I find EQ to be a lot of work for very minor improvements. It's not as convenient as plug-and-play, and I also don't see the point in EQ-ing a headphone to a completely different tonality from stock (because if that's what you want, then you might as well, y'know, get a different headphone). I still fiddle with EQ from time to time but I won't buy a headphone that doesn't sound good enough without EQ to me.