iTunes Tip: The "Perfect" equalizer setting

by Jordan Running on September 5, 2005 at 08:20 PM

iTunes "perfect" Equalizer

Mac OSX Hints has a tip for optimizing your equalizer settings in iTunes to make your music sound best on your el-cheapo PC speakers. The article states, "I realize that there's no such thing as a 'perfect' equalizer setting ... However, due to the varying quality of computer speakers, signal loss due to MP3/AAC encoding, and non-ideal speaker setups, you might find that your music does sound better to you using a non-flat equalizer setting." The magic settings are, from left to right, +3, +6, +9, +7, +6, +5, +7, +9, +11, and +8, and it works the same on iTunes for Windows or Mac. It does seem to perk things up a bit on my 10-year-old Altec Lansings, but obviously YMMV.

Via TipMonkies.