What can I do to improve the quality...

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What can I do to improve the quality...

...of my purchased mp3s? I'm using a very powerful sound system, connected to my iPod. The quality of the songs is EXTREMELY inconsistent. I'm very disappointed, because I need to be able to CRANK the music. What can I do to improve the quality of the mp3s? Anything? Thanks.

Dell Studio, Windows Vista

Posted on Mar 29, 2011 6:04 PM

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ed2345

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Mar 29, 2011 6:21 PM in response to andreajava

If the issue is the sound quality in iTunes, try turning off the "Sound Enhancer" in your iTunes options. (The Sound Enhancer can sometimes conflict with other Windows audio processing and make things worse.)

If the issue is the quality of the files themselves, purchase lossless files instead. Almost all online music download stores offer lossless audio files, with the notable exceptions of the iTunes Store and Amazon.

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andreajava Author

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Mar 29, 2011 6:36 PM in response to ed2345

Is there anything I can do with future iTunes purchases, to improve the quality? I really don't want to repurchase all the music files that I need.

Also, anything else that can be done to improve/convert the files that I already have? I'll do anything...desperate at this point.

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ed2345

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Mar 29, 2011 6:45 PM in response to andreajava

I can't tell from your post if you are talking about a file quality problem or an iTunes playback problem. To tell the difference, play the files in another (non-iTunes) player and see how they sound.

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andreajava Author

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Mar 29, 2011 8:07 PM in response to ed2345

The files are being played through my iPod, which is connected to the sound system.

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Mar 29, 2011 11:27 PM in response to andreajava

Try playing them from your computer to the sound system instead of using the iPod.

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burkay

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Apr 12, 2011 5:39 AM in response to Matthew Smith

it's not possible to convert already lossy files (let's say >320kb/s) to a better quality, since the information is already lost. Get yourself lossless (ALAC, FLAC, AIF, WAV) files instead or at least 320kb/s coded AAC or MP3.
Also to improve the sound quality from the iPhone or iPod for play back is reached by using the AV-dock-Cable (like this one: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC748ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOQ&mco=MjAyNDk5ODM) which uses the line out dock cable outputs instead of the headphone out on the top.

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