ITunes forgets equalizer settings

Hi, I just updated my Mac from Snow Leopard to Mavericks and iTunes now forgets the current equalizer setting every time I change a song (or a song changes in general - just tried letting it play until the end, when the next song starts, the EQ setting is gone again) or I start up iTunes. Althogh forgetting is not the right description. The setting stays selected, but another one is chosen. Not sure if it's always the same setting, but it's obviously not the setting I chose, since I have a neighbor friendly one that I use at night that has almost all the bass turned down.

Same issue here which only started with the update to iTunes 11 on both my wife's & my MBP's.
Have tried all the obvious things (such as Show View Options etc) but with no luck. Can only think that this is a bug that will hopefully be addressed soon.

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