iTunes EQ panel seems non-functional with iTunes Music

Thanks for the replies, folks. This is really baffling.

Not using AirPlay, Music app direct to speakers (Klipsch THX 2.1 speakers)

via headphone jack in my 27" iMac (2019).

Loss of Preamp function is with all music genres and encoding type (Lossless vs. Standard).

Long time iTunes/Music user, so I read "Adjust the Sound Enhancer" and saw nothing new.

I did uncheck the "Sound Check" and "Crossfade" Preference boxes under "Playback"

just for grins - with no change noticed in Preamp function.

I've noticed that with some music the Music preamp feature seems to slightly help, or maybe

just wishful thinking. My phone app says the difference between the +12 db and -12 db

settings was roughly 3 db or less, not 24 db. Barely noticeable.

So apparently the Preamp feature is working well for other folks on Monterey?

The Preamp feature used to work fine for me in revs past, so something has changed

in either the software or the music enc/dec used currently.

Does Music streaming on Mac bypass the EQ functionality in some/all cases even when EQ is set "On"?

Interesting, tt2.

It seems that the EQ Preamp works well with downloaded music

(and internet radio stations like the AceRadio channels).

EQ in Music works just like it did in the past.

It appears that only streaming content from Apple Music does not

work with the EQ features, particularly the Preamp feature.

I will report this as a bug, hopefully it's not considered a "feature"

of Apple Music streams.