Headphone EQ

Beats Studio Pro EQ settings for Mac

Last updated: September 15, 2026

Beats Studio Pro has one published AutoEQ correction, measured by Rtings, and it is on this page in full. Below is the curve, the exact parametric filters behind it, and a one-click preset for EQBase. macOS has no system-wide equalizer of its own, so applying a correction to everything your Mac plays, rather than inside a single player, needs an app that sits on the system audio path.

Worth knowing: Rtings is so far the only rig to have published a Studio Pro measurement, which is surprising for a current flagship and is the reason this page is thinner than the Studio3 one. The curve itself is not small: it pulls 3.3 dB out of 31 Hz while pushing 3.2 dB into 62 Hz, which is a narrow correction of the lowest octave rather than a bass tilt, and takes 4.3 dB out of 8 kHz.

Each measurement below carries four things: the correction curve, its parametric filters, the same filters as copy-paste text in AutoEQ's format (which Equalizer APO and Peace, REW and most desktop parametric equalizers import, and which EQBase's own Expert EQ reads and writes), and EQBase's ten-band fit of that correction. The ten-band figures are what the downloadable preset applies, so what you hear matches what is written here. AutoEQ publishes its own ten-band file on the same grid, fitted to the raw measurement rather than to these filters, so the two agree closely through the midrange and can differ at the extremes.

The correction, measurement by measurement

Preamp: -3.8 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain -3.1 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 8990 Hz Gain -5.1 dB Q 2.02
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 304 Hz Gain 3.8 dB Q 0.85
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 1720 Hz Gain -3.0 dB Q 1.19
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 67 Hz Gain 6.0 dB Q 2.55
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain 0.5 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 5052 Hz Gain 3.7 dB Q 4.43
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 3394 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 5.33
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 6509 Hz Gain -2.0 dB Q 5.62
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 734 Hz Gain 0.7 dB Q 3.38

What this correction changes

The largest boost is +3.2 dB at bass (62 Hz), and the largest cut is −4.3 dB at treble (8 kHz). Total swing across the ten bands is 7.6 dB. Averaged over its bands the treble is pulled back by 1.1 dB, more than the other two, which is where most of the audible change lands.

With a single published measurement there is nothing to cross-check the figures against, so treat them as a good starting point rather than a settled answer, and trust your own ears over the last decibel.

Applying this on a Mac

The Beats Studio Pro is worn around the ear, where the pads decide a good deal of what the measurement rig saw. Worn or replaced pads move the response, which is why several models here carry separate curves for exactly that. If yours are old, expect the correction to be a near miss rather than an exact one.

Most of the measurements behind this page were made with the headphone in its normal listening mode, and active noise cancelling changes the response it is correcting. Switching ANC or transparency on and off is not a small tone change, so a correction that sounds right in one mode may not in another.

In EQBase the fastest route skips this page entirely: open the Headphones pane, search for your model, and apply the correction. The Beats Studio Pro is in the built-in catalog along with 8,665 other models. The preset above exists for people who want to see the numbers first, or who want a specific measurement rather than the default one.

Either way the correction applies to every app at once, and the free tier carries it with no time limit. The Beats Studio Pro preset above sets the ten-band curve, which is what the free tier applies, so nothing on this page is behind a purchase.

Common questions

Do these EQ settings work on any Mac app?

Yes, if the equalizer runs on system audio rather than inside one player. EQBase processes everything the Mac plays, so the same correction applies to Spotify, Safari, YouTube, games and calls. The Music app's own equalizer only affects Music.

Where do the Beats Studio Pro numbers come from?

From one published AutoEQ measurement of the Beats Studio Pro, made by Rtings. AutoEQ computes the correction by comparing that measured frequency response against a target curve, so the filters below are only as good as that single measurement: with nothing to cross-check it against, treat it as one informed opinion rather than a consensus.

Why is the Beats Studio Pro preamp negative?

The Beats Studio Pro correction needs −3.8 dB of headroom on its default measurement, so the preset pulls the signal down by that much before the boosts are applied. Boosting a signal that is already near full scale would clip it, and the negative preamp is what buys the room. Skip it and loud passages distort.

Can I use these filters in a different equalizer?

Yes. The filter table is a standard parametric list: type, frequency, gain and Q. Any parametric equalizer that accepts those four values per band will take them, on any platform. The one-click preset is only a shortcut for EQBase users.

Other headphones with published corrections

• Beats Solo3 Wireless EQ settings for Mac, 4 published measurements
• Beats Powerbeats Pro EQ settings for Mac, 3 published measurements
• Beats Studio Buds + EQ settings for Mac, 3 published measurements
• Beats Studio3 Wireless EQ settings for Mac, 3 published measurements
• Beats Solo Pro EQ settings for Mac, 2 published measurements

Credits

Correction data from the AutoEQ project by Jaakko Pasanen, used under the MIT licence. The measurements themselves are the work of the people credited on each curve above. EQBase ships the same catalog in the app, with the same attribution.

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