It's all bout taste 2.

If we don't want to equalize the positioning, want to make it 'live', it is not possible as well, since 'live' itself is already isn't that 'live'. Only if we decide that what we hear in a concert to be a reference of 'live'.

Concert and real unplug acoustic (like how we play at house) are very different. The sound we equalize in concert shows is a lot more than what we did in an CD album. Live stages forbid any acoustic feedback. To achieve this, especially on a large stage or hall, it's virtually impossible without any EQ. But it's different in recording studio.

But concert tends to be more 'powerful' than CD, because the artists want to create a more lively concert, for their fans to 'get high'.

It's just like preaching on stage and writing books. Both content are the same, just that the presenting style different.

SO, back to it.. If 4 person play band in a room. All set their sound to what they like, will it sounds great?

• If it sounds bad, they need some equalization so that they don't eat up other member's main frequency.

• If it sounds great.. EQ is not needed.

Brass band, Big band, Classical orchestra sounds very nice unplug and unEQed.

Why? How?

Their skills? Our system's problem causes us not to originally reproduce the sound?

Some people like Rock, Noisy music, Some like live with lots of dance music, Some like jazz quartet-passion but quiet. Some like classical violin solo, some like orchestra, the louder the better, but do not like rock. Some like songs recorded in 50's methods, they say got feel...

It's all bout taste, it's art anyway.