Noobie question ...

Thank you for all the responses.

We all do have different ears and budgets; however, "the record" stays static to however audio engineer decided it would sound better.

Since I am pretty new to all audiophile technicality I was wondering of there was some "magic" to dealing with equalizing the recording; it seems there is none, other then tone control of some sort. In this case I do not think that you can have satisfying musical experience in your home without them.

Again, thank you all very much. One question answered, many more to come :)

equalizer... is probably where i was going with this question. however, there are less and less of them that are available on the market. recordings are getting better and better, i guess. still, cd's that are produces for mass market in my opinion have extenuated tones to compensate for poor stereo system ...