Kenwood receivers incorporating a parabolic equaliser

[Michael Powers]

Kenwood integrated amplifiers incorporating a parametric equaliser

in lieu of tone controls. Anyone else seen these? Having seen it, I can't help but wonder why this didn't become the standard....

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

Your title says parabolic, it caught my attention. My car stereo (Alpine CDA-9813) has a 5 band parametric EQ, sure provides alot of adjustments, and ability to tweak. I like to set mine up and forget it, if you spend all your time tweaking. the song will be over before your done tweaking. CC

 

[Michael Powers]

Obviously, my mistake. Premature decrepitude. The Kenwood integrated amplifier I saw had a two band parametric equaliser. I always thought that any equaliser was there to compensate for unwanted speaker-room interactions, so it would be set and forget, until you switched/swapped speakers. Or, perhaps less frequently, rooms.

 

[redcoates7]

I can only imagine it's a more expensive circuit, but only has two knobs

People are suckers for a 15-band smiley faced EQ even if it isn't useful

Which Kenwood btw?

 

[Michael Powers]

Kenwood KA-52. It also featured a two position slide switch on the back adjacent the speaker terminals, labeled <more than 8 ohms - less than 8 ohms>. Not clear where the switch should be if the speakers were nominally 8 ohms...