Here's one of those "always good to know tips" from Mac OSX Hints that may in fact make your music sound better with improved balance. These 'non-flat' iTunes equalizer settings are said to output the music the way it was intended to be listened to.
To get started, open up your equalizer from the view menu and select "make preset." Call it whatever you'd like for future reference and set the levels, just like below, from right to left (while skipping the preamp section): db +3, +6, +9, +7, +6, +5, +7, +9, +11, +8 db. Make sure that the 'on' box for the equalizer is activated. The pic above will show you what it is suppose to look like. One thing I noticed is that it works well with external "high quality" speakers but not when you are playing music through your laptop. So if you just use your laptop for sound, it may be best to keep your settings on default.
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Geek Tip: Getting The Ideal iTunes Equalizer Settings
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Wow. this really did make a difference. I use headphones from my G5. They aren't the best headphones, but with this setting everything sounds so much better.
Thanks!
1I'm going to have to give this a shot! I have Logitech speakers I use with my desktop and they sound pretty awesome so we'll see what this does.
2very cool. It makes it sound sooooo Much better.
3oh wow, that was a big difference! I tend not to mess with sound settings but wowow! this is good
4This really worked! Wonderful post, very helpful!
5thanks
6SOOOOOOOOOOO Cool.. Thanks.
7sounds cool - i am going to have to try that out!
8i changed mine but haven't tested it out yet. thanks for the tip!
9Just wanted to say thank you so much for this tip! Things sound so much better on my laptop now, it's great!
10shitty deal, i got a $800 sony surround set up and that setting makes it sound staticy when its goin wide open on the vocals
11Very nice thanks for the post
12Just so you know, there is no such thing as the "prefect" setting. It is all so RELATIVE. No two "high quality speakers" sound the same, even if they are the exact same model. This setting may be perfect for your system, but you are fooling people by telling them that this is the "perfect setting", when there is no such thing.
DO'T BE FOOLED FOLKS!!!!!!
It only sounds better to you because the settings on this equalizer amplify the sound, making it seem fuller than your current equalizer. However, this is only an illusion.
13Not the best for hardcore music but great for everything else
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