Nokia N75

I created an MP3 snippet to use as a ringtone. I used equalizer to reduce high and low frequencies, so that it would sound good on a cell phone. I tried downloading it with 'data transfer' on USB cable to the phone under Sounds/Digital. It shows up as a ringtone, when assigning 'ringing tones'. It sounds great when playing as an example when selecting the ringtone, BUT after assigning as a ringtone, it sounds terrible when the phone actually rings (tinny, echo, reverb). I also tried downloading with 'music synch' under nokia PC suite, with 'optimize for phone', then on the phone 'make available as a ringtone'. Same result, it sounds fine as music, and as example for ringtone, but TERRIBLE when phone rings.

Any ideas / suggestions? ...
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