cantara256
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It will measure dead flat with the EQ turned off so no it's not house EQ'd. Turning on the EQ circuit and leaving it flat will add additional in line buffering and circuits which you don't want in that scenario. Flat is not off but off is flat.Here's what innerfidelity found when measuring an ak240 which I would think has a similar 'house sound'.
"As you can see switching between a FLAT setting and turning the EQ off gives a pretty healthy (~3dB) increase in gain, but does not show any significant changes in EQ."
Here's an actual response curve with EQ off:
Here's the original article: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/revolutionary-astellkern-ak240-hi-rez-portable-media-player#sM5Vp4tb7SdIeHrm.97
So... this seems to imply line out is real and doesn't modify the original bits. Goobvibes, what's your take on the differences people claim to hear between the various AK models using line out through a Hugo? If line out is unaltered it should all be identical right?