Teo_audio..... I would agree with you on a theoretical level... if I were playing back audiophile pressings. When I do play well mastered LPs.. or newly remastered pressings, I bypass the EQ and it sounds fantastic. I will pose it to you again...
I know my system is well balanced because when I play well mastered material, it sounds exactly perfect. But then I put on a record that is clearly deficient in low end. Should I just grin and bear it? Should I not play this music? Why should I be deprived of the kick drum moving some air for a set of made-up ideals?
And to Chalkster..... why should I have to pick from 6 EQ presets that have nothing whatsoever to do with the record that I am playing right now? ..... when all that's required is +4dB at 50Hz to restore the kick and bass to where they SHOULD be. Yes... i know what a real band sounds like, and I know that the kick and bass should move some air in the room. If the record has been rolled off due to mass market commercial concerns, why is it an audiophile crime to use an EQ to fix this problem?
I know my system is well balanced because when I play well mastered material, it sounds exactly perfect. But then I put on a record that is clearly deficient in low end. Should I just grin and bear it? Should I not play this music? Why should I be deprived of the kick drum moving some air for a set of made-up ideals?
And to Chalkster..... why should I have to pick from 6 EQ presets that have nothing whatsoever to do with the record that I am playing right now? ..... when all that's required is +4dB at 50Hz to restore the kick and bass to where they SHOULD be. Yes... i know what a real band sounds like, and I know that the kick and bass should move some air in the room. If the record has been rolled off due to mass market commercial concerns, why is it an audiophile crime to use an EQ to fix this problem?