Does anyone know how to make your music sound the best it can on an Mp3 player???

Question

I currently got new Bose earbuds and noticed that on radio stations like Pandora.com and other internet radio stations the music if played on my headphones sounds spectacular. My question is is there a way to replicate this on my Mp3 Player (iriver clix.) Right now all my songs on the player set at 256 kbps and i have the EQ set on the custom setting. When i set the custom setting it never sounds "true" i guess. It sounds like the treble is to high but the voice isn't loud enough no matter how i tamper with it. I've tried all of the EQ settings but it never sounds right. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

the issue here is your computer's sound output is probably much better than what the iriver is capeable of..not to mention the EQ might not be as accurate as what's on your computer. the other thing you have to consider is the power output of your iriver. most of the time portable players don't have real power amplifiers..not that it takes a lot to power headphones..but some headphones do require more power than others. The bose are pretty heafty for earbuds (size doesn't determine the actual power required, it's all in the design).

the fact that internet radio stations sound good to you has nothing to do with the bitrate on your player. internet radio is some of the lousiest sounding stuff out there..usually because it's compressed for braodcast and being played from other MP3's.

now, i'm assuming that you've attempted to customize the custom EQ setting..and still can't get it to sound right. first thing i would do is turn the EQ off on your mp3 player and turn all EQ stuff on your computer (check your playback software and your audio hardware settings) and compare the sound "flat" from your player and computer, playing the same mp3. if you get drastically different sound...then the problem is most likely the bose are too power hungry for your little iriver and therefore, can't really produce any bass. you can't solve this without an external amplifier.

also, you said all your songs are 256kbps..if you ripped them from CD, that's fine..however, if they were already mp3's and you encoded them to 256, i feel i should say you gained absolutely no quality and it actually does more damage to the sound than mp3 does on it's own. don't re-code your stuff.

the three people above me...you didn't actually answer his question...you just told him stuff he had already said he had done.....good example of the people who know a thing or two vs the people who just try to repeat stuff they've heard....nothing personal.

Answer 2

You can try to adjust the volume, and change headphones and EQ. I learned that music sounds best if you have some good headphones in. That's usually the way to get the best music possible on your mp3.

Answer 3

It's based on many factors. For instance, the brand of ur MP3, what type of headphones you are using, and the audio setting you have on ur MP3. By changing these, you're sound quality may increase.

Answer 4

well you can go to settings than find something that says eq or something like that then mess around with the controls, and u should get a good song