Anker Soundcore Life Q30 measurements & EQ settings
Added 2020-12-11 17:32:58 +0000 UTCThe Q30 measures quite bass heavy with most EQ presets, enabling ANC reduces overall bass, while normal and transparency mode add even more bass. My unit shows some slight deviation between left and right channel, which is not that hearable though.
For the user EQ I would enable ANC and use either traffic or indoor mode, outdoor again boosts bass too much. Normal/transparency mode will add even more bass.
Therefore the user EQ works best with ANC active and either traffic or indoor mode. Shown are measurements for left and right averaged with all 3 ANC modes.
The EQ settings shown are as follows:
100Hz -6
200Hz +6
400Hz +1
800Hz +3
1.6kHz +1
3.2kHz +6
6.4kHz -1
12.8kHz +2
Comments
What is your usual monitoring headphone?
Oluv'Sone
2021-07-31 14:59:54 +0000 UTCCan I use this EQ do do a basic mix/mastering on my laptop while I’m out of home?
nicola
2021-07-30 11:08:24 +0000 UTCHi Oluv, your EQ is amazing. I've just bought a pair because of your video. Great job and congratulations for your channel.
2021-07-01 18:00:51 +0000 UTCAlthough they did improve the sound over what it was from the factory, I would say these settings are not perfect and I had to change them for the newest firmware to make listening more bearable.
Alex Kay
2021-04-28 20:55:35 +0000 UTCI confirm the sound's very good with these settings even with updated the firmware.
2021-04-25 09:26:02 +0000 UTCMaybe better wait until they finally get it right
Oluv'Sone
2021-04-07 16:47:09 +0000 UTCThere is an another firmware update version:2.1,
2021-04-07 16:29:59 +0000 UTCno the EQ was still made for the old firmware, I didn't have the time to compare the sound of both firmwares yet
Oluv'Sone
2021-04-07 11:28:26 +0000 UTCyeah can attest that these are indeed very good sound especially with his eq. Using the money save from sony wh-1000xm4 to sponsor this channel. still dont dare to update to 1.90. Dont know if it's eqlizable with the new firmware.
2021-04-07 11:18:52 +0000 UTCWhy should I update it if it makes it sound worse obviously?
Oluv'Sone
2021-03-19 14:47:54 +0000 UTCSo bass heavy, I wish you would update the eq setting to firmware 1.90.
gavin xq
2021-03-19 14:47:16 +0000 UTChi oluv, i think sound changed a little with 1.9 firmware, it would be great if you update your eq, thanks
2021-03-19 12:11:52 +0000 UTCYes please... Help us
2021-03-18 18:09:32 +0000 UTCI essentially use your EQ at higher volume, but when I want to listen to lower volumes, I place 100hz at 0. Also the only preset EQ that I found bearable is acoustic. Soundcore signature is garbage.
2021-02-09 22:28:27 +0000 UTCIf I raise the lowest slider a bit, will it screw up the whole signature or only raise subbass a bit? I like your settings, but if the environment is more noisey like on the metro, dispite the noise cancelling, the lows are reduced so much that I can't really hear them
2021-02-05 19:57:32 +0000 UTCWow. I just got these and these are UNBEARABLE without EQ. But with your EQ and with ANC on indoor OR traffic, These sound like a DIFFERENT headphone. I was about to throw these into the trash.
2021-01-27 02:09:09 +0000 UTCIt will be too bassheavy. It doesn’t work with normal mode
Oluv'Sone
2021-01-23 16:31:51 +0000 UTCHi Oluv, what changes we should make with EQ if we need to use it on Normal Mood?
S. Ayar
2021-01-23 16:30:58 +0000 UTCThank you ;) TBH I did not even try the standard EQ and went with yours right away.
2021-01-14 14:26:16 +0000 UTCThese eq settings improve the SQ significantly. The problem is that they still have a slight tinge in the midrange (not transparent). This is noticeable when ABing them with more transparent headphones (Max, momentum 3 wireless with bass -3dB, etc).
2020-12-31 21:34:32 +0000 UTCNo, only used it over Bluetooth with ANC and traffic.
Oluv'Sone
2020-12-31 17:27:30 +0000 UTCHi Oluv, have you measured the headphone wired but with active Noice cancelling?
2020-12-31 17:18:13 +0000 UTCIs there some update?
Oluv'Sone
2020-12-22 14:02:04 +0000 UTC
