It would be nice if all engineers were as conscientious as Vince. But unfortunately this is not the case. Anyone who has more than a half-dozen CDs or DVDs knows that program content is all over the map. Brucek is right, a studio control room bears little similarity to the home environment...
Steve,
As you’ve noted from my other posts, “house curve” is a gradual rise on response as frequencies drop. The problem with flat room response is that it sounds overly bright and lacking “warmth.” Another characteristic of flat response is subjectively weak and insubstantial bass...