AutoEq / EqualizerAPO preset for Audeze LCD-5 | Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones

Generated from this product's measured frequency response (source: AutoEq · oratory1990), corrected toward an approximate Harman over-ear (OE 2018) target. This is an estimate - every ear and every rig differs; treat the numbers as a starting point.

Download parametric .txt Download GraphicEQ.txt

Parametric preset (AutoEq / EqualizerAPO format)

# Audeze LCD-5 | Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones - AutoEq-style parametric preset (measured: AutoEq · oratory1990)
# AutoEq-style parametric preset - TheTuningChoice (approximate Harman over-ear (OE 2018) target; estimate, treat as a starting point)
Preamp: -8.9 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 6.4 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 40 Hz Gain 1.5 dB Q 2.00
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 90 Hz Gain 0.0 dB Q 1.40
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 180 Hz Gain 0.5 dB Q 1.40
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 375 Hz Gain 1.1 dB Q 1.40
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 750 Hz Gain 0.2 dB Q 1.40
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 1500 Hz Gain 1.2 dB Q 1.40
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 3000 Hz Gain 0.3 dB Q 1.40
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 6000 Hz Gain 4.5 dB Q 1.40
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 10000 Hz Gain 8.6 dB Q 2.00

GraphicEQ line (EqualizerAPO)

Preamp: -8.3 dB
GraphicEQ: 20 8.0; 27 7.8; 36 7.8; 47 7.0; 63 5.7; 84 4.5; 112 3.4; 150 2.2; 200 0.8; 267 1.1; 356 1.3; 474 1.4; 632 1.2; 843 0.5; 1125 0.4; 1500 1.0; 2000 3.3; 2667 1.6; 3557 0.5; 4743 2.4; 6325 7.2; 8434 7.2; 11247 6.8; 14998 2.2; 20000 -13.8

How this format loads

EqualizerAPO: the .txt goes in your config folder and is included from config.txt (the parametric filters apply system-wide on Windows). Wavelet and most DAPs accept the same band table typed into their parametric EQ: same frequencies, same gains, same Q. Preamp exists so the loudest boosted band cannot clip.

Facts on this page come from the measured curve on file; the target curve and the fit are approximations. Nothing here is a recommendation to EQ - it is the preset, labeled, for people who already EQ.