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Originally Posted by drBill  Tony - Sorry, but I'm going to have to respectfully say that I disagree with you entirely. It's VERY difficult to compare EQ's without "being there", and I think this test shows the DIFFERENCES in the EQ's. I don't think it shows which is BEST, but shows the differences in what they do. You can get any decent EQ to sound good and going only by "ear" as you suggest would no doubt have settings that were radically different on each EQ. This type of test - held to these constraints - gives me a good idea of what the EQ sounds like. Just going for the best "sound" tells me nothing - UNLESS it's me who's twisting the knobs. Now, if I'm doing the test myself for myself, I'd agree with you completely. |
Sure, there is something to be gained from putting the same settings on 2 different EQ's and listening... But, that shouldn't be the only way we evaluate these tools in our studios (specifically EQ's).
The point I am trying to get across is:
listen as opposed to
looking at identical settings and listening....
The settings really don't matter, it's all about the sound and what you are able to get out of the unit. Who cares if the settings are radically different. Are you trying to copy the units or are you trying to evaluate which one is better for how you work. Remember, we aren't talking about mic preamps here... We are talking about EQ's which at the end of the day are tools that we will have to use to make things sound the way we want.... with our ears. It will be up to you to get a good sound with the unit you choose, and in order to really evaluate things properly, you must go beyond the typical
matching settings and comparing school of thought (at least I do anyway... everyone else is free to do things how they want).