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From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: equalizers, etc
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Date: Fri, 11-May-84 11:25:50 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 11 11:25:50 1984
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I don't know what the previous author means by defocussing stereo.  A good
Equalizer should not have any effect on the channel to channel qualities
(unless it is causing an uneven phase shift between the channels).  Bypassing
the equalization either tone controls or an equalizer is going to give you
a different result than setting them flat that has nothing to do with the
cables or the amplifier.  Each tone control or equalizer is a filter.  When
set flat that filter is still sitting there having your music running through
it, precariously balanced such that the filter tries to keep the average
level in that band constant.

I have an equalizer and most of the time it is switched flat (so that the
equalier may be powered off and nothing happens).   I can't hear any problems
with the cables, but my preamp also has a switch to bypass the EQ jacks on
the back before the sound ever gets out of the box too.  Mostly it was around
to let my roommate set up the NAACP equalization curves properly while
listening to his Chic albums.

-Ron