Advice re equalisation...

[farflungstar]

To try to cut a long story short (3 years and counting) I suffer from a hearing condition called hyperacusis.

This means that certain frequencies (circa 4khz) are exaggerated to the point of distortion in my left ear. It's ruined my social life and shaped my previous HiFi set up (top notch Japanese liquidity and finesse). Having moved house a year ago to something resembling a high ceilinged chateaux, the room acoustics tend to exacerbate that particular frequency band (the room is stuffed with soft furnishings and curtains but lots of glass, and 5 meter high ceilings wreak havoc with acoustics, less bass, more mid).

I'm a purist at heart and until now have never seen the need or sense of adding anything more than absolutely necessary to the signal. But I'm now considering a graphic equaliser (I've put a wanted add for a cello palette as they are the ultimate but they are so bloody expensive).

So, is there a graphic equaliser out there that can do justice to my ARC, Sony and Tannoys? Or does anyone know how I can manipulate the signal (short of buying every cable known to man to try) so I can adjust the signal between 2-5khz with minimal impact?

I know what caused my 3 years of strife - one of my dogs yelping at full blast in my ear.

Adey

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[CageyH]

I would be tempted to go down this path - https://www.roomeqwizard.com

I use a mini dip for my sub in a home cinema set up, and it works well.

[YNWaN]

Yes, as above is the way to go in my opinion. You will be able to put in a sharp notch filter at the bothersome frequencies and the effect on the overall sound will be extremely difficult to hear (quite possibly impossible to hear).

[farflungstar]

I would be tempted to go down this path - https://www.roomeqwizard.com

I use a mini dip for my sub in a home cinema set up, and it works well.

Cheers. Reading up on it now.
Adey

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[Mr.Ian]

I use rew to measure response then cut peaks with a very high quality klark teknik parametric equaliser. Far simpler is the klark teknik dn360 graphic equaliser. Cut or boost upto 12db across 30 bands. Best to avoid gain though. Mine is for sale in the classifieds due to move to parametric. Both were silly money new but very transparent and reliable.

[Mr.Ian]

I would be wary of the palette as far as i can see it only offers 6 bands of eq. You wont be able to target the frequency that cause probkems. My suggestion would be a use a klark teknik dn360 in the first instance, easy to adjust, get a feel for the frequencies you need to cut then think about swapping it for a klark teknik dn410 which will allow you to be more precise in terms of frequency and width of cut, albeit with only 5 bands available. But each band is fully adjustable to any frequency