Michal Ždanský The following text will mainly please audiophiles using the iPhone as a music player. I remember Steve Jobs boasting at a seminal Keynote in 2007 that the iPhone was also the best iPod ever made. I could hardly believe these words after trying one of the "Booster" equalizer presets on my then-purchased iPhone 3G with iOS 3.1.2.
Both Tremble booster (more treble) and Bass booster (more bass) caused one unpleasant ailment, namely the distortion of the sound of the songs being played. This was particularly evident with the second mentioned preset, which I consider to be one of the most important. The inability to adjust the equalizer in any way forced me and many other people who draw attention to it in various forums to use a different preset, but the emphasis on bass and treble was far from sufficient. That's why I prayed with the arrival of iOS 4 that Apple would allow editing or creating your own equalizer.
I didn't get one, yet Apple made a correction. The crux of the problem was that the EQ boosted individual frequencies above 0, as you can see in the image. This increase is unnatural and thus usually leads to unwanted modification of the sound, i.e. to distortion. You can achieve a similar effect, for example, if you increase the volume of a song or video above 100%, you will get a louder but lower quality sound.
Apple solved this problem easily. Instead of boosting specific frequencies, in the case of the Bass booster, the bass ones, it suppressed the others. As a result, the lower frequencies will remain at the zero value in the equalizer setting and the higher frequencies will move below it. This creates a completely natural change in frequency that no longer causes that unpleasant distortion. Correction after three years late, but still.
Great news! this also got on my nerves as an audiophile...
I noticed the changes immediately, but I don't know if it's a positive change…. I basically use the bottom connector for playback, I have autopilot and at home I have Dockwood via receiver and eq turned off, it just spoils the listening.
I also think that audiophiles will especially appreciate the option to turn off all equalizers, which fortunately is still possible
that's true, but if you use, like me, over-bass headphones from kosso, you'll appreciate the reduction in bass.
A proper audiophile uses headphones that can be used without eq... I have waterproof mp3s for sports and the thought of stella eq would piss me off..;D
I can't help myself, but I bought an iPh4 and I feel that it has a worse player than the iPh3Gs. I have to make a comparison through the receiver and then I'll be sure, but now I feel like it's in my ears. so even through the lower connector, the sound is more scattered and angular than with the previous ones. generation.
Well, I have the completely opposite impression of the iP4. The sound finally feels good to me…. :-)
Yes, a true audiophile tunes the bass to the max :-D, audiophiles usually call iPods and iPhones audiophile toys anyway :-)
Just today I came across a good thing about the equalizer in the iPod classic, if anyone is interested. I listen to electronic dance music (trance) where the bass is quite heavy. I've been looking for the right mod for all songs for a long time, but I can't find it. It depends on the style exactly what kind of beats the song has. If the song also has a lot of bass on electronic, there are 3 options - a softer Latin preset will help, which will reduce the treble as well, but it's still good. Then you can also set the equalizer to none (which sometimes takes away the bass too much because it's not the desired experience ) or let the treble be emphasized (which I have used so far for over-bassed songs), but if other treble boosters tear your ears, use them and the bass is too much on Latin or Electronic. use Jazz. I think it's a good choice