Using EQ to enhance, neutralize or otherwise change a frequency response of a system within a particular room is not a new concept.
What is new is trying to make it in an idiot-proof or easy-to-setup box.
I am a bit leery of using the EQ on these very new systems. Some problems have already been reported on odd settings created by this function.
More importantly, trying to create a completely flat room response may not produce the type of sound that ppl want to hear. Just b/c the response is flat, this does not automatically create audio nirvana although some will argue it should be more audibly 'accurate'.
To that i say, so what?
Who says accuracy defines audio perfection?
Many live music performances in back room bars and clubs is anything but accurate in sound yet i know those who are searching for the 'live' sound for their stereo systems.
However i do applaud the idea of being able to correct for some extreme humps in sound created by that crazy, oversized lead sculpture that the wife decided has to sit right in front of the couch. I would not buy a receiver based on it having or not having this feature though.
That's my 3 cents.
Last edited by chesseroo; 01/30/04 09:32 PM.
