Altec,

If you want to change the voicing of your speakers do you re-do your room acoustics or do you do it electronically through your active crossovers etc?

(Yes I know it's not the same - but there are parallels. Presumably you adjust the voicing etc. of your speakers to give you what sounds best to you in your listening environment - and not a test chamber. While you are aided by measurement equipment etc. it's your experience that tells you what kind of response curve from your speakers will give you the "best" sound in your listening environment. The environment and that sound are linked. You deal with it, at least partly, electronically. It's not Tronnov, or Audyssey. But as I said, there are parallels.)

I think there's room for both - when used judiciously and properly. I see it mostly as that crowning touch - or last piece of the puzzle - not as a a wonder drug.

And when I say "properly" , in the absence of the required test gear, knowledge, and capability, I personally look forward to having a pre/pro that, along with doing a ton of other things that I'm looking for, also handles room EQ etc. That it comes from the Outlaws and at a great price makes it a no-brainer in my books.

Jeff Mackwood