Yeah, I'd thought about this, and I'm surprised no one else has brought it up before. The DSP does have the ability to implement bass and treble controls, as I recall from reading its specs. Seems like a pretty logical "joe consumer" feature. A no-brainer.
As far as your slander of the EQ UI is concerned, I won't have any of it.

That EQ is absolutely awesome. I can adjust it while I'm driving if I want. Yes, there's a learning curve associated with it, but once you're past that, it's fine. They have the problem of needing to make it navigable with only four buttons. If you can design a better UI for it under that restriction, be my guest.
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