Katatonia Equalizer listening settings?

[Deliverance6]

So live and let live, eh?

agreed.....god I hate fighting here......it is rare......ha....I guess I feel a little strongly about it for some reason.......

@unicorn
"Yes, it's true if you had the same room and the same studio speakers the studio had. But on little headphones or whatever, it's far from flat."

that is quite true.....although its been quite awhile since Ive been in a studio recording "DAT recording era" the way it sounded in studio and then professionally burned to CD was a bit different......a little flatter......I suppose I like to make sure I hear everything clearly.....the basslines.....the high-hat.....I dont know......when I listen to something like CYNIC "focus"....the sound is great....but if I tweak my shit a bit then it really brings out the things I might miss otherwise.....the finesse of the drumming particularly......so thats what I got to say about it in the end....nuff said from me.

 

[alphacorvus]

Just wanted to say I didn't intend to start shit here.

Oh well.

 

[Hevimees]

@alphacorvus: I don't think you started any shit here. You stated your opinion without bashing anyone else's, that's more than can be said about most people on internet forums.

Here on this forum, and everywhere else for that matter, most people have cheap supermarket stereo systems. For the most part these same people use the EQs in their equipment to boost bass and treble. If these people got a chance to listen to their favourite albums with really good stereos, that might open up some eyes. At least that's what happened to me when I first heard a stereo system made up of Mark Levinson equippment, there was no return after that moment.

Reece said he likes to make sure he hears everything clearly, and for this reason he boosts bass and treble. With good equipment you don't need to do this, you can hear everything without touching the EQ.

I'm not saying that you can't or shouldn't like overbright treble and lots of bass. Many people do, and this seems to be the trend in the musical world as well. From what I've heard I've understood that many pop albums nowadays are made with hugely boosted bass and treble, especially if compared to music that was made a few years or a decade ago.

If anyone here would like to get in the world of hifi and high end audio for cheap, there's only one way to go: headphones. For a hundred or a couple of hundred dollars/euros you can get headphones that have sound quality far superior to any supermarket stereo system. A good source for information about headphones and related stuff is http://www.head-fi.com/