You're not getting the optimal sound from your headphones and speakers without this setting ...

Whether you're listening in your living room, in your car or on a plane, you can make audio sound the way you want using a simple equalizer (EQ). It can even help compensate (to an extent) for ...

You may well load up Spotify on your phone or turn on the radio without giving the tonal balance of your music playback device a single thought. But did you know that you can often personalise your ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

We had the good fortune this month of sitting down with Bill Dudleston, Chief Designer and Owner of Legacy Audio to discuss DSP and EQ processing for loudspeaker systems. Audioholics: What are your ...

Back in 2023, Antelope Audio announced that it was making its stable of Synergy Core plugins - which could previously only run on Antelope's DSP-equipped audio interfaces – available natively on macOS ...

For the best listening experience possible, you should familiarize yourself with the sound settings on your audio products. In particular, the equalizer (aka the EQ). Understanding how to operate this ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Equalization helps music breathe and shimmer. And it’s ...

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The Schiit Audio Loki Max EQ is an all-out assault on the category by Stoddard and Moffat. Will the price tag keep folks away? A lot of audiophiles roll their eyes at equalizers in the context of a ...

NAMM 2026: Just weeks after their festive giveaway, Universal Audio is offering music-makers another software title to add to their collections free of charge: the UA 610 Tube Preamp & EQ Collection.