Do You Listen how The artist Wants or Your Way?

[superstix]

Ok so do you ever add a little bass or adjust EQ when listening or do you keep everything at the "0" mark to hear an album as the artist intended?

 

Opinions please

[sneaksta303]

the eq on my media player is flat

[Guest tht tne]

good topic to tell the truth i had never considered eqing i generally take what i'm given but i also almost exclusively listen to mp3s so i am already compromising

[Capsaicin]

sometimes If I really want That Extra oomph then i Throw in a

little Bit of bass, and I usually have The

high frequencies Boosted a Little Bit

[Guest tht tne]

[chassis]

I thought this was going to be about the order of the tracks on an album. Like shuffle or not shuffle.

[Guest mohamed]

i've found myself listening to different genres but to a similar sound, the one that fits my ears

 

applying an eq preset to emphatize that sound is ok for me

[ascdi]

no eq

[Guest nene multiple assgasms]

more bass

[Guest JohnTqs]

no eq, but in the car i add a little bass because you lose bass while driving

[Redruth]

[superstix]

Lol my first Cylob album back in the day.

 

Personally on a first listen I keep everything flatlined. I want to hear it how the artist intended it to sound. However after that I have no problems cranking up the bass or EQing to my personal taste or for a particular occassion or setting. That is the beauty of music. Once the artist releases it to the world, in a way it becomes yours.

 

I would encourage anyone to tweak my songs however they prefer them. A long as they'd heard how I wrote them at least once.

[joshuatxuk]

In my car, rock/indie... +1 treble, electronic/hip-hop... + bass

 

I find with mp3s and good headphones that flat is fine, unless the production is shit or the mp3 is a vinyl rip or something. It seems to only make a major difference when you play lossless or vinyl.

[pcock]

bass

[xyrofen]

A little extra bass, a little extra treble with a lot of the mid stuff kept flat, nothing drastic.

[Guest Blanket Fort Collapse]

adjusting the EQ on an album when you know your acoustical environment and speaker/headphone/super system is very colored and has boosted or reduced frequencies to a drastic extreme is not defying what the artist intended in my opinion. Even mixing and mastering with the flattest system possible isn't gonna make sure the artists mix sounds the way they wants it to on every setup obviously.

[khov]

more bass with sunno)))/boris for heavier sound

[Guest stabilo]

a little extra bass here too

[chim]

nothing wrong with a little disco smile

[impakt]

Flat, just the way I like my girls. I might eq if the mix is really really poor, but that happens like once every 5th year.

[BobDobalina]

Bob like bass, so usually that shit gets a gentle boost, but not to the point of any distortion. Playing music loud is also quite enjoyable.

[brian trageskin]

i used to add a little bass and treble but now i just listen to the sound flat. i like it better that way

[Guest theSun]

my sub is pretty fucking loud so sometimes i have to turn down the bass as i am self conscious about the neighbors.

 

they probably think i'm always dancing around listening to club music.

[oscillik]

Flat, just the way I like my girls. I might eq if the mix is really really poor, but that happens like once every 5th year.

 

i must have a sick mind. i read that quote as meaning you have a penchant for necrophillia

[Guest Glass Plate]

if I'm using a sound system that is kind of unbalanced in it's own right, or if it's being playing in an area with a very biased acoustics I then try to adjust the EQ to a level that will make it sound closer to the original. (if the sound system seems to come out as nothing but a muddy bass then I will lower bass and raise mid and high ranges etc.)