"Michael McKelvy" wrote in message
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The main reason for EQ is to smooth out the Frequency Response of a
given room.

I would say that of all the things that people may think that an equalizer
is good for, smoothing the frequency response of a room is one of the least
appropriate ones.

No other device can do this.

Often, neither can equalizers.

The only other ways to
achieve FR is to have speakers custom built to compensate for your
room acoustics, or use passive forms of EQ such as room tunes.

The best way to improve room acoustics is to improve the room's acoustics,
and not try to bludgeon the room into shape with an equalizer. Using an
equalizer to correct room acoustics aside from certain exceptions, is
basically a last ditch, desperate act.

In order to have proper output you must start with a room that doesn't
put big dips or valleys into the response.

Exactly. An equalizer might be able to help with some peaks, but trying to
correct deep dips with an equalizer is an absolute no-no. An dip due to
room acoustics can take almost infinite amounts of power to fill.

Once you've heard playback
in a room with proper FR it's hard to listen to anything else.

Agreed, but eq should be the among the last approaches used to achieve it.
OTOH, eq can be an effective method for correcting the frequency response of
loudspeakers.