Hey, I know that it's not ideal. I would be really great to encode them once and then forget about it, but hey, this a solution, works for me and maybe for others. It's just a suggestion and the process is simple and fast. As you said, the musicplayer doesn't have an equalizer so... I don't see a more "intelligent" answer to "My-dream-sounding-Zaurus" issue. Maybe next time you give your opinion you could also give a solution to the problem too... The matter of "you should" or "you shouldn't" is up to him.