MP Enhance - iAudio X5

[dolorosa]

Hi,

Are there any plans to add something like the MP Enhance setting from the original X5 firmware? Or is there something already in Rockbox that I've missed. Overall I'm impressed with Rockbox but I can hear the distortion that comes from compression on some of my files now.

Thanks

[bascule]

Apart from the fact that the 'MP Enhance' algorithms will more than likely be patented/protected/copyrighted etc., what exactly does it do?

If you can genuinely hear compression artifacts then no amount of tinkering will reduce them. This may be caused by Rockbox having a more accurate reproduction algorithms than the OF, but that seems unlikely. The only true solution to this problem is to use a better compression quality setting when encoding your music.

Alternatively, You may be hearing clipping instead, which could be caused by Rockbox if you have used too much treble/bass/EQ gain without reducing the overall signal level using the pre-cut.