over-ear · measured on GRAS 43AG

Sony WH-1000XM5
with its curve, on your Mac

This model runs +5.5 dB hot at 160 Hz. Ekhio applies the measured correction and keeps it on: no file to import, no preset to hunt down.

The correction spans 10.9 dB between its highest and lowest band. The centre line is the target.

Band · Correction · dB

16 Hz -3.7
20 Hz -3.7
25 Hz -3.7
31.5 Hz -3.6
40 Hz -3.4
50 Hz -3.3
63 Hz -3.2
80 Hz -3.6
100 Hz -4.6
125 Hz -5.3
160 Hz -5.5
200 Hz -5.1
250 Hz -3.9
315 Hz -1.6
400 Hz -0.4
500 Hz +0.6
630 Hz +1.8
800 Hz +1.1
1 kHz +2.6
1.25 kHz +4.2
1.6 kHz +3.4
2 kHz +4.7
2.5 kHz +5.3
3.15 kHz -0.9
4 kHz -0.6
5 kHz +0.3
6.3 kHz -1.8
8 kHz +1.8
10 kHz +3.8
12.5 kHz +4.4
16 kHz +4
20 kHz +2.8

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.