Getting the Most Out of Your iTunes: Using the Equalizer
Not many people use the equalizer built into iTunes; this is a shame because it’s really a great feature. As you can see in the above picture, I’ve made a preset to make my laptop speakers sound less tinny and annoying. What I’ve done is increased the volume in the midrange and reduced the volume of the bass and treble. This emphasizes the strong suit of small computer speakers and reduces that eardrum-shattering treble.
These are the settings I use for my stereo system. I’ve noticed that at 125 Hz, my subwoofers top out creating an annoying “vmmmmm” sound so I’ve reduced the volume on that level to reduce the effect. I’ve also turned up the 32 Hz level to bring out the extra bass I get from those same subs.
These are my friend, Julian’s settings which work really well with his speakers as well as with nice quality headphones (eg Bose, shure, etc.)
The main thing to take away from this post is that in order to get the best quality from your music, analyze your speakers first and find their strong frequencies and weak frequencies (play it by ear and mess with the equalizer). Once you have these established, put more emphasis on the stronger frequencies and less on the weaker (uglier sounding) ones.
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