Custom Equalizer Presets

Hello everyone,
I'm planning to make a clean install of OS X soon. I have several custom equalizer presets I don't want to lose when I wipe my hard drive. Does anyone know how iTunes stores equalizer presets? In other words, what file(s) are these presets stored in? I would like to backup this file(s) before I start.
Thanks
Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

The equalizer presets are stored in the 'com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist' file in ./Users/YourUsername/Library/Preferences.
You might also want to save the 'com.apple.iTunes.plist' file, which holds all other iTunes preferences.
Don't forget to backup the 'iTunes Library' file which is iTunes' database and holds all song locations, ratings, podcast subscriptions and play counts.
Hope this helps.
M

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