[Premonition]

OFF for the way the music is meant to be heard! seriously dislike Bass/Vocal/Treble boosts for most songs as it really hurts the quality... never really explored the EQs , time to start

 

[nickbentley]

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I vote "Jazz."

Now watch some smartass say that the "Flat" EQ is their favorite.

Flat.

 

[KarlAgathon]

"off" or "flat" I dont like the ipods EQ very much. Small exception though. When I am listening to certain kinds of Trance/House, I sometimes have it set to "dance"

 

[nickbentley]

owl city sounds AWESOME on "electronic"

 

[yuriv]

A parametric EQ would have been nice. None of the EQ presets are perfect, but for my ears only,
Bass reducer makes ATH-M50, PX-100, and HD238 sound better.
Treble reducer makes ATH-AD700, Grado, and Ety 'phones more tolerable, even though it's too much cut.
Deep makes RE0 sound better, provided that the track isn't hot enough to result in clipping.
HD280, UE IEMs, and Shure IEMs sound best on none because the presets are too heavy-handed.
 
I have a couple more headphones that I could try, but I don't use them on an iPod. BTW, here's an old graph: http://www.modeemi.fi/~vesas/iPod_Audio.pdf . I haven't measured the frequency response of the EQ on the iPad or the new iPods/iPhones, so the curves could be different. They might be online somewhere.

 

[Spyro]

Totally depends on the IEM's.
 
With W3 it was treble booster setting.
With W2 and GR8 it was jazz setting.
With SE535 I am using rock setting.

 

[JoeyRusso]

Anyone else notice a change in the EQ settings on their ipod Touch after upgrading to OS 4??  They all sound different now.  They all require additional volume after applying them.  Prior to the upgrade, the Treble booster setting didn't lose volume, I could actually drop the volume a step and maintain the level.  Now all the settings drop the volume.  I've since stopped using any EQ with my Grado's and Copper's, neither of them require EQ.

 

[yuriv]

That's good news if you're using bass boost or any other preset that boosts a frequency band to the point where it could go into clipping. If you look at the graphs in that PDF that I attached in post #50, you'll see that most presets do this. The notable exceptions are bass reducer and treble reducer; these should need no volume reduction. Try bass boost on a really loud track. Does it still distort the sound like did before? If not, then iOS 4 EQ presets left enough headroom to avoid distortion from clipping.

 

[doradhorror]

Why would you ever use an ipod EQ?

 

[juggernaut303]

i would agree, off or flat is good. sometimes i feel as though the loudness setting work pretty well as long as you dont crank it like crazy.

 

[koonhua90]

The best eq setting on ipod is OFF. The rest of them introduce significant amount of distortion. I did not believe it till I heard it myself.

 

[lazard]

depends what headphones/iems you use.  For example, the acoustic setting works quite well with the Klipsch S4.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

I`ve been strictly off, but the treble booster makes my ESW9 open up like a dream.

 

[BassBooster22]

Anyone else notice a change in the EQ settings on their ipod Touch after upgrading to OS 4??  They all sound different now.  They all require additional volume after applying them.  Prior to the upgrade, the Treble booster setting didn't lose volume, I could actually drop the volume a step and maintain the level.  Now all the settings drop the volume.  I've since stopped using any EQ with my Grado's and Copper's, neither of them require EQ.

Yea I noticed almost instantly. Since updating to iOS 4.0, the volume is significantly lower when I use bass booster (love my bass!). Turns out Apple lowered the volume on EQs because it distorted some low quality songs/headphones. I found it annoying, so I just turned my EQ off

 

[JoeyRusso]

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Yea I noticed almost instantly. Since updating to iOS 4.0, the volume is significantly lower when I use bass booster (love my bass!). Turns out Apple lowered the volume on EQs because it distorted some low quality songs/headphones. I found it annoying, so I just turned my EQ off

Whew... glad it wasn't just my hearing or my iPod.. I was too busy to check for any news or update notes from Apple.  Thanks for the update and confirmation