I love equalization, and fixes so many old recordings that sound terrible. The new recordings from 2010 and forwards seem to be OK flat, but the old stuff needs fixed.
Sound meter + equalizer = problem solved?
I think it’s true. Digital room correction is even better. Are we just spinning our wheels and wasting time trying to solve the room acoustics/Fletcher Munson problem otherwise? Could audiophile dogma ie “don’t mess with the signal, dummy” just be completely wrong in practice? What were we thinking?