Nowt, but I’m more than happy to tell people they are all the wrong.
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There’s no answer to that!
As you all know, I’m shit at measuring, but have good earing 
Earring? No that’s your bruv mate you’re getting confused again 
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Your new calling - on the mixing desk with all those sliders to play with🙂
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Cuntz… 
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I have box speakers with a 300Hz active xover between bass and mid/top. I vary the bass volume to suit the recording - many have, to my ears, overdone bass. The thing about making a recording for earbuds, I suppose.
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The difference between what the engineers and marketers think will sell better and what I like to hear, I suppose. I go for the latter.
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Joking aside, I reckon it’s pretty obvious that over the years, I’ve taken on board the advice of folks technically more knowledgeable than myself, otherwise I’d still be sitting here in front of a pile of Wilson/Rowland type gear!
However, I also trust my ears as it’s me that’s going to be listening to my system 
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I’m being a prick Jim, like your Wilson ears, mine once told me Arcam sounded good. I guess going by ear alone can be an expensive, long and pitted road. Going by measurement alone could be mildly less expensive but maybe the road takes you somewhere you don’t like? A bit of both is likely the fast lane.
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I think that there has been plenty of research into what sounds people like, and it is usually a fairly flat frequency response, with the usual in room roll off. So trusting your ears will probably be fairly effective, assuming they work ok.
The main issue with dialing things in by ear is that it’s quite hard to get right. Things just sound a bit wrong - it’s hard to identify the change you need to make, unless you’re very experienced. That’s why measuring works.
Fan of certain Bottlehead headphone amps?
Ran into this a few years ago setting up the PA for my sister’s wedding. Something that was pretty bread and butter as an activity for me in my teens was almost impossible after a 15 year gap of not doing that sort of thing. And that was with scope for a lot of control (graphic EQ etc), it wasn’t trying to make the most out of a limited feature set on that front either.
More there are huge differences in bass response in mastering systems. There is no real fixed bass level.
With quality subwoofers working well in room I never find the need to turn bass down. (Gregg’s system) On smaller systems where the driver is being pushed it sounds rubbish.
Adjusting the bass to suit is no issue, doing it after the crossover is. Much better to just use an equaliser or tone controls etc.
Active the slope is probably steep enough, but to compromise all the way up to 300hz because you don’t like what going on at 50hz? No thanks.