bbqjoe
Void where prohibited
Well Audirvana is an extra step of PIA. I bought into it, and I bought it. YMMV. I do like to add some equalization, I cut some midrange and add bass. I don't believe in flat, at least not in my setup. I'm going to buy this, maybe it will be easier, definitely more fun to turn knobs:
I basically started with zilch a number of months back.
I now have a pretty fine tube amp, a fine preamp, a dac, and a car full of decent speakers.
I'm not seeing changing anything any time soon, and I think that switching around a bunch of tubes/money to get a little bass here or a little treble there is not affordable nor practical.
I too, am not embarrassed to add some EQ for the sound I want.
Honestly, (for myself) trying audirvana actually took more away from my listening enjoyment than it added, and I could use the $75 bucks elsewhere.
It was interesting to try though, and I'm still glad for this discussion.