[carnival]

I personally don't EQ because I'm using an iPod, and as mentioned, attempting success with that is like a bad physician jabbing a needle over and over in your arm until you find the vein.
 
So I use the 'off' option.
 
EDIT: Okay, thinking about it, I do use the classical EQ when I'm listening to my classical music, because I find it works very well. Haydn especially seems to sound just the way it was intended to.

 

[yliu]

I found the bass very distorted on my classic when I turn on the EQ, so I leave it off.
Anyone else has this probem, when EQ turned on the bass is distorted????

 

[Spyro]

Totally depends on what IEM you are using.  Some will distort, some won't.

 

[Grimloki]

There should be more EQ options coming soon, for at least some of the apple hardware.
 
I think the lack of a decent EQ on a music player is a serious oversight. 
 
You can play with the EQ settings in itunes to see what the settings are... most are settings I would never use.. one or two bands altered and the rest left flat. 
 
Treble/bass reducer/booster... they are the only ones I would use, and only if I had to.

 

[konstantanol]

no eq setting / off is the best eq setting for ipod
 

 

[lazard]

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Totally depends on what IEM you are using.

 

[yliu]

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Totally depends on what IEM you are using.  Some will distort, some won't.

Really? you mean the cheaper earphones won't distort and the better one will??
With my IE8 running straight to my ipod classic, when I turn on the EQ, songs with heavy bass distort a LOT.

 

[lazard]

No, what he's saying is different IEMs work great with different EQ settings.  For example, my Klipsch S4 works well with the Acoustic EQ while my SE530 works well with the electronic EQ.  No distortion whatsoever.
 
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Really? you mean the cheaper earphones won't distort and the better one will??
With my IE8 running straight to my ipod classic, when I turn on the EQ, songs with heavy bass distort a LOT.

 

[yliu]

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No, what he's saying is different IEMs work great with different EQ settings.  For example, my Klipsch S4 works well with the Acoustic EQ while my SE530 works well with the electronic EQ.  No distortion whatsoever.
 

 

So what do you guys suggest for the IE8?

 

[Spyro]

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So what do you guys suggest for the IE8?

Treble booster.  It is thick enough everywhere else and just needs a little treble sparkle IMHO.
 
Lazard is correct.  I've actually used hip hop settting with Etys with no distortion but if I did that with W3s it would be major distortion.

 

 

[yliu]

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Treble booster.  It is thick enough everywhere else and just needs a little treble sparkle IMHO.
 
Lazard is correct.  I've actually used hip hop settting with Etys with no distortion but if I did that with W3s it would be major distortion.

 

Thanks guys! I would have never found it out.

 

[yliu]

The Treble booster wasn't for me, I found out that Pop also works great with the IE8!

 

[dickencider]

So, as with iOS4 Apple 'fixed' the EQ distortion problem....they haven't resolved this with a firmware update for the classic yet? Or have they? 

 

[lucozade]

treble booster makes the ie8 sound better

 

[KarlAgathon]

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Really? you mean the cheaper earphones won't distort and the better one will??
With my IE8 running straight to my ipod classic, when I turn on the EQ, songs with heavy bass distort a LOT.

My turbine coppers basically do the same thing your IE8s do in that situation. Not every heavy based song, but certainly a lot of them.