[78-L] EQ - why bother? - was: stereo/mono and noise reduction

[Rodger Holtin]

The original question was how and why does A+B mono work to cancel noise, but lacking an answer to that, we've drifted off into finding a tuner that will apply A+B - which I don't really need.
 
This current reply from Mark, however, does bring up another nagging point.
" Sansuis were to shrill, unnatural. "
I, too, have noticed that almost every kind of electronic component introduces its own EQ pattern to the music - cartridges, tape decks, amps, speakers, tuners, headphones, mp3 players, you name it, they all apply their own warped image of response curves. 
 
To me, that begs the question: Why bother with any kind of EQ settings, especially trying to recreate acoustics, or RIAA, scroll Victors or ARC 78s were?  Seems pretty pointless to me because the playback systems are going to readjust it anyway, for better or worse.

Rodger

For Best Results use Victor Needles.

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--- On Sun, 11/6/11, Mark Bardenwerper <citrogsa at charter.net> wrote:


From: Mark Bardenwerper <citrogsa at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [78-L] stereo/mono and noise reduction
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 10:13 PM


On 11/6/2011 9:49, Michael Shoshani wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 20:41 +-0000, bradc944+AEA-comcast.net wrote:
>
> +AD4 Also, as far as tuners that can drop to mono on FM, if you hit your local Goodwill/Sally-Ann/OxFam on a regular basis, you can still find FM tuners that will drop to mono upon selection (stereo-defeat). I have a few in the house besides my Marantz 2265 that is the main studio system that have stereo-defeat, and while not the all-tube-only-tube holy grail, still sound pretty damn good.
>
>
Marantz has the best sound as far as I am concerned. Older Fischers were 
good too. Sansuis were to shrill, unnatural. I have a fairly good 70's 
era Sansui which is better than the later ones. I wish I still had the 
Marantz I had before this. It died of bad volume potitis. Also had a 
Harmon Kardon for a while but it was a shop hog.

-- 
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