SONARWORKS SoundID and SoundID Listen

As you’re pouring blood, sweat and endless caffeine into crafting your musical masterpiece in a studio perfectly tailored to your needs, it can be disheartening to imagine listeners hearing it back on poor-quality speakers or headphones. It’s not unusual for everyday non-audiophile consumers to purchase headphones based solely on their aesthetics rather than extensive auditioning. Sonarworks’ new SoundID, however, aims to help fix this, with a universal personalised calibration that you can cart around with you and apply to all listening platforms. But how much difference does it really make to the listening experience?

TRUE BLUE

Released in 2018, Sonarworks’ True-Fi app was meant to deliver an instant and accessible version of its Reference headphone calibration. However, feedback showed that the average listener doesn’t actually like the sound of a perfectly flat pair of headphones.