Every published EQ preset referenced in these rankings, collected in one place: 18 speakers, 23 presets, each linked to its original source.
Why This Page Exists
A modern Bluetooth speaker’s tuning is software. The drivers and the enclosure set the ceiling, but where the speaker actually sits under that ceiling is a DSP curve the manufacturer chose, usually to sound impressive in a shop rather than accurate in your room.
That means a good EQ preset can move a speaker a long way up these rankings, and the effect is not subtle. Three examples from the entries below:
- The Soundcore Motion 300 ranks #3 of 179 with a corrected EQ. Left on its stock tuning it is heavily rolled off in the treble and would sit around #50.
- The Soundcore Boom 2 would rank around #24 on its stock tuning, which is bass-heavy with rising treble.
- The Tribit Stormbox Blast would rank around #4 rather than #2, and Tribit eventually shipped Oluv’s preset as the firmware 3.5 default, which is about as direct an endorsement as a tuning gets.
What EQ Cannot Fix
This is the important limit. You can pull a boost down. You cannot fill in a dip the driver never produced. Boosting a frequency the speaker does not physically reproduce just consumes amplifier headroom and adds distortion.
So a speaker whose problem is excess (too much bass, hot treble) is usually rescuable. A speaker with a genuine hole in its response is not. Both the JBL Xtreme 4 and Xtreme 5 have mid-upper-bass dips noted in their entries specifically because they resist EQ, and no preset here changes that.
How To Apply One
- Update the firmware first. Presets are made against a specific firmware, and manufacturers re-tune between versions. A preset built for one release can sound wrong on another.
- Find the custom EQ in the manufacturer’s app (Tribit, Soundcore, JBL Portable, EarFun Audio). Turn off any bass-boost mode (BassUp, XBass, ULT, Extra Bass) first, or you are stacking two curves.
- Enter the values by band. Most presets are published as a screenshot or a list of slider positions.
- Set the volume where you listen. Several speakers here tune differently at different volumes, and a preset made at 70% may not suit background listening.
A Note On The Sources
Most of these come from Oluv and Alan Ross, who do this work independently and publish it themselves. Some are behind a Patreon paywall, some are free YouTube or Instagram posts, and a few come from the wider community. Links go to the original in every case. This page collects them, it does not reproduce them, and the credit belongs to the people who measured the speakers.
If a preset link has gone dead, report it here.
The Presets
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Small Size Portable Bluetooth Speakers
A tough, floating mini speaker with full waterproofing, a long battery and a detachable strap, built for travel and the outdoors.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: Oluv’s EQ
Medium Size Portable Bluetooth Speakers
A compact stereo speaker with deep bass for its size, hi res Bluetooth and a custom EQ for each position, standing or lying down.
Published EQ presets:
A standout speaker in its day, with separate tweeters and strong bass at full volume, now discontinued but worth buying used.
Published EQ presets:
- Community: this EQ setting
- Oluv: Oluv’s EQ
A waterproof medium speaker with a long battery and a power bank output, with more balanced sound than older Charge models.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: EQ from Joy/Oluv
- Community: paid EQs specifically for the GG and TL models indoors and outdoors here
An affordable waterproof stereo speaker with long battery life and an app EQ that can tune it to sound well balanced.
Published EQ presets:
- Alan Ross: this EQ
A compact waterproof stereo speaker with LDAC Bluetooth and an app EQ that can flatten its sound.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: Oluv’s EQ
A small, fully waterproof speaker with app EQ, ambient lighting, Auracast linking and USB-C audio input.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: Oluv in his post
A fully waterproof party speaker with a 360 degree light show, a bedside lamp mode, app control and Auracast linking.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: Oluv’s custom EQ
A waterproof speaker with LED lights and PartyCast linking for many speakers, now discontinued.
Published EQ presets:
- Alan Ross: Alan Ross’s EQ
Large Size Portable Bluetooth Speakers
A large waterproof speaker with deep bass, wide, clean sound at volume and a removable 28 hour battery.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: this Oluv EQ
A loud, waterproof large speaker with strong bass, a long battery and an aux input, for far less than its rivals.
Published EQ presets:
- Community: this timestamp in his video
- Oluv: Oluv
A portable speaker with extraordinarily deep bass for its size, plus Wi-Fi, AirPlay, Alexa and a low latency aux input.
Published EQ presets:
- Community: EQ settings shared on Reddit
A light, waterproof large speaker with deep bass for its size, a 24 hour battery and fun lighting.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: Oluv’s EQ
- Alan Ross: Alan Ross’s EQ
A stereo speaker with impressive sound after its latest firmware update, especially with a well tuned EQ.
Published EQ presets:
Boombox Size Portable Bluetooth Speakers
An extremely neutral Bluetooth speaker, with deep bass and tuning that sounds right at every volume; now discontinued but worth buying used.
Published EQ presets:
A boombox with bass and volume that rival bigger party speakers, quite neutral sound, and a 30 hour battery.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: Oluv’s EQ
- Alan Ross: Alan Ross’s EQ
An extremely loud boombox for its size with fully waterproof, dustproof build, a long battery and a flexible app EQ.
Published EQ presets:
- Oluv: Oluv’s EQ
A big, waterproof party speaker with deep bass, very high volume, a 30 hour battery and two mic inputs.
Published EQ presets:
- Alan Ross: Alan Ross at this timestamp of his video