IOS hides its EQ options in the Settings menu.ĮQ adjustments come in handy when you’re listening on the go, so it’s a shame that Apple parked its native EQ app in iOS 7 not within the Music app, as you might expect, but in Settings. If treble rankles your eardrums, you can push the higher-end frequencies down. If you really like bass (or have a hard time hearing it), you can jack up the lower frequencies in the mix. When you apply EQ to music, you can raise or lower specific frequencies. A person with fairly pristine ears has a hearing range of from 20Hz to 20kHz (20,000Hz), with bass residing in the lower frequencies and treble tones at the higher end of the range.
That’s where EQ can make a big difference.ĮQ adjusts the frequencies of sound-or more precisely, of audio signals at particular frequencies, relative to other frequencies. In an ideal listening environment, with perfect music files and perfect headphones, you wouldn’t need to boost bass or tweak treble-so you wouldn’t need an equalizer for your music on your iOS device.īut most of us spend time listening on the train, at the gym, or while walking along city streets-situations that from an aural perspective fall far shy of perfection-and with less-than-perfect headphones.
Before you drop $300 on the latest high-end headphones to listen to music on your iOS device, check to see whether an equalization (EQ) app can make your current cans, or even earbuds, sound like a million bucks-or at least close enough to that figure to satisfy your tastes.
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