On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:36 -0700, quadguy wrote: > The audiophile answer to not use an EQ applied more when EQ's were in > the analog domain with all their attendant filters and electronics - > when in purely digital mode all it does is alter the bitstream,
if you like it, use it. Use your ears, not mine. But applying EQ without impacting phase is very hard. It takes very fancy algorithms and lots of computation. Impacting some frequency's phase and not others can have serious impact. Many of the EQs used in professional studios and mastering houses are not phase neutral. Some have specific "color" that can be used as an effect. Often times, it is a good effect. Often the specific color of the EQ means people pay serious money to get the exact Class-A discrete circuit, API, Neve and other companies made or make EQs that cost thousands of dollars per channel. As I've posted before, humans are much more sensitive to phase than they are to frequency response. The bitstream is the music. Altering the bitstream changes the music. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
