Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing?

Mceljo, your option (4) is expressed a little differently than what I was addressing as option (1), but I think that similar reasoning applies in both cases.

My thought was essentially that an electronic correction for the response curves of a particular listener will cause him or her to perceive an accurate reproduction of an original performance differently than that same listener would have perceived the original performance. Which would seem to be contrary to what we try to accomplish in striving for high quality music reproduction.

Of course, use of electronic equalization, digital room correction, etc., may be called for in many cases in order to make the reproduced sound as neutral and accurate as possible, or as subjectively pleasing as possible to the
particular listener, or to compensate for particular hearing deficiences, or to compensate for having to listen at low volume levels. But those are separate issues.

Some of the others who responded above appear to me to have expressed essentially the same thought.

You raise an interesting question, though.

Best regards,
-- Al

Elizabeth said, 08-11-10: Elizabeth
"IF it was a wanted thing it would be being done, wouldn't it? SINCE no one is doing it (and it is easily possible and certainly someone or more have tried it), no one wants to do it.. simple."

Hi Elizabeth, DONT SAY NO ONE :)!!!!

Bob

I would imagine that, though such compensation might best be done (at least theoretically) through individually tailored hearing aids, due to the actual scale of the equipment needed, it might actually be more likely to be successful with a more typical room eq device.