I’m not an EQ lover. If it sound great, don’t mess with it. And I choose my gear based on how good it sounds. And with all the different types of music (and instruments used) for me it seems impossible to have ‘the best EQ setting’. It depends on too many factors (recording quality, loudness, dynamic range, etc.). Also looking at all the possible EQ settings and I’m lost. Maybe this article can be useful if you feel the same EQ Explained - The Basics | Armada Music
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Hey, which Equalizer app did you select in AutoEq? Obviously Roon or MUSE are not in the list and the regular 10- band eq does not give out Q numbers.
You can set Hz, Q, and db with MUSE
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They seems to have forgotten the convolver. Why is it not present in Roon ARC?
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I agree, completely lost with EQ, too many variables to mess with!
As a complete rookie, I would quite like to have some preset EQ options to select and try out initially. Otherwise, I am inclined to leave it well alone.
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Native DSD processing will be beyond a phones chip I am sure. It’s beyond a lot of pcs.
Processing power of the phone I would imagine. Convolution requires a lot more cpu power and will eat your battery.
Hi Mark, look up your desired headphone at AutoEq and you can get started with some basic settings. The list of available headphone equalizer settings is quite extensive so you should have no trouble finding yours.
@Kentaga_Kartadinata thanks. I know that I have all three values in MUSE. I just struggled to know which eq app preset I should select in AutoEq as I noticed that not every preset uses the same values for the frequency ranges. But investigating a little more I noticed that only AUNBandEq preset differs from the other. eqMac and EqalizerAPO fpresets or example give out the same values.
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Is MUSE processing done on-device? I am sure for downloaded music but also for streaming? If so it would be interesting if the effects on battery are marginal or noticeable.
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Yes it’s all done via the phone or dap. So is fully dependent on its cpu.
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If it could support importing the txt files you can create from AutoEQ into ARC would make it more accessible to users not up on using EQ.
I’ve never played around with EQ before but I’ve just set up my first one via MUSE for my Truthear Zeros. I found an EQ from that AutoEq database and used the 10 band graphic EQ.
I was surprised how straightforward it was. A bit of a pain having to swap back and forward between ARC and the browser, next time I’ll note down all the settings 
The differences are subtle but definitely there, it has taken a slight boominess off the intro to Carole King’s I Feel The Earth Move for example and Dylan’s voice is a tad more rounded on Blowin’ In The Wind, but I’ve only listened to a couple of tracks so far. Easy to compare by switching Eq on and off.
So, well done on the simple to use interface. I look forward to someone with more EQing experience writing the definitive guide to help us newbies.
One very, very minor point. As frequencies increase it is harder to get that lovely bottom dial to select exactly the frequency, so instead of 2000Hz it’s 1996 and hard to home in exactly on 2K. Makes absolutely no sound difference, of course, but irks the more anal of us who really want to get it exact
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Hello,
While Muse added to ARC sounds great, I find its EQ working very odd. When I add 1kHz peak filter with e.g. +5dB it sounds weird. I would expect to get more vocals (like it happens in regular Roon) but the sound just gets dull. Everything gets quiet with no dynamics. What are your thoughts on it?
Did you leave the q Settings for each band at 0 then as the graphical eq does not provide band quality inputs. I used eqMac Expert and/or the custom parametric eq but have not tested whether the quality setting actually makes a noticeable difference.
Regarding eq‘ing in general. There are lots of guides on the internet. MUSE works as any other eq software so everything you read should be applicable here as well.
@GuacParty, great question. That would be my only question, does the EQ settings already saved in roon sync with roon arc saving a lot of time and duplicate profiles or are we required to input all the data point again on such a small display.
Brilliant - I didn’t realise that! Perfect.
I was doing this whilst still in bed this morning. And made worse errors - I did successfully implement the Truthear Zero EQ from AutoEQ. Only problem is my IEMs are 7Hz Salnotes Zeros! 
All fixed now - including keying in exact freqs - thanks for replying so quickly. I’ll probably spend far too much time today setting up EQs for all my IEMs!
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Yes, what would have been better to use? The band EQ seemed the most obvious.
I really am new to all this stuff.
It does not sync from Roon to ARC but I agree, it would make it easier/less time consuming.