PERFECT Razer Surround EQ and Audio settings (still great in 2020)

[chap]

Later edit: Still great in 2020

So i was playing around with the EQ, trying to find a good combination, and i think i found the perfect one. I'm using USB 7.1 Krakens.

These settings are great if you want a very clear and powerful sound:

- At the Audio tab enable Bass Boost and Voice Clarity.
- Set the Bass Boost to 80, leave the Presence Level in the middle and set the Volume Level somewhere around +15.

-Now the important part, the EQ tab
125Hz to +5
250Hz to +3
500Hz to -5
1kHz to -2
2kHz to +2
4kHz to +4
8kHz to +1
16kHz to +4

Should look like this: https://imgur.com/ggwvvoB

If you found the default preset as awful as I did, i reckon you'll like it :) Tell me what you think in the comments

Small footnote: If you feel like the "s" sounds are too loud or sharp, you can fix this by lowering the 4kHz slider in the EQ
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Edit:

Here's an alternative. It's definitely not as good as the first one, but some may like it:

This EQ has even more bass, but you'll have to sacrifice some treble for it. This is as smooth as it can get before becoming all distorted. You may be able to tinker a bit more with this one on different Razer headsets

- Audio tab:
-Disable Bass Boost (adding bass boost to this EQ just makes the sound muffled)
-Set the Sound Normalization to +10 (reduces the treble just the right amount so you won't get that ear-scratching feeling)
-Voice Clarity: Better not to touch the Presence Level,it makes the sound more robotic in some cases; the Volume Level can be set by preference - it affects how loud the voices are without affecting the quality of the bass and mids (as long as kept inbetween -15 and +15)

- EQ:
125Hz to +8
250Hz to +5
500Hz to 0
1kHz to 0
2kHz to +5
4kHz to 0
8kHz to -2
16kHz to 0


Test songs:
g-eazy- leviathan (rap,pop,progressive)
glue-Casin (vaporwave,chill)
caro emerald-stuck (electroswing,jazz)

*I am by no means a professional or anything, just a guy baffled by the horrible sound quality you get from the neutral preset on Razer headsets. Any feedback is appreciated:)

[psychomax13]

octa | SURF.EVICT.RO님이 먼저 게시:

Hi! Personally, I tried both, and I feel that they are both amazing, but the drawback with them was that they changed a little bit the clarity and the pitch of the songs (at least in my case).
I found a pretty easy preset which still adds bass (not as much as yours), but keeps the clarity:
Set the Bass Boost to 100
Set the Sound Normalization to 24
Set the Volume Level to -65
Leave the Presence Level to 0
At the EQ, all you want to do is to make sure you have all of them on 0
Hope this helps someone ^^ :Rosse:

that sounds really good. Really impressed with the result :)

[octa]

psychomax13님이 먼저 게시:

octa | SURF.EVICT.RO님이 먼저 게시:

Hi! Personally, I tried both, and I feel that they are both amazing, but the drawback with them was that they changed a little bit the clarity and the pitch of the songs (at least in my case).
I found a pretty easy preset which still adds bass (not as much as yours), but keeps the clarity:
Set the Bass Boost to 100
Set the Sound Normalization to 24
Set the Volume Level to -65
Leave the Presence Level to 0
At the EQ, all you want to do is to make sure you have all of them on 0
Hope this helps someone ^^

that sounds really good. Really impressed with the result :)

Happy it helped someone :D

[HOLY SHIT]

What settings of this 2 are better for gaming (hearing steps, gunshots, etc.)?

[Strange love]

thank you my man

[kreed ღ]

thx dude

[Chev427BB]

I like the first settings with 500Hz and 4kHz turned down a bit (I have 500Hz to -10 and 4kHz to +4). This is just a personal preference though, I just find that 500Hz with the bass boost on muffles music too much for me even at 0 and having 4kHz too high kills my ear drums.

[nipZx]

Anal Admiral Adlersson님이 먼저 게시:

which one is the best for csgo etc?

+1 which one ?

[iSentrie♥]

ArtifacTR님이 먼저 게시:

Anal Admiral Adlersson님이 먼저 게시:

which one is the best for csgo etc?

+1 which one ?

Every1 hears differently so it's based on your own hearing so try some configurations and find your best.

[AhEDon]

Absolutely love these settings, didn't even think this was possible, ty fam :)

[Orgasmusbremse]

ö,öl,l,

[DrasticallySpastic]

sounds well

[Extensible]

minty

[HendricKs]

settings good for csgo?

[IchigoMait]

sadly sound normalization will curb stomp hearing voices in the movies with more background sounds, though it will always depend on speakers/headset themselves, so kinda pointless, as those settings are specifically for your device combinations, I just use 50 bass boost with g433, with previous headset I didn't even need to use it, headset was bass boosted already, but the audio freq got borked eventually in the right side.

Mind that stereo enhancement is always enabled in the free version, and in pro it can be disabled, but it will always enable itself automatically internally, the settings themselves visually don't change, if it detects more than 2 channel audio, in games it would also alter between on and off constantly if stereo enhancement is set off, if set manually on it's always on. But sadly stereo enhancement widens/distances the audio too much for certain audio stuff to enjoy it properly. Tried explaining it to the support, but those fracknuggets just wasted few days of my time by repeating eventually the same question again in the end with what they started, even if I laid out how to reproduce it exactly and when to notice the difference. Their idea was that everything was working fine and that I had some sort of problem, but they had no clue what my problem was, even if I told them what it was, plus that the bug is persistent between different computer setups.

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does this work for kraken x?