Years ago (decades if I’m honest) I helped out in the sound booth at my church. They had a huge plexiglass cover with a padlock over the eq section of the mixing board. I still remember being sad when they stuffed the drummer in a sound booth and took all the guitar amps off the stage.
LOL. You have listened to brands, wow, that's impressive.
Insecurity. You can learn to like yourself if you try. It's obvious.
LOL been doing it probably longer than you've been alive, but good luck with your sound by brand schtick
Arguing with you with be exactly what you are looking to do. So, have a nice day. Keep on telling people your wrong opinions.LOL been doing it probably longer than you've been alive, but good luck with your sound by brand schtick
LOL how can opinions be wrong particularly.....they're f*cking opinions!
Good luck with your golden ears, thoThe Dunning-Kruger effect. Take a look at the definition, and see if it applies to you. I don't know everything, but I know this applies to you.LOL how can opinions be wrong particularly.....they're f*cking opinions!
ps If anything, your opinion that brands have uniform "sound signatures" is an even worse opinion
Am well aware of the DK effect. I suspect it's relevance is lost on your posting, tho. Your subjective opinion is yours, hard to share.
How were these built in EQs configured? The built in EQs are parametric equalizers which allows one to configure not only the volume but the Q of the signals. One has much more control over the signal compared to level only graphic equalizers. I bet that everyone you listened to was either misconfigured or not engaged at all.
Isn't a Tape Monitor Loop only for Tape Out control jacks? Not sure. If your getting a new receiver You probably won't find any Tape Out jacks anymore. Sorry if I don't understand your need for that. I would also never use a Cassette deck ever again. Try recording digitally or streaming. Look at Bluesound Powernode 3 as an example. You can stream practically anything you've recorded off radio or CD or Vinyl at a much better quality than you have now and completely replaces your Receiver. You can plug your speakers right into it. However if you must do cassettes for some reason, such as where you are in the world, I suggest something like NAD C 316BEE V2 with Built-in Phono Stage and multiple device inputs. Price for that approaches $500.00 is one of the least expensive I could see, not knowing your budget but noting what receiver you have now. It does have Internal Equalization but nothing to actually play with (adjusting to your preferences). So you could integrate an external EQ to it. Regarding all the EQ rhetoric in this post, I added a Schiit Loki 4 band EQ to my Phono stage to play with. I'm sure it's nothing like what your EQ is but just saying I like EQ also. Why? #1) because I'm an Audioholic and can't stop doing something to adjust sound. #2) Because my older vinyl may need adjusting depending on the Band. Some is devoid of bass, some buries the guitar or keys behind the bass because the guy who helped mix it was the bassist and he wanted to hear himself more. I've been in recording studios and know that poor or bias production shouldn't have to be considered the final version that you must listen to because it was recorded that way. I find the external EQ is essential to the enjoyment of my vinyl. I don't want to EQ through my receiver equipment because it's set perfect for Movies, SACD's, CD's and and Digital streaming. So you may want to consider just EQ for phono. External EQ anything else with today's equipment doesn't make sense to me. #3) If my speakers or receiver sucked, which they don't in my opinion, an external EQ could make up for lack of bass or treble or other frequencies in your own equipment. So while arguing the need for or against EQ is indeed opinionated, the only opinion that matters is how your stuff sounds to you. #4 As my ears get older, tweaking some vocals help me hear the words clearer. The better my equipment, the more vocals I can hear without reading lyric sheets. Vocal Stacking and every layer of harmonies is now so clear, whereas before I never knew that much was there. Hope you get a good receiver and continue to utilize your EQ!
You would have lost your bet. They were set equal to make it fair. You can attack the method, but the test was given to others blind to see which was the best. We were there, saw it lived it. Have you tried your current receiver with one? Or are you just accepting what they give you, because new is better?
Why not just use the built in geq? Without use of only external amps, hard to insert an external eq.
Not enough information in your post to make any sense of it. What was made equal? On what specific receivers did you test and what equalizers did you use?
Rca from desired device.
Just how, tho? Without external amps how would you implement such?
