Equaliser, Sound Check and Volume make no difference to the Shuffle!

Hi there
I want to boost the volume of my First Generation iPod so it will sound pretty good on my passive speakers.
However, I notice that adjusting the volume on the iTunes file and adjusting the equaliser makes no difference when playing the shuffle back!!
Also Ive discovered along the way that, although there is an option for sound check, it does nothing either!!
Why put a 'Sound Check' box in the option if it makes no difference?!
Also, how can I boost the output of my shuffle. I cant seem to get the shuffle to 'read' tracks I have modified!
Tc

You didn't mention adjusting the volume using the control button on the front of the shuffle. I'd expect you'll need to run it up to maximum. Even then, I have my doubts about how much volume you'll be able to get out of even mini desktop passive speakers, although I know they're sold.
If you tried enabling Sound Check (both in iTunes and the shuffle's settings) and adjusting the volume in the song's Info/Options, I wouldn't expect an audible difference since they'd work to cancel each other out.
I've never tried the equalizer at all, but in the past I've used the volume adjustment in a song's Info/Options to adjust for differences between songs. It worked for me, for that purpose. I haven't tried it as an overall volume boost, though.
A utility like MacMP3Gain does a bit better job of normalizing song to song volume than Sound Check, to my ears. I haven't included a link to the program, since this board has disallowed that in the past. It's pretty easy to find, though.
That said, these days I'm just using Sound Check and from time to time tweaking the results with the shuffle's front button. But that's a different application than yours.
Good luck
srb

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