Equalizer in a Hi Fi system

Genius quote from Chris Henderson at Hendyamps. When I posed the question of digital vs analog EQ in the studio, this was his response. Enjoy:
 

“Honestly, digital and analog are two completely different beasts.  When you want precision tools that can break the laws od physics, then you need digital.  When you want a tonal enhancement and intangible “mojo” then analog is the way.  I have been a part of the process in designing the Oven and the Michelangelo digital emulations and while the final product is excellent, you are still in the world of trying to make an emulation of something else.  And this emulation is extremely limited by the ability to actually capture all nuance of boiling electrons and quantum field interactions on a fundamental level, which will never produce results that satisfy serious engineers and serious hifi consumers.  It really is that simple. They are amazing products, but it is much like wanting to fly an F-16 fighter jet and then claiming that the high end simulator is the same as flying the actual jet.”

Further thoughts on CO and MA. CO’s mids hold together better with larger bass boosts. No winners here. Calling it a tie. MA sounds better with milder EQ. Both great pieces. 

Oh, and I’m posting on Gearspace forums now. Quite fun, talking analog EQ mojo with recording engineers, some famous. 

@deep_333 
It is true that every recording has been equalized out the wazoo.

However, your audio system should have reached the point where you not only hear the audio engineer's decisions from one recording to the next, but sometimes even the equipment he or she used (I have a jazz musician/composer friend who amazes me with his ability to identify the microphones used), to the point where you might say either "Wow" or "Why did they do that?" Either way, it sounds "accurate", as in, what was heard in the studio, even if it is not a sound that you agree with. It is at that point that the equalizer steps in.

I am at the point where my speaker shelving suffices.

I have two DBX equalizers from the 1980s. One of them was I believe the best that there was at the time. I can sell one of them to you at a steep discount so that you can mess with it and see if it works for you. I haven't used either in decades, so I will have my audio engineer bench test it first to male sure it is functioning as it should and certainly not DOA.

I have made a huge decision. As the MA is a lateral move from my CO in the final analysis. Each has different strengths. I couldn’t stop looking, however, at the Wes Audio NGTubeEQ. So I traded in the MA for it. It comes Monday. It has serious rails of power, all passive bands with custom inductors, SS output as well as tube output. It has all kinds of features I may never use. But I think this thing is the real deal. Oh and it does bells or shelves on all four bands. +/- 15 db each band. Or switch to 5 db mode for finer tuning. Most importantly, it can operate as a stereo program EQ where the right controls are slave to the left and auto adjust to your left settings in real time perfect level matched. It arrives Monday and I cannot wait!