OK OK, lets clear this up a little. In the first place I misunderstood and
thought when some of you said "system" - I thought you meant "recording
system" not "playback system".
If you've got a recording system, you should have good EQ's - and the
possibility of making something sound great or sound like crap - whatever you
little heart desires.
If you're talking about your playback system, most people want to reproduce
the music exactly how the artists intended it to sound. That is pretty
impossible with most every home system. But, that attitude supports the idea
that you should upgrade your system instead of adding an EQ.
I think that the two reasons proposed for EQ's at home are valid 1. EQ'ing
your room ONCE with a noise generator to make up for the sonic damage that
your furniture & stuff creates
2. improving the sound of badly made recordings ( bootlegs, shit tapes, etc.
). But I also agree that the 5 or 7 band graphics found on crap gear
generally do more damage than good. On some gear, the built in bass & treble
knobs are good, on others, they suck. Yamaha receivers/amps often have a
loudness knob that makes music have the same frequency balance when played
softly as it would if played really loud - I think its pretty good if it is
used like they suggest in the manual ( without using the EQ turn the music up
with the volume knob until it sounds great, then turn it down using the
loudness job until it is the appropriate volume ).
Intelligent EQ use only is allowed on Intelligent Dance Mucrap.
-Paul