Good EQ sound settings?

[Savage]

I think I remember seeing some settings for a nice sounding RB'd player.  Mine did sound decent but I messed with the settings and now I can't get the bottom end to come back up - sounds BAD.
Can someone suggest some settings or if you know the chart I'm talking about could you please link me.  I can't find it and it sounds like poo.

Thank you!

[tdtooke]

If you have an iPod this thread comes to mind.

[Savage]

Thank you for the link but I don't think thats it as I don't have an ipod.  I have a Tosh. Gigabeat.  
Hopefully someone else will chime in with the info I'm thinking of.  

[saratoga]

Generally EQ settings are specific to your headphones, not your audio player, so its unlikely anyone here is going to be able to give you good advice.

That said, if you're not finding an improvement with EQ, it may be that you don't need to use EQ.

[Savage]

It was sounding pretty good on my headphones, pc stereo system, home stereo, and my auto system.  I think when I went into the preset audio like Classical and such is when it went downhill.  And now I can't seem to get it back to where it was.
Sounds like cr ap on all my systems.  Very crackly and distorted!

[safetydan]

Have you tried just resetting the settings to 0db across the bands? It should only sound crackly and distorted if you've pushed the gain too hard. Generally try and cut frequencies rather than boost them to avoid distortion. Also make use of the precut to keep things from clipping.

[Savage]

I'm usually pretty good with systems, but this one is beating me.
Just sitting here listening to it on the quiet side the speakers are distorting.
I'll keep tinkering with your suggestions...

[safetydan]

Speakers distorting? Does it distort also on headphones?

If you're still getting nowhere, try using one of the presets. They shouldn't cause distortion. If that doesn't work, you could try doing a full settings reset and see if that fixes things. Though that might be a bit drastic.

[TexasRockbox]

For the ipod try the hardware EQ for the upper and lower shelf.  To adjust the gain upward scroll down to the positive values.  +6 at 80Hz and +2 at 9Khz seem to work well for me and as I understaand it, the hardware EQ may use less battery power.

[Savage]

Went out in the SUV and messed with the settings.  A couple of them sounded good but I think it sounded the best with EQ off.  Got it nice and loud without distortion.  (Very impressed that we can get this good of sound through a tape adapter)
So I bring it in and hook it up to my pc and it sounds like poo.  All of the deep sounds are gone.  I can't control the volume on my mp3 player either?  But when I play the same song that's on my pc it sounds great.  Play it thru the player and it sounds weak?

[safetydan]

@TexasRockbox, the hardware equalizer of the iPod has been removed. It never worked right anyway. The settings that were previously controlled by the high and low shelf have been moved to the treble and bass settings.

@Savage, I don't think equalizer settings are going to help you. Sounds like more of an amp or speaker issue. Are you using the line out socket (does the Gigabeat even have one?)?

[Febs]

So I bring it in and hook it up to my pc and it sounds like poo.

How are you hooking it up to your PC?

[Savage]

The GB has a LineOut in the cradle.  So I got a 3.5mm cable and a splitter.  Put the splitter in the speaker output of my pc and then plugged the GB and pc stereo into the splitter.  
It can't be a speaker issue because it sounds great when playing my songs in Realplayer.
Does that help you guys?

[Febs]

I can't follow that explanation.  You're plugging the Gigabeat line out into a speaker *output* via a splitter?!

[Savage]

No the splitter is in my pc tower.  Then I just use a 3.5mm cord from it to my GB cradle.  Make sense?