people are living vicariously through WC here. This is really interesting and most of us wish we could be in the room with him listening to the multiple pieces. Even bringing over our own to use would be fun.
Actually, that would be great.
however, I have appreciated everyone's input on this forum. Some opinions are quite forceful, but that does not negate the importance or truthfulness.
before one introduces EQ into a system, there must be a reason for doing so.
As WC has discovered, proper speaker setup and positioning with the Neoliths was very important. Simply introducing EQ at the beginning would not have been prudent. he had to play with the speakers themselves and positioning in the room before even thinking about EQ. EQ is the very last thing you want to try.
But, as I said, you have to know your room's and/or equipment's limitations and issues first.
EQ may fix a problem with a particular piece of equipment failings. However, the minute you take that piece out (as WC often does), then the EQ is now hurting the system/room, not helping.
For example, if you had older Krell amps that were seriously bright to me, and added EQ to tone that down a bit. Removing the Krell amps and replacing them with say, Atmosphere amps would produce an all together different sound and with the EQ would be terrible, if still set to fix the Krell short comings.
If, on the other hand, the EQ was there to "fix" hearing deficiencies of the listener, then, well, you are going to keep it in the system.
It sounds to me that WC has found the optimal positioning of the Neoliths and that the DAG integrated isn't the best in this configuration. I've heard the DAG separates with the Neoliths and I can tell you there won't be an issue with those. Same for the Audio Research REF 250SE amps and many others.
I appreciate Viber6's input. In my case, my room needs more attention. I've added bass traps and that helped much. The problem with room correction devices is most times they are hit or miss. Like a phono cartridge, you can't try it at home and return it if it didn't work.
Room correction devices really require professionals to come it and seriously measure the room responses and recommend the proper devices to fix the peaks and valleys. That in and of itself is expensive and takes time.
Room correction is hard.
I'm waiting for a friend of WC to bring a nice turntable/cartridge/arm/phono stage over and blow his mind.
enjoy