I have pretty much the setup you will be acquiring. I use the CDs radio (until the empeg box comes out) and CD player when i have to check out the CD i just bought on the way home to rip it. I feel that some of the CD manufacturers deliberately add the "schmaltzy" EQ.

fortunately there is some EQ on the tuner unit to counteract this, I end up having to tune the bass back a bit.
I am not a caraudiophile but the sound from the CD is very good. It would take a freq analyzer & an A/B switch to test it fully, two things i dont have.


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