I have a pair of Silvers on tree stands, running DOS2 in my home office.
Is there a way to EQ them? The bass is simply overpowering in my room.
Thank you,
Minsoo
Hi,
I don't own Phantoms, but I see you are online. Have you tried enabling 'night mode'? I think there is a setting like that which will reduce the bass output.
Dspeaker Antimode 2.0 is brilliant at reducing that “boom”.
Or a simpler option is to use Spotify / phone / laptop EQ - that should be transmitted to the speaker over Airplay?
(18-Apr-2020, 17:31)MGremlin Wrote: [ -> ]I have a pair of Silvers on tree stands, running DOS2 in my home office.
Is there a way to EQ them? The bass is simply overpowering in my room.
EQ is supposed to be coming soon to DOS2, but do not know when.
What is the size of the room? How have you placed the Silvers within the room? Are they in the corners which can exaggerate the bass?
(18-Apr-2020, 18:29)Jamington2004 Wrote: [ -> ]Dspeaker Antimode 2.0 is brilliant at reducing that “boom”.
Or a simpler option is to use Spotify / phone / laptop EQ - that should be transmitted to the speaker over Airplay?
Using Spotify (on iPhone) you cannot apply the EQ parameters of the software to the streaming over Phantom nor using Airplay, nor using Spotify connect. Spotify EQ is totally inaccessible through Spotify connect while streaming (EQ function becomes “grey”), while streaming through Airplay the Spotify EQ is activi but not responsive. It stays flat and you cannot change settings anyway.
Make sure you choose “Airplay or Bluetooth” and then choose the speakers from there
When playing via Airplay will show an oblong with a little arrow on the bottom
Then you can still access EQ - but it looks like you need to set it first as when I just tried it shows as active with the previous settings but won’t let me adjust while connected
If you just choose from “Select a device” list without first clicking on “Airplay or Bluetooth” then it uses Spotify connect I think (will show a circle logo with a speaker inside when playing) which doesn’t allow Access to playback settings
(23-Apr-2020, 08:07)Jamington2004 Wrote: [ -> ]Make sure you choose “Airplay or Bluetooth” and then choose the speakers from there
When playing via Airplay will show an oblong with a little arrow on the bottom
Then you can still access EQ - but it looks like you need to set it first as when I just tried it shows as active with the previous settings but won’t let me adjust while connected
If you just choose from “Select a device” list without first clicking on “Airplay or Bluetooth” then it uses Spotify connect I think (will show a circle logo with a speaker inside when playing) which doesn’t allow Access to playback settings
I do not use Bluetooth (and I have not tried with it) but I confirm the EQ in Spotify is disabled - or it cannot be used - even if you connect via Spotify Connect or Airplay before I choose the speakers.
Step 1 - set EQ in Spotify settings while connected to iPhone
Step 2 - from Spotify App track playing page choose to connect to “MORE DEVICES - Airplay & Bluetooth” - and choose Phantoms from here
EQ will still be on and previous setting applied - just seems you can’t adjust them while air playing some weird reason
Need to switch to phone to adjust then reconnect to device via airplay
Definitely works - I think you must be picking Spotify Connect instead of Airplay somehow?
(23-Apr-2020, 20:27)Jamington2004 Wrote: [ -> ]Step 1 - set EQ in Spotify settings while connected to iPhone
Step 2 - from Spotify App track playing page choose to connect to “MORE DEVICES - Airplay & Bluetooth” - and choose Phantoms from here
EQ will still be on and previous setting applied - just seems you can’t adjust them while air playing some weird reason
Need to switch to phone to adjust then reconnect to device via airplay
Definitely works - I think you must be picking Spotify Connect instead of Airplay somehow?
I confirm, you’re right.
It seems the EQ setting is maintained if you set a curve change before the Airplay connection. As you mention you then cannot adjust it anymore.
This is not useful; it denies the logic of using flawlessly an equalizer. You cannot adapt the curve parameters while listening (on the fly), which is more or less what a very simple equalizer like the one hosted in Spotify software should do.
It works via Airplay this way, I haven’t tested via Spotify Connect as it makes the EQ parameter disappear and didn’t have time to make comparison while listening.
Instead, the Spotify EQ can be managed on the fly while listening if you connect your Phantom via Bluetooth standard. And this was quite obvious because that’s what I can do with a pair of bluetooth earbuds already and Spotify.
Yeah not the best for adjusting on the fly - but in the absence of any alternatives - I just thought it would be useful for you to drop the bass down until it was at a more suitable level for the listening space in general - and then leave it like that all the time.
I don’t like using EQ myself - if you really want to reduce bass boom then get a room correction device to target the problem frequencies
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EDIT - just re-read and realised you can do it how you like with Bluetooth!
Good to know