What exactly is the sound check option in iPod settings?

[tfg]

All it seems to do is lower the volume and may be the reason why it seems low at times.

 

[ColsTiger]

Good question. Maybe it balances the volume for louder tracks.

 

[cdodkin]

Good question. Maybe it balances the volume for louder tracks.

correct - it attempts to keep all tracks at the same volume so that you don't have to mess with the volume controls to compensate for louder or quieter tracks.

Now is that a good thing?

Well, that's up to each user....

 

[tfg]

correct - it attempts to keep all tracks at the same volume so that you don't have to mess with the volume controls to compensate for louder or quieter tracks.

Now is that a good thing?

Well, that's up to each user....

In theory it sounds like a good thing, but when this is clicked on it seems to drop the volume by half of the song that I'm listening to.

 

[mabigwiz]

Was playing the songs in my car last week and was wondering why it was so quite. Killed the sound check and music was very loud there on out.

 

[ColsTiger]

correct - it attempts to keep all tracks at the same volume so that you don't have to mess with the volume controls to compensate for louder or quieter tracks.

Now is that a good thing?

Well, that's up to each user....

That's what I thought. It couldn't be anything else really.