(It sounds to me like he is talking about the mp3 quality and not so much the EQ of the empeg.) Where are you getting your mp3s from? I noticed most lower quality mp3s from Napster are very poor quality, except for some of the new songs. The encoder has a lot to do with how "muddy" it can sound. I feel that if the MP3 is encoded well enough, and the speakers are good enought, it will sound close enough to a CD to justify spending $600 on some speakers.

-CHiP