Equalizer in a Hi Fi system

It’s far and away the BEST EQ discussion forum ever. Avoiding the boring diatribe of audiophiles bashing EQ in general, one. And two, we have a resident expert on the digital side with @mijostyn and a resident expert on the analog side with Miro. 

EQ digital or analog is a tool among other tools ...No singular tool alone is the solution...

The solution is complex and implicate all tools: room mechanical controls, speakers controls by analog and/or digital tools and the necessary revolutionary BACCH filters too which can regulate for the best the relation between speakers/room and ears/brain ...

No tool replace the other tools ...

For the time being there is no audio A.I.

It will come soon anyway ...

Agreed @mahgister 

Maybe one of the best lines in this thread.

I feel once playing with hi fi gear that there’s more “bang for the buck “ exploring best EQ solutions as opposed to continually upgrading equipment in the chain.

And this is a gem too. yes I have.

Room acoustics are very important and most rooms require some sort of management depending on the type of speaker used.

Room control is a misnomer. It is really speaker control. It repairs and adjusts things that are totally immune to room management like group delays and the variations in frequency response between the two channels. Then there is making the system sound the way you want it to.

I do think there is more flaw to fix on the recording side than the playback side, assuming a reasonably good room. Otherwise why would my best recordings sound absolutely sublime on hi fi gear and not require any EQ?  Miro has said this as well previously