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In Reply to: I answered your question, now here's one for you posted by Soundmind on May 11, 2006 at 10:15:50:
> In my modest collection of recordings, I've noticed that there is a
> wide variation in the way both vinyl and cds are made in regard to
> their "spectral balance."...Do you notice these differences as well,
> do you compensate for them when you listen, and if so, how do you do
> it?
I notice the differences, but I don't use an equalizer. I have tried
doing so in the past, but while it is easy to make the sound
different, it is is very difficult and time-consuming to make it
better. In the end, if I listen to a 1960s Stravinksy recording, I
accept that it will be thin-sounding and listen through that to the music.
BTW, I use digital parametric and graphic equalizers freely when
mastering my own commercial recordings. The difference between a
pleasing balance and one that just fails to be convincing can be as
little as 0.25dB boost or cut in a 1/3-octave band, I have found.
I also use a digital equalizer from Z-Systems occasionally in my
reviewing -- you can see it lurking on the bottom left in the photo
at http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/76/password//sort/1/cat/2/page/1 --
to help me narrow in on a specific frequency region where I hear a
problem.
However, I do not use the Z-Systems in my regular listening,
contrary to your conjecture in another posting that reviewers
routinely use equalizers. To the best of my knowledge, no other
Stereophile reviewers use equalizers, though Kal Rubinson is
currently exploring digital room correction systems in his bi-
monthly "Music in the Round" column.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
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