over-ear · measured on GRAS 43AG

Audio-Technica ATH-M50x
with its curve, on your Mac

This model runs +10.2 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 12.9 dB between its highest and lowest band. The centre line is the target.

Band · Correction · dB

16 Hz +1.8
20 Hz +1.8
25 Hz +0.8
31.5 Hz -0.3
40 Hz -0.9
50 Hz -1.1
63 Hz -0.1
80 Hz -1.3
100 Hz -3.4
125 Hz -4.2
160 Hz -4.2
200 Hz -3.1
250 Hz -0.1
315 Hz +2.7
400 Hz +2.5
500 Hz +0.8
630 Hz -0.1
800 Hz -0.4
1 kHz -0.2
1.25 kHz -0.1
1.6 kHz +0.9
2 kHz +0.5
2.5 kHz -0.3
3.15 kHz +1
4 kHz +0.3
5 kHz +1.6
6.3 kHz +2.3
8 kHz +2
10 kHz +0.8
12.5 kHz -1.5
16 kHz -5.5
20 kHz -10.2

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.