DSP for Focal Clear Headphones

Audio Gear Talk
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I know that, unlike Audeze, Focal has not officially published presets for DSP. But has anyone done some manual setup for the Focal Clear headphones and willing to share your knowledge?

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Oratory1990 on Reddit has an extensive set of EQ presets. Here’s the one for the Focal Clear.

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Hey Alex, thank you so much for the info. I set the EQ preset in the Roon app today. The improvement in SQ was immediate and noticeable. I had almost given up on the Clears but post-EQ they are sounding so much better and a lot less fatiguing. Appreciate your help!

Now I need to find the settings for my Hifiman Arayas :slight_smile:

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Full list is here: List of presets.

For headphones that are not on the list, you could try AutoEq as well.

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I use this site, there are 2500 headphones listed. Below is for the Focal Clear.
https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/tree/master/results/oratory1990/harman_over-ear_2018/Focal%20Clear You may want to compare as I see there are some differences between the setups.
This is for the Hifiman Araya https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/tree/master/results/oratory1990/harman_over-ear_2018/HIFIMAN%20Arya

This is about the project: https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq#usage

My experience with my Beyerdynamic T1.2 using the recommended parametric equalizer setting has been extremely positive. I loved my headphones before the EQ; as I was not trying to fix a problem. For me with EQ, it sounds like listening to properly setup speakers.

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This is also my go-to site for headphone convolution filters and for equing USB Audio Player Pro on Android. Highly recommended :+1:

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hi everyone.i am new to DSP. To make the suggested DSP from the Oratory1990 on Reddit suggestions, do I just need to add the Filter Settings in the table in the “Parametric EQ” section of DSP in Roon?

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Yes. And you need to drag the slider to the right of the plot down to the pregain value mentioned by Oratory.

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thanks for that. giving it a try now. What is BW/S? Do i need to enter this infomation anywhere in roon?

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That’s a different way to express Q. Some EQs use Q, some use bandwidth. Roon uses Q, so just ignore the bw-values.

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Thanks DeLub! DSP settings from Oratory for the Focal Clear attempt life changing. Rolls off the fatiguing highs prior to adjustment. I also tried the AutoEQ quoted above and prefer the Oratory1990 settings, but have them both loaded.

Great information Roon community!

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Are there optimized DSP settings for the Focal Clear MG Pro?