Classical EQs for Apple iPod

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I have recently been experimenting with EQ settings on my iPod(s). I use a cMoy headphone amplifier (one of those homemade ones where the electronics are housed in a tin like Altoids for example). I have found that the actual "Classical" EQ setting on the iPod is one of the worst I've heard so far. Since I mainly play orchestral music, it makes the bass way too powerful and almost muffled to a degree. What EQ settings do you think sounds the best with orchestral music? I know I can do a custom EQ as well, which I might experiment with later.

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No responses? There aren't any iPod users on this forum? I don't believe this.

[drogulus]

     I don't use EQ at all. I don't need it and it doesn't make things sound better for most of my music. There might be a few pieces that benefit. I would only use it if I thought it made the whole system more accurate for all of my music.

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     I don't use EQ at all. I don't need it and it doesn't make things sound better for most of my music. There might be a few pieces that benefit. I would only use it if I thought it made the whole system more accurate for all of my music.

Right now, I'm using the "Treble Booster" EQ setting and it sounds really good. It gives all of the frequencies much more clarity. I tried listening with no EQ on and it sounds a bit muffled on the treble end.

[Scarpia]

Do not have a iPod but I do have a typical 10 band graphic equalizer for the stereo.  However, I no longer use it.  Too much fiddling with the controls caused more distraction from the music than it was worth.  I found a pair of speakers that have the sound I want in my listening space, and a pair of headphones that are comparably satisfying, and now no twiddling with knobs and sliders is required. 

[westknife]

I keep it flat, unless I'm specifically listening for a certain bass/treble part, or if it's an old shitty recording sometimes you can tweak it until it sounds tolerable. For earbuds (which I usually avoid) I use "treble reducer" or else they sound tinny and hurt my ears.

[CD]

My unamp'd cheapo (~$50) Koss headphones are pretty bass-heavy, so I use treble booster when I listen using those; on my Etymotic ear-canal phones I use the "electronic" setting as it has a slight increase in treble but also boosts the mids and lows nicely without overdoing it.

[Scarpia]

My unamp'd cheapo (~$50) Koss headphones are pretty bass-heavy, so I use treble booster when I listen using those; on my Etymotic ear-canal phones I use the "electronic" setting as it has a slight increase in treble but also boosts the mids and lows nicely without overdoing it.

If it boosts treble, mids and lows, what is not boosted?  That's just increasing the volume, no?

[CD]

Hahaha, I wasn't even thinking when I wrote that. 4 hours of sleep, yay.

Actually there's a downward curve from the bass freqs to 500, then an upward curve at 1K, which boosts the bass and treble and also some of the mids without sounding too muffled.

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Also, I don't know if you can control the individual EQ sliders on newer iPods but I usually like to lower the 250 and 500 freqs with piano music as it brings out the brightness of the piano tones and nicely delineates the musical lines.