dull/muffled songs
 

Why is it that some of my songs are low in volume? I have alot of varying quality on my downloads from LimeWire. When I use my vehicle cradle, i use the lowest FM channel, but I have to max out my volume just to hear the songs. The volume/quality is OK when I use my earbuds, but I still can hear background hiss. I have no idea if I am downloading the wrong way or if there is some setting that I have not set/set wrong. Does anyone have the same problem or have an answer. :bangh:

LW is just a medium with which to d/l files. If the quality is poor it's either bacause the file was poor quality to begin with or something happened during the copying/burning of the files. Check the bitrates of the files before you d/l them. The higher the bitrate the better the quality.

Some programs have a volume leveling(normalizing) feature that can adjust the playback volume of the files. LW doesn't have that feature.

Check out this program called MP3Gain: http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

iTunes and iPods have a volume normalizer feature called Sound Check, just go to iTunes Options and enable it, and then go to your iPod's Settings menu and enable it.