How many of you have an equilizer hooked up?

[McIntosh]

I was listening to an MFSL Low Spark of High Heeled Boys last night and it sounded like crap. Really edgy and fatiguing, but it's the only copy I have.

Made me think of hooking up my old Audio Control Octave and play around with it.

Anyone else still have EQ in the chain?

[Vinyl-Addict]

I was listening to an MFSL Low Spark of High Heeled Boys last night and it sounded like crap. Really edgy and fatiguing, but it's the only copy I have.

Made me think of hooking up my old Audio Control Octave and play around with it.

Anyone else still have EQ in the chain?

Are you speaking of the LP or CD? I have the MFSL CD and it has always sounded on the warm side on my system. I also have both UK and US LP's and they sound very nice too, though not quite as warm as the MFSL disc. Harbeth M40 monitors/ARC amp/EAR preamp.

[MBERGHAU]

I've got an old 12-band Realistic (early 80's vintage) EQ hooked up on my basement system. The acoustics down there are not the best and the EQ helps quite a bit. I also like to play around with different recordings. In our living room upstairs I do not have any EQ, as it would probably only degrade the sound.

[TONEPUB]

Manley Massive Passive, it's the only way to go. Fantastic sound, very adjustable. The perfect thing to clean up discs you don't like!!!

I put it in the EPL loop with my CJ ACT 2 so you can switch it out when
not needed....

Best toy I've ever played with.

[pdenny]

Manley Massive Passive, it's the only way to go. Fantastic sound, very adjustable. The perfect thing to clean up discs you don't like!!!

I'll have to get one of those next time I find $5K in a paper bag...

[gener8tr]

I use a Pioneer GR-777 in my bedroom set-up.

It is an EQ / Double Spectrum Analyzer so not only do I "hear" the music, but I get to "see" it as well.

[phish]

i have a behringer deq2496 (probably the only piece of behringer gear i'd ever consider), but i'm not using it.

[Vinyl-Addict]

i have a behringer deq2496 (probably the only piece of behringer gear i'd ever consider), but i'm not using it.

How come?

[phish]

How come?

i haven't had time to sit down with it and get my head around it mostly. that and my mackie srm450's sound pretty good sans treatment.

[rockfeat]

I have an old Marantz eq hooked up. I like to play with the eq......:shh: [7 band stereo]

[vinylkid58]

I was listening to an MFSL Low Spark of High Heeled Boys last night and it sounded like crap. Really edgy and fatiguing, but it's the only copy I have.

Made me think of hooking up my old Audio Control Octave and play around with it.

Anyone else still have EQ in the chain?

I just gave my LP copy a spin (MFSL 1-209), it's definitely not edgy and fatiguing, quite the opposite. The music suits the rainy afternoon here, thanks for that.

Haven't used EQ in 25 years, wouldn't start now unless going to an active speaker system with multi-amps etc.

Jeff

[OakBarrel]

I have a Soundcraftsmen Rp2212 that I use occasionally. Some recordings just have a terrible tonal balance.

[Steve G]

not me

[OliverReich]

AudioSource Eq100 :sigh: for my bedroom setup---it gets the job done---

[Matt I]

I haven't used an EQ in about 20 years.

[LesPaul666]

I haven't used an equalizer, even tone controls for that matter, on my home hi-fi in 25 years. Before this I had a Realistic 5 band, and an ADC 10 band EQ's. Just shows how bad my ear, and playback equipment were back then.:eek:

[Casino]

I have an Audio Control unit; I find it indispensable. I don't use it for listening typically, but it's a "must have" when I do compilations and want to get a reasonably consistent sound throughout. The variation in sound for some of may favorite music (reggae, for one example) is quite wide. The EQ helps me even it out a bit and get rid of some of the excesses or deficiencies in bass or treble.

Also great for needledrops where the sound of the LP isn't quite right. Just judiciously make the corrections needed and the resulting CD sounds fine - and doesn't need to be played back through the EQ.

[drh]

My system (in latter years, "main" system) has never been without an EQ of one sort or another since the early '80s--octave up until the mid-'90s, 1/3 octave thereafter. Wouldn't want to be without one when dubbing 78s, although the 1/3 octave ones are a bit too much bother to set up for casual listening; in the latter case, I usually just rely on the tone controls. Back when I was using just an octave EQ, I was more likely to use it for routine playback.

[Mike from NYC]

Although I haven't needed one in years because of better acoustics and better speakers, I still have an old Pioneer 10 band and a 3 band SAE parametric equalizer buried in my basement somewhere. The SAE was more useful than the Pioneer because of its flexibility.

Lack of monitor circuits prevent its use in the equipment I have today :(

[Lownote30]

I have a Pioneer 14 band EQ that is in line with a Pioneer component system from the the early 90's. That's the only place I use one.

Frank R.

[vinylman]

A 20 year old JVC seven band antique. Always hooked up, but only used for old radio shows when transferring to MD or CD. Also for old b*****gs that need some help.