It flattens the band by compensating for cable loss, that is it loses more on the low end than on the high end. The loss at the upper frequency is called the insertion loss. The value of the eq. is how much cable loss at the high end it compensates for. This is necessary because the amplifying circuits are basically "Flat"
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