Out of the box, they sound absolutely terrible. The bass boost is way over done, the Harman target is far too shouty in the 2.5 to 4 KHz range, and worst of all, the ENTIRE treble region is an absolute MESS! I have no idea what anyone who praises these things is smoking. I guess that just shows how bad the market is.

After messing around with it several times over the course of a few days, these are my current settings in Poweramp Equalizer. It’s still far from ideal, as I’ve been unable to achieve a flattish response (the 6 to 9 KHz region is especially difficult!). This isn’t even remotely close to anything perfect. However, it’s MUCH better than it was! Definitely a good starting point with these Buds2 Pros. Turning the EQ on and off is a night and day difference. On is listenable, and off is trash. Oh, and I’ve already tried other EQ solutions and settings to no avail. This is the only decent solution I’ve found so far. And rather than making two or more separate presets for ANC, passive, ambient, etc., I’m simply trying to make one profile work well enough with all of them for the time being.

I realize that people’s ear canals are different and others may not hear what I hear. So, please use frequency sweeps and pink noise to make adjustments. Try these settings, tell me what you think, and if you can improve upon this, please do so and share. If anyone can point me to something similar to what I have here that’s already been perfected somehow, please share that with me. Thank you!

Poweramp Equalizer settings:

Low Pass Gain: -8.0 Q: 0.40 Freq: 100

Peaking Band Gain: -6.0 Q: 1.20 Freq: 3.00K

Peaking Band Gain: 1.2 Q: 8.00 Freq: 5.40K

Peaking Band Gain: -12.0 Q: 6.00 Freq: 7.20K

Peaking Band Gain: 10.0 Q: 5.00 Freq: 8.5K

Peaking Band Gain: 3.0 Q: 4.00 Freq: 9.6K

Peaking Band Gain: -15.0 Q: 5.00 Freq: 11.0K