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From: wjm@whuxj.UUCP (MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Equalizers and Me
Message-ID: <218@whuxj.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-May-84 10:18:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  4 10:18:33 1984
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There is one good reason why I must disagree with Rayjay's opinion about not
using an EQ in anything better than a "mid-fi" system and that is the inter-
action between any speaker and the room in which it is placed.  Even the best
speakers (such as the $30K Infinity Reference System) are going to be influenced
by standing waves and reflections in the room in which they are placed.  Since
these influences will probably cause more abberations in frequency response
than the additional noise and distortion the EQ would introduce to correct them,
EQ will provide a net improvement.  This might not be the case if the listening
room were custom designed to minimize such effects, but few people can afford
to do this.
Bill Mitchell
Bell Communications Research, Inc.
Whippany, NJ  (whuxj!wjm)