"Perfect" iTunes equalizer setting

Perfect

I noticed a lot of people are favoriting this screen grab of the “Perfect” iTunes equalizer setting (I posted it to Flickr, so I won’t keep forgetting it when I need it).

Perfect

Ever since I saw this in that Mac OS X Hints article, I’ve used it as my default equalizer in iTunes – it seems to give a nice pop to MP3 tracks in particular.

HOWTO and specific settings from the original article:

Open the equalizer, and from the pop-up menu, select “Make Preset.” Call it “Perfect,” because it is, and set the following levels, from left to right (skip the Preamp section):

db +3, +6, +9, +7, +6, +5, +7, +9, +11, +8 db

Merlin, You could not be more...

Merlin,

You could not be more wrong. I take all of your settings, lower them by 3dBs and then raise the preamp by 3dBs. It makes all of the difference.

Of course, I ignored it when you posted it to Flickr, but I just had to try it once you posted a blog entry. I couldn’t resist.

Andrew WK sounds so much better now.

John