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Sennheiser HD 560S

Tuned closer to the Harman target than almost any other headphone at this price. The footstep frequency range (200–1000 Hz) is nearly flat out of the box — meaning StepFreq's game boost layer gets to work immediately with no headphone compensation overhead.

Type
Open-Back
Driver
Dynamic
Impedance
120Ω
Soundstage
Wide
Price Range
~$150
EQ Bands
10 filters
// Correction Profile

Headphone Correction Filters

These filters are applied first — they flatten Sennheiser HD 560S's frequency response to neutral. A game-specific footstep boost layer is then added on top. Both are baked into the downloaded config.

# Type Frequency Gain Q
1 LSC 105 Hz +2.5 dB 0.70
2 PK 56 Hz -2.9 dB 0.63
3 PK 91 Hz -1.4 dB 1.76
4 PK 1382 Hz -1.1 dB 2.04
5 PK 2217 Hz -1.3 dB 5.44
6 PK 2864 Hz +1.3 dB 6.00
7 PK 3867 Hz +1.3 dB 6.00
8 PK 4336 Hz -2.6 dB 6.00
9 PK 7111 Hz +2.8 dB 6.00
10 HSC 10000 Hz +4.3 dB 0.70
// Get Your Config

Download Free EQ Preset

Headphone correction + game-optimised footstep boost, combined into a single Equalizer APO config file. Enter your email, pick your game, download — done.

Requires Equalizer APO on Windows. Free to install.

// HD 560S Combo Presets

Sennheiser HD 560S EQ Settings by Game

Each link below is a dedicated page with the combined HD 560S correction + game footstep profile — filter table, setup instructions, and direct download.

General game pages: Counter-Strike 2 →Valorant →Apex Legends →

// Further Reading