Bass/Treble Controls for Built In Speakers?

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Bass/Treble Controls for Built In Speakers?

Do controls for the subject features exist? The only adjustment I found, other than volume, is for balance in the "Sound" section of System Preferences.

iMac i5 (Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 5, 2011 10:58 AM

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den.thed

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Mar 5, 2011 11:38 AM in response to dcwarner

Hello dcwarner

The main system volume controls are limited, however iTunes has an EQ... with iTunes displayed on your menu bar, go over to Window and select the Equalizer.

Dennis

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dcwarner Author

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Mar 6, 2011 9:23 AM in response to den.thed

Dennis,
Thanks. Based on a bit of experimentation, this affects only music being played in iTunes, right? (I am usually streaming music from a radio station in Safari for my music listening.)
Dave

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Dah•veed

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Mar 6, 2011 9:56 AM in response to dcwarner

If you have the exact URL for streaming in Safari (as opposed to using a mini player supplied by the website) you can stream the same radio station in iTunes or QuickTime 7, which also has some bass/treble control.

Dah•veed

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dcwarner Author

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Mar 13, 2011 3:54 PM in response to Dah•veed

David,
Thanks.

I tried entering two URLs in iTunes that get me directly to a streaming player:
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=KQMT and
http://www.radio1045.com/mediaplayer/?station=WRFF-FM&action=listenlive&channel_ title=

In both cases, the URL was entered into the "music" library of iTunes, but when I clicked on a URL, didn't play. Not being overly familiar with iTunes, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

If you have a moment, maybe you could try one of these URLs and see if you have better luck? It would be nice to stream radio in iTunes instead of Safari.

Thank you.
Dave

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Dah•veed

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Mar 13, 2011 4:27 PM in response to dcwarner

The first one is not a stream, it opens the station's proprietary player in Safari and I found no other way to get a stream.

The second one denies me any access because I am in Mexico.

Sorry.

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dcwarner Author

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Mar 19, 2011 5:15 AM in response to Dah•veed

Dave,
Thanks. I appreciate your help; I hadn't spent enough time in iTunes to even know streaming within it was an option.
Dave

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