I suggest you try out the Ozone plugin. Very nice. The basic EQ "Rock" preset is a very generic one. It boosts the low and highs and cuts the mids. You can save different EQ presets for different songs and also make your own. Set you EQ with all the sliders in the middle. This means the EQ is doing nothing. When you move the sliders down you are cutting that frequency and when you move th up you are boosting them. Play around with it and learn how it changes the sound. This way you can tailor the EQ to the sound signature YOU like. Hope that helps. Get the OZONE plugin. There are some others too but ozone is one of the best.
Are you using XP or Vista? I have some other tips that will improve your sound, but we can get to that later.
Niether. Win 2000 Pro sp4.