Equalizers

Related to my two previous posts today I'm wondering about portable
equalizers to go with my portable headphone amps. Pretty soon I'm
gonna need a backpack to cart around all the portable audio gear and
the batteries. I haven't been looking for them and haven't been seeing
any either. Portable ones that is. I don't even know if buying or
building one would be worth the effort. I would like to emphasize some
particular frequencies but I'm not sure how well one would work. I
have never really been satisfied with the ones in my cars or the one
at home. Any advice?
Thanks,
Eric

 

[whit3rd]

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:01:11 PM UTC-7, et...@whidbey.com wrote:

Related to my two previous posts today I'm wondering about portable
equalizers to go with my portable headphone amps.

Well, you can open up iTunes and look at the equalizer presets; those
all are available on the iPod, and if one of 'em suits you, it's an easy solution.
The 'custom' setting (one slider per octave) is available for adjustment
on your computer, but maybe you can download a custom setting to the
iPod, too (mine is an old IOS version, don't know what the new ones support).

iTunes is downloadable for Mac, PC, but not supported on Linux.

 

On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 9:21:52 AM UTC-7, et...@whidbey.com wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 03:35:25 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:01:11 PM UTC-7, et...@whidbey.com wrote:
Related to my two previous posts today I'm wondering about portable
equalizers to go with my portable headphone amps.

Well, you can open up iTunes and look at the equalizer presets; those
all are available on the iPod, and if one of 'em suits you, it's an easy solution.
The 'custom' setting (one slider per octave) is available for adjustment
on your computer, but maybe you can download a custom setting to the
iPod, too (mine is an old IOS version, don't know what the new ones support).

iTunes is downloadable for Mac, PC, but not supported on Linux.
I tried the iTunes presets and they don't really fit my hearing loss.
At least they don't seem to make the music sound any better.
Eric

Maybe increase the higher frequency volumes on the equalizer first?

There's a neat little chart on hearing loss as a function of age and frequency here:
http://www.roger-russell.com/hearing/hearing.htm

Michael

 

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 03:35:25 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:01:11 PM UTC-7, et...@whidbey.com wrote:
Related to my two previous posts today I'm wondering about portable
equalizers to go with my portable headphone amps.

Well, you can open up iTunes and look at the equalizer presets; those
all are available on the iPod, and if one of 'em suits you, it's an easy solution.
The 'custom' setting (one slider per octave) is available for adjustment
on your computer, but maybe you can download a custom setting to the
iPod, too (mine is an old IOS version, don't know what the new ones support).

iTunes is downloadable for Mac, PC, but not supported on Linux.

I tried the iTunes presets and they don't really fit my hearing loss.
At least they don't seem to make the music sound any better.
Eric

 

[David Eather]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:26:46 +1000, <etpm@whidbey.com> wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 03:35:25 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:01:11 PM UTC-7, et...@whidbey.com
wrote:
Related to my two previous posts today I'm wondering about portable
equalizers to go with my portable headphone amps.

Well, you can open up iTunes and look at the equalizer presets; those
all are available on the iPod, and if one of 'em suits you, it's an
easy solution.
The 'custom' setting (one slider per octave) is available for adjustment
on your computer, but maybe you can download a custom setting to the
iPod, too (mine is an old IOS version, don't know what the new ones
support).

iTunes is downloadable for Mac, PC, but not supported on Linux.
I tried the iTunes presets and they don't really fit my hearing loss.
At least they don't seem to make the music sound any better.
Eric

They won't. You like what you are used to. That is how we work.

 

[Tom Biasi]

On 3/18/2016 12:26 PM, etpm@whidbey.com wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 03:35:25 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:01:11 PM UTC-7, et...@whidbey.com wrote:
Related to my two previous posts today I'm wondering about portable
equalizers to go with my portable headphone amps.

Well, you can open up iTunes and look at the equalizer presets; those
all are available on the iPod, and if one of 'em suits you, it's an easy solution.
The 'custom' setting (one slider per octave) is available for adjustment
on your computer, but maybe you can download a custom setting to the
iPod, too (mine is an old IOS version, don't know what the new ones support).

iTunes is downloadable for Mac, PC, but not supported on Linux.
I tried the iTunes presets and they don't really fit my hearing loss.
At least they don't seem to make the music sound any better.
Eric

You need an accurate readout of what you are hearing now before any
meaningful adjustments can be made.