Interesting Stuff I Found

I found this comment in the Hi+Fi News coverage of the Warsaw trade show. GoldNote folks say they know what's best for many:

Maurizio Aterini, founder, designer and CEO of Gold Note, introduced a powerful tool for the record collector. He and his team have done extensive listening to thousands of LPs to determine the ideal equalisation curve. This is available as a download from the Gold Note site (https://www.goldnote.it/download/media/PH-1000_EQ_Curves.pdf) and is being submitted to the RIAA for approval.

Robbie, very interesting information. Not sure I can afford the Goldnote PH-1000 phono pre-amp, but the EQ data might be helpful in using some tone controls or equalizer controls to "tweak" certain recordings around the RIAA curves. Thanks for sharing!Post Message

Definitely interesting, Goldnote has obviously done a lot of research on LP equalization as used by various record labels. However, simplifying equalization curves by record label doesn't account for producer, recording engineer, mastering engineer, and artist preferences. Within the record labels whose artists I listen to the tonal balance is all over the place, whether it's on vinyl, CD, or streaming.

It would be interesting to compare the sound of the same recordings between the vinyl and digital to determine the difference. Maybe that's what Goldnote did.