Equalizers anyone?

[trioid]

At the risk of being banned forever from BH forum, has anyone tried using a Behringer DEQ on one of our fine systems? Yes, only an infidel (in-fidelity, that is) would ask this question. I am sure that on typical systems they are very useful for getting rid of some nasty room effects, but on a all BH system will we be disappointed at a loss of music? Go easy on me....

[triode]

Hi,
I use Behringer Ultra Drive Pro. It's digital x-over with equalizer. I use it to filter and equalized the bass box, bass is really hard to get right, in my room anyway.
The mid & above to front horn is full range and doesn't go trough Behringer
Hope this helps

[cvandyke]

I use the DEQ and I find it to be a major improvement but it can difficult to find really good settings. It also means that you can tweak the sound in so many ways that it can be difficult to simply sit and listen.

I found that the built-in A/D converters are really sub par and so always use a digital signal going into the DEQ. I use a seduction going into preamp and then into a Lucid AD2496 (needs lots of signal level like many pro-audio stuff) for turntable use. I think that even this setup loses some of the sound of an all analog setup but gains in other areas because you can correct for some speaker/room shortcomings. The D/A converters are, IMHO, better than the A/D but can still be easily bettered - many possibilities here.

There are some trade offs in this approach so it probably comes down to your tastes.

[trioid]

Thanks for your replies - this does help. I was initally thinking of only dealing with the subwoofers (two of 'em) and leaving the Cornwalls full frequency straight from the amps, as they are now.

Still, if one were to toss in some good op amps, maybe there would be pay-off in dealing with the whole range. One can try....

thanks,
jim