playing techno is all about blending and really "playing" with the tunes
it definately has an element of turntabalism about it.
to not use eq's, fx etc is to deny progress in music , technology and dj'ing

fair enough if you wanna be "purist" about the tunes you play
but just by mixing them together you are already taking away that element.

maybe we should just play each track from end to end
and not mix at all???

naah not for me , get stuck in that's what i say. ;)