I really appreciate the original thread and the responses. To me flat means I didn’t change the signal to suit my ears. When I perceive the tonal balance is off, I assume the studio engineer wanted something different than what I prefer. Conversely, when it is spot on, the engineer and I agree and I can reproduce that sound in my my listening space. No easy feat for an engineer. It’s an art. Maybe lost in these these times. Listening to my vinyl LP of Rhapsody And Blues by Crusaders, I am totally in tune with the studio recording and the band intent. And, with Adele 25. A different time and a different genre but the recording is honest and truthful. I’m grateful for the recording engineers and their dedication.
I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why.
A poster on another thread here has encouraged me to post this. Been an audio professional and a hobbyist for 50 tears. I had my time with eq, tone controls ( even reverb and time delay units ). I am currently at the point where I need nothing to alter the recordings I listen to, nor to compensate for room aberrations. I have spent lots of money on equipment , had equipment on loan, of all types ( pretty much a bit of everything, for the most part ) and I have tweaked, and tweaked, and tweaked. I have recently tooled down to a much simpler and less expensive system, and I find I am the happiest I have ever been. Might be my amp, my passive unit, my speakers...…….yes, all of that. Yes, all of that is important, but it is the system synergy that has made me realize that changing anything with an eq or tone controls took me further from that synergy, that balance. I accept, and enjoy my recordings for what they are. Some better than others ( sq ). But, I am enjoying the brilliance of all the studio work put into them, exactly as they were intended to be listened to. This is me. I do not believe in right or wrong, better or worse, newer vs older, yada yada yada. I have believed, and have stated, particularly in this hobby, to each his own. I hear fuse differences, power cable differences, etc. Some believe I was born a bat. I am happy of my gift, not just hearing well, but through the years, teaching myself " what it is I like ", which is the key for most of us. I am not sure where this thread will go, but I put it out there, and hope folks will drop in, even though much of it might have been stated before in other threads. Thank you A'gon family, be well, and Enjoy ! MrD.