Or at least colder.I prefer flat. Unless it needs EQ. Then I prefer EQ. Or a cold beer. Cold beer makes everything better.
I prefer flat. Unless it needs EQ. Then I prefer EQ. Or a cold beer. Cold beer makes everything better.
As long as the beer itself isn't flat.I prefer flat. Unless it needs EQ. Then I prefer EQ. Or a cold beer. Cold beer makes everything better.
It depends on how many cold beers really. I find my system starts to sound really nice but too quiet after a beer or three. After that I find I need a logarithmic increase in volume dependent with my alcohol intake.
As long as the beer itself isn't flat.
I don't care what they want,it's what I want to hear that counts now isn't it?
Bottom line is that as far as fidelity is concerned, neither the use NOR steadfast non-use of tone controls can guaranty anything - and never will.
How is the engineer supposed to know what you want to hear?
Maybe you should write them when they are mastering an album.
I prefer flat. Unless it needs EQ. Then I prefer EQ. Or a cold beer. Cold beer makes everything better.
I’m actually surprised....
People think that no matter what equipment the engineers used, no matter the personal equipment used for playback it should all sound the same if recorded correctly and if using no tonal adjustments. You have many brands of equipment with a house sound that creates a distinct sound then many people mix the pieces from multiple manufacturers combining the house sounds. As if there is no contribution to the sound from the circuitry at all.
Then to top it off everyone’s experiences would be the same based upon that fallacy. Our individual brain chemistry can’t even interpret sound the same. But somehow we can all hear exactly what the engineers intent was when the music was being mastered ??? Then somehow using equipment of differing quality with no adjustments should be made because it changes the way the song originally sounded.
I have news for you...no ones equipment can duplicate the sound from the recording studio...
But there are many people here that have to think that their equipment has to create the same sound that the engineers were listening to when they created a master tape...
As if.......
Assumes facts not in evidence. Personally, I don't use tone controls, but I suffer no such delusions. I simply prefer not to use them; I don't claim that makes my system more accurate, or more anything, compared to others, including whatever the engineers used. Those who set up with calibrated mics and room treatments have a greater likelihood of claiming accuracy - whatever that means. For me, it is more about not wanting or needing to fiddle with tone controls, then resetting them for the next recording, or whatever. Basically, I don't use them because I'm just too damn lazy, I guess. I just try to put together systems I like with remote control of power on/off, source selection, and volume.
Nor do I believe that most fellow enthusiasts believe as you wrote. I give 'em more credit than that.
So the bottom line is, if everyone's system sounds exactly like mine ... it's copacetic!
Now there's a practical observation.flat gives a reference you can rely on
You can make them sound even better by ditching the solid state receiver and hooking them up to a decent tube amplifier.Never believe generalizations. However, I used to play with "the knobs", until I started buying gear and testing it all. I guess in order to use a reference point I always set to flat. This way the sound is coming through as unaltered as possible, and therefore reflects the unit itself. This doesn't mean I wont get knob crazy. I recently bought a pair of Klipsch Heresy's and hooked them to my best sounding receiver, my Denon DRA 635. From using the Denon on flat, I know what IT SHOULD sound like. At first I thought the Klipsch's were broken, so sharp and bright and shitty bass. I tweaked the "knobs" until I got a sound I liked. After a few days I ran some rope chaulk to seal the back panel and put the Heresy's on the floor. What a difference!! I tuned the Denon back to flat and Voila!, great sound!..... So for me, it's about "How things sound"... and flat gives a reference you can rely on.....
You can make them sound even better by ditching the solid state receiver and hooking them up to a decent tube amplifier.