AutoEq / EqualizerAPO preset for Sony - WH-1000XM5 Noise Cancelling Headphone - Black

Generated from this product's measured frequency response (source: AutoEq · Rtings), 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 AutoEq CSV (Qudelix / Wavelet)

Parametric preset (AutoEq / EqualizerAPO format)

# Sony - WH-1000XM5 Noise Cancelling Headphone - Black - AutoEq-style parametric preset (measured: AutoEq · Rtings)
# AutoEq-style parametric preset - TheTuningChoice (approximate Harman over-ear (OE 2018) target; estimate, treat as a starting point)
Preamp: -0.4 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain -5.1 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 40 Hz Gain -0.9 dB Q 2.00
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 90 Hz Gain -2.3 dB Q 1.40
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 180 Hz Gain -6.4 dB Q 1.40
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 375 Hz Gain -2.6 dB Q 1.40
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 750 Hz Gain 0.1 dB Q 1.40
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 1500 Hz Gain -0.5 dB Q 1.40
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 3000 Hz Gain -3.4 dB Q 1.40
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 6000 Hz Gain -3.2 dB Q 1.40
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 10000 Hz Gain -6.7 dB Q 2.00

GraphicEQ line (EqualizerAPO)

Preamp: -1.3 dB
GraphicEQ: 20 -6.1; 27 -6.3; 36 -6.3; 47 -6.1; 63 -5.8; 84 -6.4; 112 -7.5; 150 -7.9; 200 -7.7; 267 -5.8; 356 -3.7; 474 -2.6; 632 -1.2; 843 -1.1; 1125 1.0; 1500 -1.8; 2000 -3.0; 2667 -2.8; 3557 -5.3; 4743 -4.5; 6325 -3.9; 8434 -7.9; 11247 -5.3; 14998 -6.4; 20000 -4.2

CSV band table (phone-app EQs)

105,-5.1,0.7
40,-0.9,2
90,-2.3,1.4
180,-6.4,1.4
375,-2.6,1.4
750,0.1,1.4
1500,-0.5,1.4
3000,-3.4,1.4
6000,-3.2,1.4
10000,-6.7,2

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.

Qudelix-5K / 71: the CSV is the AutoEq interchange the app's EQ import accepts - open the EQ screen, import/paste, and the ten bands above land as parametric filters (connect the app to the dongle first). Wavelet (Android): the same CSV feeds its parametric-EQ import; on setups without import, the band table above is short enough to type in by hand. Menu names move between app versions - the numbers stay the same.

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.