I'm not trying to prove you wrong. I believe you probably hear what you say you hear. I'm trying to find out why what you hear is so different from what nearly everybody else hears.
For many, including me, room correction and "all that" is the easiest and surest way to better sound.
I think I said this already but to repeat, the difference made by room correction surpasses every other audio aspect save for mastering, including formats, conversions, DACs, amps, etc, etc. If those differences even exist, they are miles down on the subtlety scale compare to the sound the listening environment imparts on playback.
No one ridicules the "purist" for eschewing room correction. In my experience, most purists readily admit its importance, often in even stronger terms than I just stated. The difference is, the purist would tend to use a physical means to achieve the goal rather than place another component in the reproduction chain. I don't have that option. I cant place bass traps all over nor cover the walls with absorptive panels Nor do I have the knowledge and time necessary to experiment endlessly with that stuff. Digital EQ is the next best thing.
To say the need tor EQ is due to "a room full of dicky little surrounds and mismatched front and centre speakers! Then try to patch things up with room correction and time alignment!". Is way off base. It shows you are ignorant to what is possible with modern equipment.
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