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From: heneghan@ihu1m.UUCP (Joe Heneghan)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Speaker A/B
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 10:10:44 EST
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> Why should I bother A/B'ing speakers in the store, when I just bought
> DAK's 10-band graphic equalizer (I like it, but their delivery was
> a bit slow) and would plan to readjust it to compensate for the
> frequency response of speakers/room?
> 
> What would I look for in new speakers?
> 
It seems to me that an equalizer can't "color" the sound, it only
brings out certain frequency ranges. I say each speaker has its
own color and as a result you have to hear them apart and then decide.