At long last, my SMS-1 is on its way to my office today and should be in place this weekend (yeehaw).

I have looked over the Outlaw Guide to the SMS-1 as well as user comments, and it looks like the unit's full potential cannot be realized unless you EQ it manually.

That understood, I think I'll start with a simple auto-EQ and see how things measure up before taking the plunge into full SMS-1 geekdom.

How many satisfied customers are out there who just left things at the auto EQ level? Steve at Outlaw seemed to think tinkering much beyond that point would not be necessary.

It's not that I'm unwilling to play around with the unit, but there's a certain appeal to just letting the SMS-1 do its thing and leave it at that.