Headphone EQ

Beats Studio3 Wireless EQ settings for Mac

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Beats Studio3 Wireless has 3 published AutoEQ corrections, from 3 measurement rigs, and this page carries every one of them. 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.

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.

Preamp: -6.9 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 7.7 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 327 Hz Gain -5.9 dB Q 1.56
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 5209 Hz Gain 6.7 dB Q 2.64
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 68 Hz Gain -8.1 dB Q 0.78
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 1978 Hz Gain 4.3 dB Q 2.19
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 3257 Hz Gain -1.9 dB Q 4.42
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 666 Hz Gain 1.5 dB Q 2.52
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 6665 Hz Gain 1.5 dB Q 3.92
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 428 Hz Gain -1.1 dB Q 4.35

Preamp: -6.2 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 6.2 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 348 Hz Gain -5.1 dB Q 0.76
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 586 Hz Gain 5.3 dB Q 2.41
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 2829 Hz Gain 2.5 dB Q 0.45
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 64 Hz Gain -7.1 dB Q 0.85
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain -2.7 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 9368 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 2.46
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 4808 Hz Gain 5.1 dB Q 3.12
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 3264 Hz Gain -5.5 dB Q 3.05
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 2301 Hz Gain 2.5 dB Q 2.71

Preamp: -6.4 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain 2.8 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 81 Hz Gain -6.6 dB Q 0.40
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 1997 Hz Gain 4.5 dB Q 1.31
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 32 Hz Gain 7.2 dB Q 0.81
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 9564 Hz Gain -6.2 dB Q 6.00
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain 1.0 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 576 Hz Gain 2.8 dB Q 2.61
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 263 Hz Gain -1.7 dB Q 0.90
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 3564 Hz Gain -3.6 dB Q 6.00
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 149 Hz Gain 2.1 dB Q 2.39

What this correction changes

The largest boost is +5.1 dB at sub-bass (31 Hz), and the largest cut is −3.8 dB at lower midrange (250 Hz). Total swing across the ten bands is 8.9 dB. Averaged over its bands the bass is lifted by 0.8 dB, more than the other two, which is where most of the audible change lands.

The 3 published measurements on this page, from 3 rigs, do not agree with each other, and the size of the disagreement is worth knowing before picking one. They differ most at top octave (16 kHz), where the ten-band figures span 3.2 dB, and least at midrange (1 kHz), where they span 0.3 dB.

Applying this on a Mac

The Beats Studio3 Wireless 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 Studio3 Wireless 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 Studio3 Wireless 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 Studio3 Wireless numbers come from?

From 3 published AutoEQ measurements of the Beats Studio3 Wireless, made by oratory1990, Rtings and Auriculares Argentina. Each one is a real frequency-response measurement compared against a target curve, and each produces its own set of filters. They are all on this page rather than averaged together, because a measurement belongs to the person who made it.

Why is the Beats Studio3 Wireless preamp negative?

The Beats Studio3 Wireless correction needs −6.9 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. That is a large figure by the standards of this catalog, which is normal for a model whose correction lifts the bass a long way.

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

• Sony WF-1000XM5 EQ settings for Mac, 5 published measurements
• Apple AirPods Pro EQ settings for Mac, 4 published measurements
• Apple AirPods Max EQ settings for Mac, 3 published measurements
• Apple AirPods Pro 2 EQ settings for Mac, 3 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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