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The original was posted on /r/hometheater by /u/hamburglin on 2024-01-18 16:58:36+00:00.
I have a Polk ES series setup with a denon x6700h. ES20's for the Front L/R and the ES25 for the center. Here is the EQ I came up with after running Audyssey room correction to get a flat curve and realizing just how dry it made everything sound.
Overall EQ I made
From right to left, this is what I did:
- Strong high end rolloff
- Small re-boost at 5k to get it back up to 0 for clarity of guitars
- Small and tight but very important boost at 3k for crunchier guitars
- Small and wide boost at 1k. I'm actually not sure what this did yet and I need to a/b test it more
- A 2db low shelf at 300hz
- An additional low shelf of 4db at 120hz
- Getting the fronts and center flat down to 60 with a few specific and very tight EQs (yes the Polk ES series can handle this well)
- None of this applies to the sub. For the sub, I removed audyssey eq at 30hz and then boosted it at 40hz to get a smooth db increase from 30 down to 20hz, and falt from 100hz down to 30hz.
And this is what my fronts and center curve (yellow) looks like given the room EQ and my personal EQs.
I'm much happier with it now. It's warmer and crunchier. However, I need to figure out the 300hz-1k range as there's still a little warmth or something missing. I feel like it's 90% there.