WARNING: WHEN AN ENTRY SAYS EQ1 or EQ4 RIAA CURVE, THEN IT WILL SOUND BROKEN UNLESS YOU CAN ADJUST RIAA CURVE ON YOUR PHONO STAGE! What I reference to as EQ2 is the standard RIAA curve. EVEN THOUGH I GIVE EQ1/EQ4 RECORDINGS RAVE OPINIONS, IF YOUR PHONO CANNOT PLAY THEM BACK CORRECTLY, THEY WILL SOUND VERY DISAPPOINTING - just like an outdated broken record. Yet, it's not the records fault, it's the gear that is not compatible with the recording! Remember: when the watermelon does not fit the lemon juicer, it's not the watermelons fault.
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