Chesterfield
Head-Fier
A new version of Equalizer was posted right after I wrote my last post. It should fix that bug . . .
Equalizer is still unstable and is completely useless on my 4g Touch. Crash and burn. It can't get through one complete song.
i consider myself to have a darn good ear and i couldn't tell the difference between the headphone out of an ipod, and a full CLAS system.
I've done exhausting tests trying to hear the differences between my o2/odac and the headphone out of my ipod, and many other combinations of gear.
what most people don't realize is that as far as solid state gear goes, its pretty hard to get it wrong. The problem is tube gear.. it all has radically colored sound, and since its so popular still, people are used to the premise that most gear sounds so different. The truth of the matter that most people just cant or wont hear is that most solid state gear sounds indistinguishable or very very very similar, unless the manufacturer really made a big mistake, or purposely colored the sound.
on the note of the two apps sounding different.. make sure the eq settings on your stock ipod app are turned off. or that the eq settings on the eq app are turned off
there may be some other quirk or bug happening but the two apps should not make a difference in the sound unless the eq settings are different.
What??? Are you saying the Amp and DAC in your iPod sounds just as good to you as an outboard DAC and AMP? I just hooked up my iPod to a iDo and the difference is like night and day. It was like going from listening to an old Cassette to listening to a CD. It's great you cant' hear the difference though... I wish I couldn't. It would save me a ton of money... Surely I'm misunderstanding your post right?
as I said, i use volume matching and an a/b box. I play a song i know very well so that its plays exactly simultaneous on both players at once. Given all those parameters, when i switch back forth, if it wasnt for the ever so slight pop that occurs as the switch is flicked, they sound absolutely identical to me.
If people are trying to compare in any way other than what i described, for example listening to one for a while, and then casually switching to the other at some point, then i cant take it very seriously. People dont have nearly the capacity for sound quality memory that they convince themselves they do.
I dont want to hijack this thread, and frankly i'm totally fine with agreeing to disagree, so lets not persue this any further.
Feel free to ask any questions about these or other EQ apps - again I have tried most if not all...