Disclosed is a method of controlling a personalized audio frequency equalizer by an audio device for outputting a sound source The method includes: a user's age grasping step of grasping a user's age by inquiring the user's age; a user's hearing ability measurement step of measuring, for each frequency, the minimum audible volume; a personalized equalizer creation step of creating the personalized equalizer using a system test user hearing data (HTUHD) that the user may hear when a volume having a system test frequency is outputted, and an application test user hearing data (STUHD), which is a value of volume that the user may hear, while increasing a volume having an application test frequency; and a sound source output step of outputting a sound source through the personalized equalizer created at the personalized equalizer creation step.