Still the demons of GAS pursue me
Who among you has felt regret when a long-wanted item from yesteryear pops up?
About forty-five years ago, a certain popular HiFi manufacturer’s new parametric equalizer was, to me, the bee’s knees. I dreamed that I might have it one day and use it to get deep bass and tingling highs out of any speaker. A few years later, a friend who had been in the service picked one up, and it still seemed to be all that. Any frequency band could be emphasized to the point of loud or suppressed into silence.
This week, one appeared on that bay place, in “very good condition”, for next to nothing. I thought to hit Buy It Now as fast as possible; before it gets away. But then reality set in. It’s clear enough that where my system is today, adding that processor would radically degrade and certainly not enhance the sound of my system.
So now I find myself browsing that listing daily or worse. I’d appreciate reading similar accounts that others may have.
@jnovak As part of that was the idea of a flat frequency response to rule them all. I'm very much a fan of EQ, either from subtle adjustments in tone controls that are transparent, or DSP in the subwoofer path, but otherwise I think we still expect too much from them. |
It reminds me of the Apogee EQ reviews. I think it's important to figure out how we enjoy Audio. Some do so by endlessly buying and tinkering. Some by falling asleep to Chopin. There's nothing wrong with all of it. In general though, I think that adding an EQ should be done with purpose, if not measurements in mind. I don't know if this brand of EQ would degrade your experience or not, but I do think that EQ's are best implemented with at least some idea of a goal. If you just want to have it to play with it, get it! :) Or consider a miniDSP as a cheap playground. |
