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Old 15-10-2014, 01:22
koantemplation
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I'm not sure if it is just me or if other people experience the same thing, but does anyone else find that when they are cycling through the presets on Equalizers (e.g Pop, Classical, Rock etc), that the same preset can sometimes sound different the next time you hear it, depending on what preset you hear before it?

E.g. Rock can sound different depending on if I hear a classical preset before it or a Pop one, even though the Rock setting has not actually changed.

I'm not sure if this is a subjective thing or if something does actually change to the music on the player even though the setting is still the same.

I suppose it is a bit like coming out into a sunlight room from a dark room, it is still the same light but it seems brighter than when you get used to it.
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Old 15-10-2014, 09:59
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It is entirely your ears and brain doing this.

If you switch from a flat frequency response to a preset with the treble boosted (for example) initially the sound will appear very bright. But very soon it begins to sound "normal". You then switch back to the flat preset and that sounds dull and lacking in top end.

It is as if your ears/brain have applied the inverse EQ to the treble boosted preset to make it sound "flat" then takes a little time to re-adjust to the new preset.

You can even fool the ear into thinking something has changed when it hasn't.

I have done several recording sessions and tweaked the EQ on a channel of the mixing desk to change the sound of a particular mic or whatever only to discover that the EQ controls are back where they started, even though it sounds different. Or tweaked the EQ with the bypass button pressed so the controls are not actually doing anything and yet it still sounds different! Go figure
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Old 15-10-2014, 16:14
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It is entirely your ears and brain doing this.

If you switch from a flat frequency response to a preset with the treble boosted (for example) initially the sound will appear very bright. But very soon it begins to sound "normal". You then switch back to the flat preset and that sounds dull and lacking in top end.

It is as if your ears/brain have applied the inverse EQ to the treble boosted preset to make it sound "flat" then takes a little time to re-adjust to the new preset.

You can even fool the ear into thinking something has changed when it hasn't.

I have done several recording sessions and tweaked the EQ on a channel of the mixing desk to change the sound of a particular mic or whatever only to discover that the EQ controls are back where they started, even though it sounds different. Or tweaked the EQ with the bypass button pressed so the controls are not actually doing anything and yet it still sounds different! Go figure
Thanks for that info, it makes more sense now.
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