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Reducing treble?

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riksweeney:
(It might not be the treble, so let me describe the problem)

My current set of headphones make the audio quite harsh in places, mainly when an artist is signing anything with an 's' in it. The word is really emphasised and is sometimes very jarring.

Is there anything I can set in Rockbox to soften this? Of course I could buy another set of headphones, but I run the risk of the same thing happening and they're not exactly cheap these days.

[Saint]:

--- Quote from: riksweeney on August 19, 2011, 04:40:39 AM ---<snip>My current set of headphones make the audio quite harsh in places...</snip>

<snip>Is there anything I can set in Rockbox to soften this?...</snip>

--- End quote ---

The obvious solution to this would be....(get ready for the surprise here ;))...reducing the trebel.


You can achieve this by either:

Settings - Sound Settings - Trebel
(set this to a negative value)

or,

Settings - Sound Settings - Equalizer* - (either) Graphical EQ/Simple EQ Settings/Advanced EQ Settings
(lower the value of the High Shelf Filter)


*Make sure the EQ is enabled, otherwise you can adjust these settings until the cows come home and it'll have no effect.
To enable the EQ:

Settings - Sound Settings - Equalizer - Enable EQ - Yes



[St.]

EDIT: Sarcasm added for humorous effect, definitely not "I'm a typical arrogant forum-snob that feels a sense of superiority" :D

AlexP:
And the shocking misspelling of "treble" added for...? :)

riksweeney:
Ah, OK. I can't set the treble to a negative value on my build, but I haven't updated for years since it's stable and I'm happy with it. Perhaps I should have a look at the latest release.

(iRiver H120)

Thanks!

Llorean:
If it's mainly the S it may also simply be that your recordings are of too low bitrate/quality.

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