cleeds - Thanks. I tried doing straight, non-EQ'd digitizing, and I was very unhappy with the results. I am not dumping the LPs, so I can always listen to them au naturelle, but I want CDs for the car, and to rip onto my server. I was finding that the digitized LPs were noticeably brighter and thinner sounding than most of the CDs ripped to my server. Whether that's the recorder, the cartridges, the phono preamp, or whatever, I just didn't like the results.
The age-old EQ vs. non-EQ debate will not be resolved here. Suffice it to say that EVERY recording you own has been run through an equalizer in the mastering process. As far as I am concerned, using the EQ to get results that sound natural and neutral to my ears, on my system, is okay, provided I don't overdo it. I can't afford to step up to a pricey cartridge, better A/D converter, or phono preamp. So, what I do want, and can afford, is a pair of cans that will enable me to hear what the recording really sounds like without adding any sweetening, so that I can apply, or not apply, EQ to each recording as needed. Heck, I would need that even if I wasn't using an equalizer at all. Hence the post.

