I suspect HiFi culture was slightly different in different parts of the world. In my part of the world, the original HiFi guys rejected the EQ units. I was inf

I suspect HiFi culture was slightly different in different parts of the world. In my part of the world, the original HiFi guys rejected the EQ units. I was influenced by that I think (my father was an original). I still have a metre high stack of HiFi, in almost daily use, and have never felt the need to have an EQ unit.