Right Way To Boost Volume Of Your Music Before Synching

I'd like some guidance about boosting the volume of music on my ipod.
Do I import the CD, and THEN boost the volume prior to synching.
Or... Do I boost the volume of the songs FROM the CD before importing the CD? This is what I do now.
Thanks a bunch, Craig

You do know that if you increase the volume of a song in iTunes, all you do is make it so that the maximum volume on the iPod is reached before the volume bar is at full? You're not going to make the iPod any louder by doing this. Indeed, what you may do by doing this is introduce distortion.
For example, if you increase a track's volume in iTunes by +100% then when it's on the iPod you will find that that track hits it's maximum volume level at about half volume, and turning the iPod up to full volume will not increase the volume any higher after this point. A track which has not had it's volume altered in iTunes will reach exactly the same sound level, although of course you will need to turn the volume level of the iPod to full in this instance.
Try it for yourself.

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