EQing before the processor won't work if you use the actual processor as a processor though, will it?

What I mean is that, it'll work for 2-channel listening, but the point of a processor, surely, is to actually use the processing for, e.g., Trifield, etc.?

I think if you really want to do this, you'd be best with a completely different setup.

HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, Avondale S100, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 551, 502