tom is closer to correct.
like anything in sound, the answer is somewhat subjective and depends upon your given circumstances, room, & gear.
unfortunately most consumer eq is too limited (10 band)to adequately adjust for room acoustics.
but if you can track down professional 1/3 octave (30 band)EQ (about $1200 per audio channel), a spectrum analyzer, and a pink noise generator (or use a THX disc), you can do amazing things to return your room and the system in it to an accurate reproduction of a "flat" studio reference system. (no, it should NOT look like a "smiley face") then, you can adjust the "tone controls" on your preamp or receiver to your taste for the material you listen to.
it is a slow and painstaking process to adjust each band for each channel to "flat" at your primary listening point, and then set the level of each channel to the same exact volume level (in db), then make minor adjustments to the channels/bands to achieve the desired effect for that (and only that) position. (mine took 6 hours)
JBL, and Meyer professional speaker systems have some very cool pc based analyzer systems, but you need a $3000 reference mic to "listen" to the room. (if you have a PROFESSIONAL Audio Company (concert systems), take one of their A1 guys to lunch when he is in town.
could the Teac help? yeah maybe - depending on what else you have to deal with and how you use it. could it make it worse? SAME ANSWER
do you NEED EQ? we don't *NEED* ANY of this stuff...
about the PIP. mine has 3 svhs inputs (dish, svhs, & dvd) and the unit will display any of the direct inputs or the PIP tuner in PIP. diff makers give different options - ask, read, & play with it.
got kind of a patchwork system myself...
sony 1272 (pro) projector
sony XBR2 tv
jvc br-822u svhs
mitsubishi hs-u70 svhs
panasonic lx900 laser
sony s7700 dvd
sony 9000es pre amp (v2.5)
2 klark-teknik dn360 1/3 oct stereoeq (mains/rears)
1 klark-teknik dn300 1/3 oct monoeq (center)
2 crown (pro) d150 mkII stereo amps (mains/rears)
1 crown (pro) d75 stereo amp(strapped mono) center
2 heresy II mains
academy center
rs-3II rears
it works for me....
DW
