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In Reply to: Change your curve! posted by Sumflow on August 20, 2012 at 16:30:05:
Dare I suggest that a system might benefit from active EQ (for room, source and --yes it happens -- speaker) deficiency? I have never owned a McIntosh anything, but the idea of a loudness contour button is great, but at best it is a designer's assumption of the average. Changing the sensitivity of your speakers is kind of like saying "substitute a lower power amplifier for quieter music", isn't it?
The goal of high fidelity is to impress your friends, no wait, it's enjoy music that is pleasing to you, the listener. By definition that is a completely subjective judgment. You can adjust your system to best suit you. I am currently a fan of 1/3 octave pink noise bands, equalized to be the same subjective loudness at my "normal" listening level. Other people aim for flat 20 Hz-20 KHz at the listening position. Whatever. My subjective method is -- well, subjective! The problem with that method is that it requires a graphic EQ which is anathema to many audiophiles. ("Behringer DEQ2496" is doubly so, but you can probably buy a pedigreed unit if you want.)
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- Active EQ ... taste the Dark Side of audio... - soldermizer 06:56:08 08/21/12 (1)
- Loudness - Sumflow 16:29:52 08/21/12 (0)
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