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From: jjm@hou5e.UUCP (J McParland)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Speaker+
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Date: Tue, 9-Aug-83 11:19:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  9 11:19:24 1983
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	I'd like to add a few general comments to what Bill Mitchell
	had to say about equalizers.

	I don't think that a built-in analyzer is very important.
	True, an analyzer and calibrated mike will allow you to
	set up perfectly flat response on your system, but you
	can borrow this equipment from some audio stores.
	(Maybe even the Central Instrument Bureau at Bell Labs).
	Once you get the equalizer set up, you're not going to fiddle
	with it too much.

	If you ARE going to fiddle with it a lot, then don't worry about 
	"flat" response.  I use my equalizer to compensate for the
	bizarre ceilings in my attic apartment.  The left and
	right channel setting are so different that I like
	having the left and right controls totally separated on
	the console.  I guess that's a matter of taste.

	There are a few very good equalizers out there for 200 - 300 
	dollars.  An internal analyzer adds several hundred dollars
	to the cost.  An equalizer is an investment anyone with
	a decent stereo should consider.



	Jim McParland
	AT&T Information Systems - Holmdel, NJ
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