Audeze HQ

The Audeze Cipher cable and the accompanying Audeze HQ application were designed for Audeze’s award winning line of Headphones. Our headphones are designed to deliver the best in class sound quality. The Audeze HQ app allows you to customize the sound of the headphone to your liking. Audeze’s unique EQ is different and it travels with your headphones. As you move our headphones from your iPhone to your iPad or iPod, you get the same sound! This app is designed specifically for Audeze's Second generation of integrated digital audio Lightning cable for use with El-8, SINE, iSINE and LCD-i4 line of headphones.  

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Music	Free	Audeze LLC	iPhone, iPad, iPod

The Audeze app features a 10 band equalizer that lets you apply a EQ curve to any music you play through your iPhone or iPad. The app allows you to save EQ curves as presets and apply firmware updates to Audeze's digital audio cable.  

This App is intended for use with the second generation of Cipher cable only. This App will not recognize the previous generation of Cipher cable.

Reviews

No firmware
istuart45

It can’t find my cable in the update section. I don’t need an eq, I just want to make sure firmware is up to date.

Great fix for almost all the problems with original Cipher cable
Alex119

I was lucky enough to spot the new second gen Cipher cable at RMAF and immediately ordered it from Audeze. I love the new cable and I have a couple thoughts about the app. 1) It seems to have fixed all the bugs with the original app such as not saving presets, only working intermittently, etc. Very appreciated. 2) The EQ at reset position seems to be much more neutral than the original. I believe that the original had a peak around 1000k-4000k that I had to tone down 1-2db. This was also mentioned by several reviewers including Innerfidelity. The new app starts everything at a balanced level and lets the user tweak it to their preference. 3) I spoke to Mark from Audeze and he said the new cable complied with Apple’s updated MFi protocol. He explained that the biggest difference is a higher power output from the lightning port but there isn’t a change in the audio quality itself. From my listening, it sounds like the iSines stay much more balanced at higher listening volumes. I can’t be sure if these two things are related, but it makes for a better listening experience either way. Eventually the bottom button will be programmable so I’m waiting to see what that brings. Overall this is a great response by Audeze to correct some issues with the first build and a worthwhile upgrade to the iSines.

Excellent app for the superb iSine10/20 and LCD-i4
Eat My Dustbunny

Audeze has created an app that boosts the performance of your IEMs by allowing you to save your EQ presets within the cable itself and therefore lets you use multiple Audeze IEMs without loosing your presets for each one! In addition, this app can be closed after you preset your EQ because it is stored in the cable’s memory chip, thus allowing you to use any music app of your choice!! This app is a must if you own the Audeze iSine10 or iSine20 which both come with the Lightning Cypher cable, or LCD-i4 (Lightning cable purchased separately).

One thing missing!
Gnathan96

It would be perfect if the app has at least 5 presets, my albums range from classical to folk to alternative to classic rock to progressive metal and more which all need some tweaking of their own other than that it's the best eq app out there!