No custom Equalizer settings? Why not?

Well, I've looked everywhere for a place to put this, to suggest this to Apple, but no dice.
Anyways, I bought a 3G iPod Nano a little while back, and while I'm pleased with everything else, the one thing that really bothers me is not being able to adjust the equalizer.
Sure, there's plenty of apple presets but... I really don't like any of them.
I looked it up on the general support section, and it says that you can't use any custom equalizer presets. Uh... why not? Would it really be that hard to implement this option in the software?
I spent ages very carefully adjusting the equalizer on my iTunes, getting it just how I like it to sound. I really wish that I could import even just ONE custom equalizer set onto my iPod.
Other then this, I'm very happy with my iPod. I love Apple's products.
But this is just disappointing.

Hi,
I am disappointed myself when I got the chance to own an iPod Nano 3G. I have other MP3 player, iRiver T60 and iFP-340, and they have been working great. They both have Custom Equalizer setting and an incredible EQ called "SRS WOW Effect - 3D Surround Sound" which produces incredible surround sound, noticeable even with cheap headphones. Personally, I don't think iPod can beat those other two MP3 Players in Sound. However, iPod Nano 3G I have has something better, such as incredibly fast booting up, easy and fast file searching, a small tiny but powerfully bright screen with high resolution, and other good features like Games, Clock, Photo Viewing, etc.
I hope Apple can see the demanding market in better MP3 player with 3D Surround Sound and FM Radio Tuner built-in and make a better iPod that has all of those good features.

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