topic Re: Where is the equalizer? in Android

Where is the equalizer?

Jaydo — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 07:15:10 GMT

Various posts tell me that there is an equalizer, but I looked in my settings and there's nothing of the sort. Someone said under Playback. There I only have checkboxes for Offline mode, Gapless, Show unplayable songs, Normalize volume, Device broadcast status and Autoplay. What am i missing?

Re: Where is the equalizer?

Joe — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:50:35 GMT

Hi. Spotify uses the system equalizer. Does the eualizer option appear when yu use another streaming service such as Play Music?

Re: Where is the equalizer?

Jaydo — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:37:28 GMT

Checked Play Music and no equalizer there either. Frankly, I can't find anything about it in the phone settings. I didn't even consider that an equalizer could be phone-based (it's never been the case on my PC). I guess that means I just need to download a custom equalizer, but I am not sure if it will then appear in Spotify after it's installed. To be continued...

Re: Where is the equalizer?

Dreadlord — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:59:35 GMT

Hey @Jaydo,

I am using this equalizer on my android phone and it works with Spotify. 🙂

Re: Where is the equalizer?

Jaydo — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:28:03 GMT

Well, thanks everyone. I tried 2 equalizers. Both work and the one recommended above even appears in Spotify (though the bass boost doesn't work on that one for some reason).

The only problem is that, even with the equalizer on, the sound quality is noticeably flatter than what I'm used to in Poweramp. I don't know if the problem is with Spotify or with the equalizer. I set the music quality to the highest setting in Spotify. I also checked and I understand that I can't play the music downloaded with Spotify using PowerAmp. So once again I end up using Spotify as just a scouting platform. Once I find something I care enough about, I have to go and buy it to be able to play it on PowerAmp.