Stereo EQ in the hifi world ...?

And it has a bypass switch.

I'm also curious to see how an external EQ can improve brand new CDs that tend to be loud and have compressed DR. I find that it is the mid-high and high frequencies in these as well that bother me. For $129 it might be worth it just to find out.

I would go nuts with one of those EQs with dozens of sliders. OCD in overdrive.

How much was it if you don't mind my asking?

Thanks. That sounds reasonable.

So here is a question that ties in with a couple of other threads concerning the trend of severe DR compression in most new music releases. Maybe this question deserves a new thread or maybe it deserves no discussion at all:

I understand that if the DR is narrow on a recording then nothing can make it wider.

But I wonder if an EQ can improve the way a narrow DR recording sounds? High and low frequencies at the same volume are perceived to be of different volumes due to the equal-loudness contour ("Fletcher-Munson" curve) characteristic of human hearing. So would it be possible to exploit this with an equalizer to give the impression of a wider DR?