So, as anyone can tell from my post count, I'm pretty ignorant.
That said, I am a fan of equalization. I don't mean tone or treble/bass knobs (I have nothing against them, but I don't use them). I mean the more advanced auto calibration systems in modern receivers (such as MCACC that I use) that adjust for room effects. Frequency adjustments, phase control, standing wave adjustments, and so forth. As far as I know, that is to make it sound the way the original source was intended to sound at specific listening locations. It makes my NHT speakers sound much more enjoyable to me. MUCH. I do think that they sound more natural, and I can say for sure (I won't say "fact"
) that it has made my front and center speakers tonaly matched - they are supposed to be by design, but they never sounded that way before.
On a related note, I can completely understand people who want music to sound the way they like it versus the way someone else likes it. I also have no issue with someone wanting it to sound exactly the way it did in the mixing studio. Neither opinion is any better or worse than the other. After all, we do this for enjoyment, right? So
enjoy it.
That, IMO, is the most important thing here.
Sure, I certainly take issue with people stating things that are scientifically incorrect and could lead other people down the wrong path, but I take no issue with people who have differing opinions on what makes something sound pleasant to them.
