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Go get out your pitchforks, I’ve done a sacrilegious thing. . .

. . . I’ve added an EQ!

A Loki Max to be exact - and so far, I love it!

I believe in the purist approach for the most part, and I have a main system that that’s all about, but this system, this is my fun house system, but my room acoustics are not great in my living room.  But that doesn’t mean I want crap sound in it either. The wife won’t let me treat the room, but frankly, that isn’t even the main reason I did it. 

The system is basically Klipsch Forte III’s, Balanced Audio VX 3ix pre-amp, ARC balanced V35 tube amp, Bifrost 2 DAC getting sound from a Marantz ND8006 streamer.  I put the EQ between the DAC and the preamp.

It’s dead quiet, and I can’t discern the difference in bypass mode either. 
 

I figured it’s was a lot easier, and cheaper, to add this one component and get the exact sound I want versus going through a bunch of cables or changing out other equipment. 

Soundstage is great, and there doesn’t paper to be any aberrations, but keep in mind this isn’t the most reveling system, another reason I wasn’t too worried about adding an EQ.

All in all, a good investment and make my music more enjoyable!

 

 

last_lemming
pennpencil
109 posts
 

What a great number of responses! Hey, whatever floats your boat. It’s your system. You do what you like. My dac has an equalizer. I’ve not touched it. Maybe I will. 

p05129
480 posts
 

Had an equalizer in the 80’s and 90’s, tried to use it for each song and it was a waste of time. I’d be adjusting the equalizer during the song and the song was either over or near over and my equalizer would be tuned, so I really didn’t hear the song and back then, most of my music was on vinyl and you never want to play a track on vinyl over and over without damaging the vinyl

last_lemming OP
629 posts
 

I get it. I guess I’m different, I’ve already set mine and forgot it. 

sns
3,003 posts
 

I guess I don't get it, equalizing system vs equalizing the recording. I don't need to equalize my system as it's voiced to my preference, the recordings another issue entirely.

 

I can't understand having this tool and then not using it for the greatest variable in one's system, the recording. As with some previous posters, it would drive me crazy having this tool to adjust for every recording, and not using it in this manner would make it worthless to me.

pedroeb
493 posts
 

I don't know about others, but there is no way I'd go down the path of changing settings for different recordings. Who'd even give it thought?

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