Reviews of eq8

By: Tyler S. Add-on

List of user reviews and ratings for eq8

Total ratings

4.10 (Rating count: 50)

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Review summary

Overall, users praise eq8 for delivering high-quality sound with a powerful, highly parametric EQ and a sleek UI. It’s seen as incredibly useful and effective, especially on YouTube, with noticeable bass and sound improvements. However, reliability is a recurring issue: in several reviews it did nothing or had no effect. Compatibility problems are even more prominent: it can mute or block audio on many non-YouTube sites and DRM-restricted services, and some sites (radio, Spotify, Bandcamp) require disabling to listen. Some users also want a compressor and additional HPF options.

Pros

Excellent high-quality sound with powerful parametric EQ
Highly configurable with true parametric control and infinite adjustability
Modern, professional UI/UX and precise controls
Generally useful and works well across sites, especially YouTube
Great bass response / sound improvement on some setups

Cons

Occasional no-effect or reliability issues where the extension does not work
Blocks or silences audio on many non-YouTube sites, indicating broad site-compatibility problems
Compatibility with DRM-restricted sites (Disney+, Bandcamp issues) requiring disabling or workaround
Inconsistent site support (works on YouTube but not on radio/Spotify)

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.20

All time rating average: 4.10

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11% (6)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-06	se*****	I'm really sorry because the tool seemed good and could've really been very useful and well done, but it just works graphically. It just doesn't work, does not affect sound any way, and you can't hear any change in the audio at all. I tried to refresh the page and restart Firefox after installing it but nothing happened.
I'm really sorry because the tool seemed good and could've really been very useful and well done, but it just works graphically. It just doesn't work, does not affect sound any way, and you can't hear any change in the audio at all. I tried to refresh the page and restart Firefox after installing it but nothing happened.
2026-06-15	Gr*****	It's the best one around. But... it seems to break audio on some sites with dedicated music players. Tidal, Bandcamp, etc. Youtube still worked, but where it mattered, it didn't. It's frustrating because it USED to work just fine. Something happened about a year ago. I've been forced to migrate to Edge for a few reasons (company laptops) and that version works great - so here's hoping they update it and get around the blocks. Note to devs - other EQ extensions block audio in the same way on Firefox... problem may be on Mozilla's end.
It's the best one around. But... it seems to break audio on some sites with dedicated music players. Tidal, Bandcamp, etc. Youtube still worked, but where it mattered, it didn't. It's frustrating because it USED to work just fine. Something happened about a year ago. I've been forced to migrate to Edge for a few reasons (company laptops) and that version works great - so here's hoping they update it and get around the blocks. Note to devs - other EQ extensions block audio in the same way on Firefox... problem may be on Mozilla's end.
2025-12-30	Ar*****	Works perfectly. Would be nice if we could set it to reset to a certain profile on new tabs though.
Works perfectly. Would be nice if we could set it to reset to a certain profile on new tabs though.
2025-11-16	Fi*****	Thank you for addon works fine...
Thank you for addon works fine...
2025-10-27	Fi*****

2025-07-18	Fi*****	I love it Solving SONY SRS XE300'S bad , which is EXTRAAAAAA!!!!! BASS (XD
I love it Solving SONY SRS XE300'S bad , which is EXTRAAAAAA!!!!! BASS (XD
2025-07-16	Fi*****

2025-05-30	Fi*****

2025-03-25	敬念*****

2025-03-01	ed*****	Incredibly helpful. I wish it had a brick wall HPF, though.
Incredibly helpful. I wish it had a brick wall HPF, though.