Douglas,
I don’t need to quote authority. The whole basis for design of equipment is to reproduce the source signal accurately. A filter is designed to modify the signal and runs entirely counter to the purist approach - it is a band aid best used sparingly and best avoided if at all possible (if you want to hear what is on the recording that is). If filtering is needed then there are Equalizers or tone controls dedicated to that - these are much more flexible in that they can be adjusted to suit a variety of situations or needs.
Guess what - in pro audio for live music events they use EQ and other active filters to control the sound to get the best sound for the venue. I have NEVER seen a pro audio sound engineer run around with dozens of different sounding speaker cables and interconnects and then seen the engineer change them on the fly to get the desired sound at a particular venue during the tour. It is just plain Ludicrous. Horses for courses. Cables are supposed to make connections as transparently as possible. Guitarists will use different pedals or stomp boxes and different guitars - they don’t travel with a panoply of different sounding 1/4 inch cables!
If folks here can't understand or refuse to understand what is plain and simple best practices in the industry then just accept you like expensive cable filtering tweaking for fun and recognize it is a not a better or more reliable approach to the highest quality sound - just the most awkward and expensive way to modify the sound.
I don’t need to quote authority. The whole basis for design of equipment is to reproduce the source signal accurately. A filter is designed to modify the signal and runs entirely counter to the purist approach - it is a band aid best used sparingly and best avoided if at all possible (if you want to hear what is on the recording that is). If filtering is needed then there are Equalizers or tone controls dedicated to that - these are much more flexible in that they can be adjusted to suit a variety of situations or needs.
Guess what - in pro audio for live music events they use EQ and other active filters to control the sound to get the best sound for the venue. I have NEVER seen a pro audio sound engineer run around with dozens of different sounding speaker cables and interconnects and then seen the engineer change them on the fly to get the desired sound at a particular venue during the tour. It is just plain Ludicrous. Horses for courses. Cables are supposed to make connections as transparently as possible. Guitarists will use different pedals or stomp boxes and different guitars - they don’t travel with a panoply of different sounding 1/4 inch cables!
If folks here can't understand or refuse to understand what is plain and simple best practices in the industry then just accept you like expensive cable filtering tweaking for fun and recognize it is a not a better or more reliable approach to the highest quality sound - just the most awkward and expensive way to modify the sound.