Equalizer in a Hi Fi system

“Using EQ effectively is usually MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE, and often times it is FREE, as it's built-in to nearly all DAPs. And EQs or EQ plugins are available for nearly all computer-based music playback software or network streamers.”

Please apply what I said previously to the ABOVE paragraph 

Many of the above mentioned examples in the quote will suck on the hi fi playback end.  BEWARE!  If you’re an audiophile you’re really gonna want stuff the caliber of which is used in a studio. Or you’ll be disappointed 

@lordrootman , what do you think about room and speaker correction with SOTA DSP first (get room physically as right as you can before, actually.  And speaker placement). Do all that first. Then would you say it’s ok to EQ tonally with high end analog gear?  Or is that too much?  
I have a good room I think, but haven’t DSP corrected speakers or room response yet. I just do analog EQ with a piece that I love and sounds absolutely sublime. Should I stop there, or try to do the DSP for speakers/ room too?  Your thoughts infinitely appreciated!

Off the topic of equalizers. But am listening to the early 80’s bought vinyl I have preserved ever since of Peter Gabriel’s Security. Great album. The sound is just so much more integrated and musical and real sounding than its digital counterpart, the latter of which side by side simply sounds like a fake copy. It’s really stunning. The timbre and note saturation and fullness of the recording on that original vinyl is SO MUCH MORE SATISFYING. It’s really not even close.