Sonarworks Headphone Calibration - First Impressions

Nice informative and detailed video, good stuff

i tried to measure headphones i own (m50x and focal listen pro) using easy stand made of plastic sheet and behringer measurment mic.

that is probably not ideal way to measure phones, but it seem to be at least close enough to make some diy calibration. and what i found is quite interesting - both phones produce flat response, autocorrection eq made by pro-q3 at max goes lik +/- 0,15 with high Q. As flat as it can be

Good review

How much did you pay for personal calibration? I cant find on their website and also how many days it toom, thanks bro 😉👍

I dunno where the $500 bucks Australian comes from for this shyster gimmick crap when all they do is mirror the eq curve and give you a $10 microphone and tell you to make sure to remember to put in the special crystals. I mean sheeeeeeeeeeeit

NICE VIDEO. However, I'm not happy 100 %.. with the SW, it gives nice low end, but It eq heavily the mids... It is annoying when using samples, cos the sound really nice by themselves, but with the SW the sound is awful .. Any tips when it comes to samples ?

I'm using the default calibration profile which as you noted, attenuates the bass, after applying the profile you can boost the bass in the flat response, it's an option in Sonarworks. I think this will help because I'm making bass heavy techno, so if the bass isn't bumping in my ears I will likely add too much.

The high frequency is boosted in the dt 770s without calibration, which sounds nice. I'm worried that if I make it flat then I'll simply add too much high end in my mix to get that nice smile pattern sound, which would then be amplified by a consumer or club sound system. I'm really questioning if I should even use Sonarworks lol.

does this technology require internet connection the whole time you use it?

Ur setup looks so nice man! Love it, especially the piano :3

I already have a problem where I'm adding too much bass with the DT770s. I can't imagine taking away any more bass lol I was expecting to see an increase in bass actually.. On the other hand, my mixes with them do tend to sound more harsh than the mixes actually turn out. When I take a track out to the car, it's rather bass heavy and the higher frequencies aren't as bad as I thought they would be. A lot the bass that I work with is almost all visual and guess work. Maybe my hearing has just gone bad lol

HEY, SPEAK PROPERLY.

Honestly, you did a great job here with this, however, I was hoping you would buy a second pair and see if there was a noticeable difference in a stock pair using the averaged preset for the 770's and then compare it to your individually calibrated pair with its own preset. Would make for a good video for sure. To see ee if there's any marketing/ snake oil going on with the individual calibrated vs. the averaged presets.

idk. i use it for mixing and listening. software makes my akg a lot better and it just sounds better

Good video. I think you explained it really well. I've also got a pair of DT770 Pro 80ohms which i've been using for music production the last 6 months or so. I recently did a production masterclass in which a mix I submitted was too harsh in the percussion range. I couldn't understand because these headphones are so much flatter than others I had used. I was sent a sonarworks screenshot showing the average profile for these headphones and it all made sense. I set up a trial and wow! what a difference it made to hear the mix with a flattened response. It allowed me to make some quick adjustments and vastly improve all of the tracks I had made using the DT770's. I'd recommend using Sonarworks Sound ID Reference to anyone serious about music production.

I have the 250 Ohm version of those headphones and it is really weird how with the calibration on it sounds dull but better and easier on the ears.

Oh no! Another prison (Apple)!

Great video! I'm tempted to try Sonarworks out

What matter the most is to get used with your specific headphone. So, the idea to flat out the most of it just makes no sense since you will have to get used to it as well. If what really matters is to get used to it, why not get used to a tempered nice headphone? Remember: you will have to listen to other people music on it. So the experience must be fun as well.
And btw: since every phone is different, you will have to get used to any new device anyway

Hi! I have the dt770 250, i dont feel my sound to much detailed, the sound is clear but cant judge my Mix or mastering in those headphones because all songs look "the same", Do you think are good headphones? 🙏

I've been using audio technica ath m50s for about two years now. Sonarworks headphone calibration recently caught my attention so I decided to try out the trial. I am very used to how my headphones sound as well as how they translate to my phone, monitors, and car. That being said I went into this pretty confident that I would not like this software, I assumed that even if it does do something good it would throw me off as I am very used to the response I've been getting for the past 2 years. I tried out average response and I am amazed at how much this has improved my headphones. I'm confident my mixes are going to improve immediately, the my new response just feels right to me although I'm just now hearing this response for the first time. Definitely going to be buying this just to use the average response as it sounds much better and accurate. I'll definitely be getting individual calibrated headphones in the future!

Are they good for mixing mastering??

Sir i dont have studio monitors this time i have dt 990 pro headphones can my mix will be correct in these headphones and can i do mixing in these headphones???

Interesting video. I’ve had a pair of dt770s for a few years and I love them dearly. I only use them for tracking (or using as a pair of general headphones when I need to be quiet!) and wouldn’t use them for mixing (I have some 880s for that, that are much flatter and semi-open back), as they are out of the box at least. They are very warm and quite a big boost in the very low mids and bass I reckon, would be interesting to see what the sonar works software does.

Edit - Yep should have watched the rest of the video lol. Interesting about the treble boost, would never have guessed that.

Thanks for the explanation!
I've been listening to a lot of musics overall spotify and my own productions, but it's really weird sounding with a lot a crackling mids.
The total opposite of something flat. i will look around and try to understand what is the real purpose of having a bad sounding monitoring as this.
I mean... with and without we can clearly hear a difference, but everything sounds bad. so the result would be a bad sounding track, no balanced, listening to a regular platform afterwards...
I don't get it.

The Bass Boost sometimes helps me to judge my mix decisions better because you won't get the same response (there's just not enough air to move) from the driver that is right beside your ear and the one that might be an arm-length from you on your main pair of speakers.

Dt770s have lasted me 5 years and are still in great condition despite lots of abuse. Great vid my dude