Comments on: “Perfect” iTunes Equalizer Settings

By: Michel Rouzic

Michel Rouzic — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:26:30 +0000

I’m losing faith in people. You guys don’t listen. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT EQUALIZER, BECAUSE YOUR SPEAKERS THEMSELVES MODIFY SOUND JUST LIKE AN ARBITRARILY SET EQUALIZER. That’s why there can’t be an equalizer that works on all speakers/headphones.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:29:34 +0000

It doesn’t require a program, I’ve found that the quickest way to find a good EQ for your set up is to just go down the list of presets. I found that with my altec vs4121 2.1 speakers, the vocal booster preset is best. The bass on these speakers is far to prominetn, so this preset helps reduce the pounding bass, while making the sound at the other frequencies sexy too.

By: philip

philip — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:35:45 +0000

charles u made me happy,tnx boy

By: Mac Genius

Mac Genius — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:59:26 +0000

Charles, that setting that you have supplied here is garbage sir. Bottom line, keep your EQ settings set to centered & adjust the preamp between 0-1.5! Everything else depends on your audio system. The player for iTunes, as well as, all of the presets, are arranged & recommended to be used with 5.1 surround or better. Sadly, if you do not have this then your sound will always be subpar!

By: jharold

jharold — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:11:41 +0000

try to use SRS sandbox 1.7.0, my setup works perfectly. I used Creative SB X-FI Fatality for my soundcard, Logitech z-5500 for my speaker, itunes 7.5.0.2 and razoefu eq settings…

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:06:21 +0000

Thanks you appreciate the tips, guys.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:43:14 +0000

Charles, I tried your settings for half an hour now on different genres and it’s great ! I have been looking for settings which allowed me to play my Tunes loud without the heavy bass or breaking high trebles. Your settings did the trick.

I am in the process of changing all my tunes to the new setting. It’ll take about half an hour.

Thanks again

By: Joe Leong

Joe Leong — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:09:28 +0000

Charles, the settings are great.

I gave up on the iWow2. Even on my Bose® speakers, the sound broke and made these speakers sound cheap. So I disabled iWow2.

Thanks Charles

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:03:58 +0000

I have been looking for a nice, balanced sound from my speakers too. I finally found the right setting - with the sliders you create a parabola shape for smooth frequency response:
32 = Tick 1 (ie. One above the centre)
64 = Tick 0
125 = Tick -1
250 = Tick -2
500 = Tick -3
1000 = Tick -3
2000 = Tick -2
4000 = Tick 0
8000 = Tick 2
16000 = Tick 4
Pre-Amp = 0dB

The results were stunning for me, and my files are low bitrate. I hope you get the same results.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:42:44 +0000

Recently installed SRS iWOW 2 and it sounds so much better than Volume Logic. I use both Perfect Setting (from MacOSXHints) and RazorFu’s EQ setting. Perfect Setting bass is too deep for my jazz and RazorFu’s is beautiful !!! Still, I might still be messing around with the EQ. For now, the sound is sweet on my Bose® speakers