Yes but not nearly as convenient as twisting a knob!Well today's AVR's have EQ that you can set however you like.
Yes but not nearly as convenient as twisting a knob!Well today's AVR's have EQ that you can set however you like.
For stereo listening and especially from the DAC that has my computer server music player connected to it, I have an old Sansui 7070 receiver powering my speakers. I do this so I can EQ each FLAC file (stereo only) being played back with real analog adjustments. And the 7070 is legendary for its tone controls. I can add a tad of smiley face or beef up bass or tone down things instantly and it’s sounds so nice - I love it.Yes but not nearly as convenient as twisting a knob!
How about from a remote? I seldom touch my AVR except to plug in cables, etc.Yes but not nearly as convenient as twisting a knob!
I tend to misplace remotes! I hate that modern equipment usually has no front panel controls! At least the old audio remotes were wired so pretty hard to lose!How about from a remote? I seldom touch my AVR except to plug in cables, etc.
What you OBVIOUSLY need, par4ken, is a remote control caddy to safely hold all those 'gadgets!'I tend to misplace remotes! I hate that modern equipment usually has no front panel controls! At least the old audio remotes were wired so pretty hard to lose!
I actually have two remotes for my AVR, in the only two places in the room where I can sit down. lol.I tend to misplace remotes! I hate that modern equipment usually has no front panel controls! At least the old audio remotes were wired so pretty hard to lose!
It has already been reported that the Doobies Quadios did NOT have this boost.IMHO, the cut/boost crosses over the line from restoration to enhancement, if the Chicago and Doobie Brothers Quadios are re-released (maybe all on 1 or 2 Blu-ray discs), they could be recopied from the analog quad master tapes without using the cut/boost EQ.
Kirk Bayne
So much incorrect here that I don’t even know where to start…Back in the day everyone except for a very few "purists" used smiley face (Bass and Treble boost) equalisation when listening to music. It was often necessary to make up for both deficiencies in the medium and the equipment as well as to suit personal taste. It is sad that modern equipment often lacks such basic tone controls. With digital recording, room equalisation ect, it is thought that basic tone controls are unnecessary people should be listening with everything set flat. I think that the Chicago and Doobie Bros sets sound fantastic, with little or no added tone correction and so are more in line with the sound of modern recordings.
I have no problem with flat transfers either but they sound best with a bit of smile face equalisation added on playback. And all those harsh sounding brick walled CD's sound best with a treble cut!
What is the point of your post if you won't qualify your statement? I stand 1000% by my remarks!! I'll repeat the facts!!!So much incorrect here that I don’t even know where to start…
Invaluable to you perhaps. But for the most part, cheap simple imprecise consumer grade tone controls in the hands of amateurs mess up sound more than help it. I wish I had a dime for every time I heard a crappy sounding system and the root problem was somebody applying smiley-face eq.What is the point of your post if you won't qualify your statement? I stand 1000% by my remarks!! I'll repeat the facts!!!
=The Rhino Chicago and Doobie sets sound fantastic!
-Simple bass and treble controls are invaluable. Twisting a knob is much more convenient than using a remote!
-Flat transfers (of vintage recordings) are fine as well but often benefit from a bit of smiley face equalisation on playback!
-More modern digital recordings and many/most brick walled recordings benefit from a treble cut!
Did I miss anything?
Smiley face bass and treble rarely messes up anything all that much, and the effect can easily be undone at the twist of a knob. Tone controls with adjustable turnover are even more useful, they can be set to boost the extreme frequency ranges while leaving the midrange unaffected. Graphic equalisers on the other hand cause more trouble than they are worth. I have a friend who adjusts both channels using widely different settings (to his taste at the moment) and it does really mess things up, but still as long as he is happy who am I to judge.Invaluable to you perhaps. But for the most part, cheap simple imprecise consumer grade tone controls in the hands of amateurs mess up sound more than help it. I wish I had a dime for every time I heard a crappy sounding system and the root problem was somebody applying smiley-face eq.
Brick walled recording never sound right, but often is accompanied by extreme equalisation used in a vain attempt to give more punch to the recording that has had all life squashed out of it.Brick-walled recordings have nothing necessarily to do with eq - and broadly claiming a treble cut will benefit them is simply not correct.
My interest is in vintage recordings and most often they benefit from a bit of treble boost.Flat transfers are simply flat transfers. They might need a lot of work or they might need nothing. It all depends. But if they need work, it is not simply a matter of adding some smiley face eq.
Why is "twisting a knob" more convenient than using a remote? do you think we all sit right next to our AVR's?What is the point of your post if you won't qualify your statement? I stand 1000% by my remarks!! I'll repeat the facts!!!
=The Rhino Chicago and Doobie sets sound fantastic!
-Simple bass and treble controls are invaluable. Twisting a knob is much more convenient than using a remote!
-Flat transfers (of vintage recordings) are fine as well but often benefit from a bit of smiley face equalisation on playback!
-More modern digital recordings and many/most brick walled recordings benefit from a treble cut!
Did I miss anything?
Are we all so old and decrepit that we can't move from our chair?do you think we all sit right next to our AVR's?
I like my chair just fine, thank you. lol.Are we all so old and decrepit that we can't move from our chair?
"When necessary". OK. If you saw my place...well never mind all that. Not going to get in a pissing contest.I'm close to you in age and I still cut and when necessary split firewood, for hours at a time. But really, turning a knob is not hard and once done it doesn't often require a whole lot of resetting.
I hate fumbling around with a remote that more often than not is nowhere to be found! I hate flipping through menus and having to have the TV on just to see what I'm doing!
I don't want a piece of crap AVR, and I'm saying that it is much easier to turn a simple knob than to mess with any remote! You are the one saying that you are too lazy to even do that! I totally disagree with the point that you were trying to make!Maybe you should buy a new AVR. I don't need to have a TV or monitor on to parse the menu's on any I've owned in many years.
You explictly implied that those that don't follow your line of thinking are somehow lazy because they don't see a need to get up and turn knobs.
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