[Mag]

  I installed this Graphic Equalizer Software many years ago but never used it until last night. I've been using VoiceMeeter instead, if I recall correct this was part of the download. Let me tell you my Custom Studios never sounded better.

[FullRangeMan]

Not sure why you boost 1.0K to 4K.
Do you like beef-up this range?
1k to 5kHz is the range the human ear is most sensitive.

[vonnie123]

Purists don’t like tone controls, but if you have a little hearing loss it can be useful.  My integrated amp has them.

[Mag]

Not sure why you boost 1.0K to 4K.
Do you like beef-up this range?
1k to 5kHz is the range the human ear is most sensitive.

The short answer is it sounds right to my ears. The long answer is, I want guitars to sound like guitars and have some edge to it particularly rock guitar. Also having been to live concerts in a good venue like our Auditorium, I want music to sound lively, sound bouncing off the walls, in this case headphones, to achieve that I have to boost the frequencies. And third having a mixer, I played around with it for 2 weeks before using. I discovered that boosting the mid-frequencies gives music its musicality, in fact its a very fine line to nail down. Music can still sound damn good when you don't nail these frequencies, but when you do, music has a bloom to it.

[Mag]

Purists don’t like tone controls, but if you have a little hearing loss it can be useful.  My integrated amp has them.

For me it all started trying to compensate for the Fletcher-Munson Curve. To do that you have to use Tone Controls or an Equalizer. The problem with the equalizers I used were the spec distortion was bad and degrading the performance of my higher quality gear. So had to find away that did not mask the sound of better gear.