Earphone / sound-quality advice. Shuffle has no equalizer!

I actually find it painful to listen to an iPod without choosing either "increased bass" or "reduced treble" from the equalizer options. If I turn the volume up enough to get adequate bass and midrange for a workout, the treble is just piercing. When I bought the shuffle, I completely forgot about this fact, and since it took me over 2 weeks to get it to work (needed to get new usb port), it's too late to return it. First of all, is there any way to get iTunes to apply a certain equalizer setting to a playlist? I'm guessing not, but since you can do it on a per-song basis, you'd think it wouldn't be too much to ask. If not, I desperately need a pair of sports headphones that don't have such strong/harsh treble. I'm sure some of the in-ear phones would fit this request, but I'm reluctant use isolating phones for sports. I actually like the vertical style buds with a headband that Sony made popular. Any one have any particular advice? I don't consider myself a bass head at all; I'm just sensitive to treble. Thanks

Thanks. I wasn't able to do this for songs actually on the shuffle (get info is grayed out), but it is possible to do this for songs on a playlist. I haven't made a shuffle playlist yet, so my autofill just pulls from the library. I guess I could just equalize the entire library, but I'd prefer not to (since the treble problem is only with headphones). I probably will make a shuffle playlist, but what's on it is going to be changing all the time. Would be nice is you could just designate a certain equalizer setting for a playlist and then forget about it, but your response was helpful. Any sports earphones suggestions?
YES
highlight the songs on your shuffle and right click
then get info
set the equalizer and you can increase the volume
limit too

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Earphones / sound-quality advice. Shuffle has no equalizer!

I actually find it painful to listen to an iPod without choosing either "increased bass" or "reduced treble" from the equalizer options. If I turn the volume up enough to get adequate bass and midrange for a workout, the treble is just piercing. When I bought the shuffle for working out, I completely forgot about this fact, and since it took me over 2 weeks to get it to work (needed to get new usb port), it's too late to return it. First of all, is there any way to get iTunes to apply a certain equalizer setting to a playlist? I'm guessing not, but since you can do it on a per-song basis, you'd think it wouldn't be too much to ask. If not, I desperately need a pair of sports headphones that don't have such strong/harsh treble. I'm sure some of the in-ear phones would fit this request, but I'm reluctant use isolating phones for sports. I actually like the vertical style buds with a headband that Sony made popular. Any one have any particular advice? I don't consider myself a bass head at all; I'm just sensitive to treble. Thanks

Thanks. I wasn't able to do this for songs actually on the shuffle (get info is grayed out), but it is possible to do this for songs on a playlist. I haven't made a shuffle playlist yet, so my autofill just pulls from the library. I guess I could just equalize the entire library, but I'd prefer not to (since the treble problem is only with headphones). I probably will make a shuffle playlist, but what's on it is going to be changing all the time. Would be nice is you could just designate a certain equalizer setting for a playlist and then forget about it, but your response was helpful. Any sports earphones suggestions?
YES
highlight the songs on your shuffle and right click
then get info
set the equalizer and you can increase the volume
limit too

N81 Sound Quality (Earphones)

I have being doing some test with the N81. Here are my findings;
- N81 sound output via headset is low even if max volume n full equaliser settings are set with also stereo wideing on/off & loudness.
- I tried different earphones in the N81 such as n91 earphones still sound quality low, & Sony ericsson W810i earphones sound quality abit loud due to bass in the earphones.
Is this a pure joke by Nokia or something? N95/N81/N81 8GB/N95 8GB/N76 have 3.5mm Audio Jack but the sound quality is pathetic with standard earphones.
However my Sony Ericsson K550i beats sound quality of the N81 even with its standard earphones.
If you find my post useful then click on
Kudos!Nokia N96 (v20.050 / RM-247)
www.shaysoft.net | Competitions!

So dont waste ur money on devices like dat which cant even perform good sound. For music go for either N91 or Sony Ericsson walkman phones.
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Over the last few weeks, I've been noticing the sound quality in itunes has gotten strange. On certain songs it's almost like the sound mix of the song has changed. Like there are certain channels or instruments dropping out. It sounds like if you just took an entire guitar track out of a song. Very strange. I've looked through the forums dealing with sound quality and haven't really noticed anyone having a similar problem, however, I have tried some of the solutions offered to other sound problems.
I have turned off the sound enhancer as well as the sound check. I have turned the computer volume up and turned the itunes volume down. I have also deleted the plist eq file.
When I play these certain songs through quicktime, they sound fine, which makes me sure it is something having to do with itunes.
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ok, here's the latest. the "bad sound" sems to be getting worse as it is affecting more and more songs. the interesting thing i've found is that if i plug some headphones into the computer, the songs sound fine. could it be my speakers? (original usb soundsticks and isub). but then why would the songs sound fine through quicktime?
to recap:
bad sound quality on certain songs (almost like channels are dropping out) in itunes.
the same songs sound fine when played through quicktime.
the same songs sound fine when played through itunes and headphones.
anybody? any thoughts or possible solutions? it bothers me so much that i am considering doing a clean re-install and starting over.

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Hi
I just tried to connect my ipod to my pc, the light flashed for three times, then it stopped. it was still charging, since it was getting hot, but it didn't show up in itunes or windows taskbar. I tried with different PCs and USB ports.
i tried to listen to it after that, but the sound quality became awful, like an FM station 200 miles away in a hilly area, and I can only listen to the right earphone, the left one was mute.
Is it possible fix it?
Thanks

If you have other Apple devices, connect ONLY the shuffle, with iTunes running.
If it's the only Apple device connected, and the shuffle is really not being recognized by iTunes, the heading DEVICES should not be in the iTunes sidebar at all (since iTunes sees no devices connected). If you DO see DEVICES in the sidebar (with nothing listed below), the list of devices may be hidden. When you move your mouse pointer over DEVICES in the sidebar, you should see a Show or Hide "toggle" to the right. If that says Show, click it to show the list of devices.
If that does not help, since your shuffle is 2nd gen and you use a Mac, you can try running the iPod Reset Utility
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1238

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Hi there, I have the same issue with FaceTime an ios6. When using it with iPhone 4 and 4s, the sound quality has decreased when compared to ios5. Background white noise is now reduced but low volume sounds (such as sights and whispers) are cut out too.
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Hi all,
I have recent purchased a 4G shuffle for use at the gym and have noticed that the sound quality is pretty poor when compared to listening to the same material on my iPhone 4G.
As stated, I am using the same material at the same bit rate. I also realise that you are not going to get the same quality from a £40 product as you would from a product costing £430.
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