On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 21:07:37 GMT, MiNE 109
wrote in :

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

You've missed the point again. An audio signal is an audio signal whether
being carried by air, water, land, wire, optical, you name it. An equalizer
is something that changes frequency balance, whether it's a mic, a phono
cartridge, a speaker, or (heaven forbid!) a purpose-built easily adjustable
dedicated electronic device.

http://www.rane.com/par-e.html

"EQ ( equalizer )A class of electronic filters designed to augment or
adjust electronic or acoustic systems. Equalizers can be fixed or
adjustable, active or passive . Indeed, in the early years of telephony
and cinema, the first equalizers were fixed units designed to correct
for losses in the transmission and recording of audio signals. Hence,
the term equalizer described electronic circuits that corrected for
these losses and made the output equal to the input. Equalizers commonly
modify the frequency response of the signal passing through them; that
is, they modify the amplitude versus frequency characteristics."

Yep -- that's the real-world definition of an equalizer (as compared
to Arny's idealized/dreamed-up fantasies). He really does make a
crappy "audio engineer," wouldn't you say?