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I'd like to put my 2cents worth in on this topic...
I'm no expert (and believe me, I know just enough to be
dangerous) - BUT, my ears work fairly well.
Going by old school technology, vinyl records, reel-to-reel and
cassette tapes and FM radio, I can hear 'big' differences
between one song's production and another.
Chicago, for example, horns, piano, guitar, etc... The bass
guitar is weak, hardly anything below about 500 on some songs...
Gino Vannelli or Deep Purple may have a lot of bass and need to
be toned down... A Jeff Beck song just doesn't 'sound' right,
but the rest of the album sounds great or maybe 'you' want to
hear what the drummer is doing...
To me, those are reasons to 'use' an equalizer.
The final mix, production, recording, may have been 'off' a bit
that day, for what-ever reason... With these old forms of media,
non-digital, un-re-mastered, music, they sometimes need to be
'tailored' just a little to get that 'fat' sound or to bring out
the high-hat and cymbals... Just a little 'tweak' to make it
sound the way you want it to with your speakers and your room.
A decent 1/3 octave - 31 band eq does wonders for a piece of
music... (even a cheap 10 band can make a big difference) Unless
of course, you'd prefer to just use the bass and treble knobs on
your receiver.
OR
If you put one speaker on a carpeted floor, flat against the
wall, and the other in the corner. One speaker is going to be
'boomy' and the other a little hollow, right? Another reason to
use an eq.
And then there is the consideration of the 'type' of speakers
you are using. (not to be confused with brandname) Are they
2-way? 3-way? 4-way? Are they efficent? Work well with 100 watts
and still good at 10 watts?
And then you can still argue about using a DBX expander /
compressor... A whole other ball of wax...
Right, wrong or otherwise, that's my opinion.
ds
--
"Bob Cain" <arcane@arcanemethods.com> wrote in message
news:cj8e6g0kvv@enews4.newsguy.com...
>
>
> Chris Hornbeck wrote:
>
> > For anybody interested, the argument for flat on-axis
> > response in multi-way speakers is that the direct sound
> > from the speaker arrives first, and so is given a
> > significance by our hearing. (It's also the loudest,
> > which can't hurt.)
>
> Both of which are much more prominent at the sweet region of >
a well treated room. This would lead me toward the on axis
> criterion for that situation and probably the room average
> for a more generic listening environment.
>
>
> Bob
> --
>
> "Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
> simpler."
>
> A. Einstein
I'd like to put my 2cents worth in on this topic...
I'm no expert (and believe me, I know just enough to be
dangerous) - BUT, my ears work fairly well.
Going by old school technology, vinyl records, reel-to-reel and
cassette tapes and FM radio, I can hear 'big' differences
between one song's production and another.
Chicago, for example, horns, piano, guitar, etc... The bass
guitar is weak, hardly anything below about 500 on some songs...
Gino Vannelli or Deep Purple may have a lot of bass and need to
be toned down... A Jeff Beck song just doesn't 'sound' right,
but the rest of the album sounds great or maybe 'you' want to
hear what the drummer is doing...
To me, those are reasons to 'use' an equalizer.
The final mix, production, recording, may have been 'off' a bit
that day, for what-ever reason... With these old forms of media,
non-digital, un-re-mastered, music, they sometimes need to be
'tailored' just a little to get that 'fat' sound or to bring out
the high-hat and cymbals... Just a little 'tweak' to make it
sound the way you want it to with your speakers and your room.
A decent 1/3 octave - 31 band eq does wonders for a piece of
music... (even a cheap 10 band can make a big difference) Unless
of course, you'd prefer to just use the bass and treble knobs on
your receiver.
OR
If you put one speaker on a carpeted floor, flat against the
wall, and the other in the corner. One speaker is going to be
'boomy' and the other a little hollow, right? Another reason to
use an eq.
And then there is the consideration of the 'type' of speakers
you are using. (not to be confused with brandname) Are they
2-way? 3-way? 4-way? Are they efficent? Work well with 100 watts
and still good at 10 watts?
And then you can still argue about using a DBX expander /
compressor... A whole other ball of wax...
Right, wrong or otherwise, that's my opinion.
ds
--
"Bob Cain" <arcane@arcanemethods.com> wrote in message
news:cj8e6g0kvv@enews4.newsguy.com...
>
>
> Chris Hornbeck wrote:
>
> > For anybody interested, the argument for flat on-axis
> > response in multi-way speakers is that the direct sound
> > from the speaker arrives first, and so is given a
> > significance by our hearing. (It's also the loudest,
> > which can't hurt.)
>
> Both of which are much more prominent at the sweet region of >
a well treated room. This would lead me toward the on axis
> criterion for that situation and probably the room average
> for a more generic listening environment.
>
>
> Bob
> --
>
> "Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
> simpler."
>
> A. Einstein
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