{"id":93048,"date":"2019-06-19T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=93048"},"modified":"2019-06-19T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T17:47:22","slug":"home-audio-tips-n-tricks-add-a-graphic-equalizer-ya-dummy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/home-audio-tips-n-tricks-add-a-graphic-equalizer-ya-dummy\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Audio Tips &#8216;n Tricks: Add a Graphic Equalizer, Ya Dummy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>The more time you spend on this Earth&#8230; the more things you learn. So share what you learn with others, because they&#8217;re learning too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Frieddy Nietzsche<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->Word of warning: this is going to either sound like the most obvious advice you&#8217;ve ever heard, or this is going to blow your mind (I fall in the latter category, that said I am also incredibly easy to amaze). By adding a cheap, used graphic equalizer to your existing home theater system you can make a monumental difference in the quality of the music to which you listen. Installing a device which cost about the same as five cassette tapes has transformed my listening experience, and the only reason I never took this step before is that I didn&#8217;t know that it was needed. After all, I don&#8217;t walk around the house shouting, &#8220;hey Google: what&#8217;s a thing I didn&#8217;t know I needed? How about I start by listing all the things that I <em>already<\/em> know I need, so that you can answer by process of elimination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2798013836\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynragamassive.bandcamp.com\/album\/womens-raga-massive-compilation-v1\">Women&#8217;s Raga Massive Compilation v1 by Brooklyn Raga Massive<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[There&#8217;s some reading music for you, whilst you read&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>My set up is as follows: a cheapie $99 turntable from Best Buy is running into a years-old Pioneer 5.1 channel receiver, directed to some Polk towers. Any time I&#8217;d listen to vinyl, I would set the receiver&#8217;s audio mode to &#8220;Stereo&#8221; so that it didn&#8217;t add any unnecessary channel mixing to try and simulate surround sound, or modify the incoming signal to something other than what the artists intended. (In the 90&#8217;s it seemed like every audio playback device had an added &#8220;3D Audio!&#8221; option &#8212; which always did way more harm than good.) The turntable doesn&#8217;t have any sound processing effects (as they shouldn&#8217;t); so in my mind these were the ideal listening conditions. As it turns out, I was either wrong, or I was correct but it sounds cooler this way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/stevie.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93051 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/stevie.jpg?resize=384%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/stevie.jpg?w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/stevie.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Oh Stevie, you are going to sound simply purr-fect.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/metal_cred.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93052\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/metal_cred.jpg?resize=750%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/metal_cred.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/metal_cred.jpg?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/metal_cred.jpg?resize=400%2C178&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[See! I still listen to heavy metal, it&#8217;s not <em>all<\/em> old stuff.]<br \/>\n(Hat tip to record stores in Chicago for being cool enough to stock those.)<\/p>\n<p>The Technics Stereo Graphic Equalizer SH-GE70 can be purchased online at places which stock vintage equipment, or you can see if your local hoarder would be happy to part with it. I found this bad boy for $40 at the local used record \/ audio and video equipment store I <a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/im-new-to-vinyl-and-i-love-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">briefly mentioned<\/a> a while ago called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recordexchangestl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Record Exchange<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-review.com\/150126-technics-sh-ge70.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">review<\/a>&#8221; of it on a site that kinda looks like GeoCities. Now It definitely doesn&#8217;t have to be this particular model, as I looked at about five different ones and they all perform the same function. Your best bet is probably just to find the one that&#8217;s least banged-up. Installation takes no time at all:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do a marijuana.<\/li>\n<li>Unplug your existing turntable or tape deck from the speakers\/amplifier\/what-have-you.<\/li>\n<li>Plug that device into the graphic equalizer.<\/li>\n<li>Run a new pair of RCA wires from the EQ back to your speakers\/amplifier\/what-have-you.<\/li>\n<li>Press buttons or slide sliders until it sounds the way you want it to.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy some smooth and sexy soul from the seventies (or heavy metal if that&#8217;s your thing).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>With one simple [complicated] trick your expensive home theater system can now perform the function of changing the equalizer settings on your Microsoft Zune. Music comes alive and you&#8217;ll hear notes you didn&#8217;t know existed! It&#8217;s like putting on glasses or doing kratom for the first time. Who would have thought? Just like changing a ceiling fan&#8217;s direction of spin according to the current season, it was a thing I didn&#8217;t know I could do until I learned it. And so shall I share this knowledge with you readers (who probably already know about it or don&#8217;t care).<\/p>\n<p>Please share your opinions on Disqus.<\/p>\n<p>Namaste.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and Stay All Kinds of Music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more time you spend on this Earth&#8230; the more things you learn. So share what you learn with others, because they&#8217;re learning too. &#8211; Frieddy Nietzsche<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":93056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Jimmy's got a lil advice for y'all.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[14792,14789,14790,8819,14791,972],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/graphic_equalizer_Modified.jpg?fit=709%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93048"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93260,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93048\/revisions\/93260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}