over-ear · measured on GRAS 43AG

Audio-Technica ATH-M40x
with its curve, on your Mac

This model runs +9.1 dB hot at 20 kHz. Ekhio applies the measured correction and keeps it on: no file to import, no preset to hunt down.

The correction spans 14.3 dB between its highest and lowest band. The centre line is the target.

Band · Correction · dB

16 Hz +5.2
20 Hz +5.2
25 Hz +3.9
31.5 Hz +2
40 Hz +0.4
50 Hz -0.8
63 Hz -1.5
80 Hz -1.6
100 Hz -2.6
125 Hz -4.1
160 Hz -3.8
200 Hz -2.9
250 Hz -0.6
315 Hz +1.7
400 Hz +1.9
500 Hz +1.8
630 Hz +1.5
800 Hz +1
1 kHz +0.4
1.25 kHz -0.7
1.6 kHz -0.5
2 kHz +0.8
2.5 kHz +1.7
3.15 kHz +1.5
4 kHz +2
5 kHz +3.5
6.3 kHz +1.6
8 kHz -0.9
10 kHz -2.9
12.5 kHz -4.8
16 kHz -7
20 kHz -9.1

Apply it without leaving the system

Ekhio ships this curve and nine thousand more, by model. You pick your headphones once and it applies to everything your Mac plays — no driver, no extension, no files to import.

Measured by oratory1990, from the public AutoEq database. Ekhio does not alter it: it evaluates it across its 32 bands.