Ear training (EQ) in an untreated room?

digaldeman · 16th September 2009

I would like to start doing EQ ear training (learn to hear frequency boosts/cuts) with Audio Wizard Pro or something similar to Golden Ears but my room is untreated. I’ll be moving to a new place in about 8 months so I don’t want to start treating my current room (besides money is tight). I have a pair of KRK Rokit 5s monitors and a set of Sony MDR -7506 headphones.

Which do you recommend:

train my ear using the monitors (in an untreated room)
train my ear using the headphones
wait until I properly treat my room before do any ear training
do NO ear training because those artificial type training programs don’t translate to the real thing.

MikeFFG · 16th September 2009

I would generally recommend ear training with headphones anyway, so just do that. Many ear training sources recommend headphones in their instructions. You'll do fine with any pair of decent headphones.

16th September 2009	#1
digaldeman Gear interested Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 4 Thread Starter	Ear training (EQ) in an untreated room? I would like to start doing EQ ear training (learn to hear frequency boosts/cuts) with Audio Wizard Pro or something similar to Golden Ears but my room is untreated. I’ll be moving to a new place in about 8 months so I don’t want to start treating my current room (besides money is tight). I have a pair of KRK Rokit 5s monitors and a set of Sony MDR -7506 headphones. Which do you recommend: train my ear using the monitors (in an untreated room) train my ear using the headphones wait until I properly treat my room before do any ear training do NO ear training because those artificial type training programs don’t translate to the real thing.

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16th September 2009	#2
MikeFFG Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 895 1 Review written	I would generally recommend ear training with headphones anyway, so just do that. Many ear training sources recommend headphones in their instructions. You'll do fine with any pair of decent headphones.