I have to disagree. Twice, I’ve let my system drift towards being too bright, and then you have too many recordings that sound that way and very few that have too much bass. IME, getting your system in balance in terms of tilt (bass/treble balance) is the key to making more recordings sound listenable. The trick is how. I just use a large mix of my favorite and well recorded popular (mostly rock) recordings like Steely Dan, Peter Gabriel and aim for overall EQ that works best with the largest sample size. Maybe it’s different for classical lovers, but it seems like this approach could work there too. I’ve also learned the hard way to choose cables and components that don’t deviate too far from neutral because it’s too hard to correct.
I’m also having trouble with the concept of balance between resolving and forgiving. Some may conclude that too much resolution makes too many recordings unpleasant, but that’s not me. I find that more resolution helps most recordings and have learned to listen thru distortion and imperfections. I can’t do that when the EQ is way out of whack.
If digital resolution is throwing you off, just turn on upsampling. 1/2😀 It will smooth out little imperfections and make music more sonorous, but take away some of that detail. I usually prefer NOS because I like resolution in spite of the digital noise inherent in the recording. It helps to have a really good digital front end to reduce system noise.
