An equalizer (or EQ) is a filter that adjusts the loudness of specific sound frequencies when you're listening to music. Some equalizers will boost bass, while others will reduce bass and boost the high end. Different equalizer settings will piece of work better or worse on different kinds of music.

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The music you listen to is normally edited then that it will sound good on a broad variety of different sound systems, regardless of whether information technology'southward played over a low quality radio connectedness or a lossless CD thespian. But as the old cliché goes: jack of all trades, master of none.

Some people like to use custom equalizer settings (whether a preset or one you lot dial in yourself) so that the music you like to mind to sounds how you want on the equipment yous're using. While Spotify doesn't have the most avant-garde controls, it is all the same possible to configure a custom equalizer in the mobile app. Hither's how.

On an iPhone

If you're on an iPhone, open up Spotify and get to the Your Library Tab. Tap the gear icon in the summit right corner and then select Playback.

Next, select Equalizer and brand certain the toggle is turned on.

The numbers under the graph each correspond to a certain range of sound frequencies. In Spotify'due south example, 60Hz to 150Hz corresponds to the bass, 400Hz to 1KHz the midrange, and 2.4KHz to 15kHz to the treble. You can change how loud each group of frequencies sound relative to the other groups by dragging any of the points on the graph up or down.

The best way to become a feel for it is merely put on ane of your favorite songs and play effectually with them. Pretty extreme combinations similar the one I have in the right screenshot below will sound pretty weird.

If yous don't want to go to the hassle of dialling in your ain equalizer settings, or simply want to keep things simple, you can also select 1 of Spotify'south presets. These are named either after their role (eastward.g. Bass Booster or Bass Reducer) or the kind of music they piece of work best for (east.g. Stone or Classical). Just tap a preset to utilize it.

You tin likewise modify whatever preset to brand information technology better fit your set.

On Android

On Android, open Spotify and tap the gear icon in the top correct corner. Gyre down and so select Blaster.

It is up to every Android manufacturer to install their own equalizer, which Spotify and so uses. Below you can see the equalizers from Motorola and Samsung'south versions of Android.

Each of these equalizers will work slightly differently, merely exercise roughly the same thing. Play effectually with them until you lot go the sound y'all want. If you don't see the option to use an blaster, it ways your manufacturer hasn't enabled one.

While you don't need an blaster, if you're serious most getting your music to sound great, they're worth exploring. I know that the headphones I apply (Apple's Beats X earbuds) have a tendency to overemphasize the bass. By dialing it back a picayune in Spotify'due south equalizer, I get a more than natural sound.