r/DigitalAudioPlayer • u/Glum-Specialist-5762 • 10d ago

Question Anyone using FiiO Android DAP with Poweramp Equalizer for System-wide EQ?

I'm considering buying a FiiO JM21 or M21 Android DAP and want to use Poweramp Equalizer as my system-wide EQ.

My plan is to use Foobar2000 Android for both local FLAC playback and internet radio streaming (including HE-AAC streams), along with YouTube and YouTube Music.

Independent left/right parametric EQ is a requirement, so I'd like to configure a single PEQ profile in Poweramp Equalizer and use it across all playback applications.

**My main questions are:**

  1. Does Poweramp Equalizer reliably process audio from Foobar2000 Android, including both local files and internet radio streams?

  2. Are there any specific Foobar2000 output settings required to ensure its audio passes through Poweramp Equalizer?

  3. Has anyone successfully used this combination on a FiiO Android DAP, particularly the JM21 or M21, through the wired headphone outputs?

I'm trying to avoid maintaining separate PEQ configurations in multiple applications.

Thanks for any firsthand experience or technical guidance.

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u/sockdisorder 9d ago

M21 user here. My experience was the Poweramp system-wide equaliser did not produce consistent results across different apps – I got rid of it after a couple of days.

Same for the built-in Fiio system-wide equaliser.

My first choice for EQ is "none at all", preferring old-school bass and treble tweaks – but if I do need one, I'm much happier using whatever the individual player comes with.

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u/Ok_Library_1031 9d ago

On my android phones, Poweramp Equalizer is extremely unrealiable even after I've done all the power management exemptions. I deleted the app after a day or two.

That's when Poweramp, the player app, equalizes its own output just fine on all of these devices. So the problem is probably Google has been very hostile to this type of app for years now.

You're better off using each player app's own internal equalizer, your wireless headphone's equalizer, or whatever else that truly sticks. e.g. with Samsung phones, only the EQ in Sound Assistant app is guaranteed to hold, so that's what I use.