves. Useful if you like how the Air3 Deluxe HS is tuned and want alternatives.

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