Favorite Graphic Equalizer with Spectrum Analyzer?
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Interesting...
Yesterday I put the Behringer into the system, replacing the three head cassette deck, rather that just attaching it's output through the aux input and using the noise generator and mic to calibrate the system. I still don't send audio signal through it though except to see it in the 61-band display.
The Behringer has a range of 150 dB on the display. Just connecting it into the system lets you see the "line hash" and when you turn on the other connected equipment, the power line hum and its harmonics at ~-100 dB. Doing things as simple as laying out the power cord, or putting it in "figure 8's" as opposed to coiling it, can show significant differences in the 60 cycle hum at these levels! Whether these differences are audible or not is open for debate. But the visual evidence is there.
As a result, I tried to stretch the power cords out and away from the audio cords reducing the "60 Hz hum floor" a couple dB.
And I always thought that fancy power cords were a ...
Yesterday I put the Behringer into the system, replacing the three head cassette deck, rather that just attaching it's output through the aux input and using the noise generator and mic to calibrate the system. I still don't send audio signal through it though except to see it in the 61-band display.
The Behringer has a range of 150 dB on the display. Just connecting it into the system lets you see the "line hash" and when you turn on the other connected equipment, the power line hum and its harmonics at ~-100 dB. Doing things as simple as laying out the power cord, or putting it in "figure 8's" as opposed to coiling it, can show significant differences in the 60 cycle hum at these levels! Whether these differences are audible or not is open for debate. But the visual evidence is there.
As a result, I tried to stretch the power cords out and away from the audio cords reducing the "60 Hz hum floor" a couple dB.
And I always thought that fancy power cords were a ...
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432HzBob
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I'm looking to do that with a Mac program and a Sony mic and a humble system with a Yamaha E60.
I do like EQ's since i'm a child of the 70's and 80's and the days of Kraco FM car stereos and 200w Pioneer amp-eq combo under the dash.
I also like input and output options as a feature.
Any recomends for a basic no-frills room software?
432HzBob
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I'm a sucker for dancing lights and EQs too, As long as the make neglibile negative sound impact in the link.
Haven't run across an Audiocontrol C-101 yet but surely someday, as we know how this goes.
A Technics 8046 still does yoeman-like duty every day for years without a hitch. It's been plugged in and out of just about everything before it found a home.
Good for it's design and a fast and accurate display but not as clean or as adjustable as the decent and durable, but boring, Soundcraftsmen RP that made the main rack.
It makes a good nightlight in a dark room as a plus.
Fun for or a brief while, was this Sansui RG900 because it had a remote for volume control on old receivers.
It's currently stored away with other gear,
The Mic input and karoake feaure made it ok for partys (pre RockStar), but.. Limited range adjustments and pretty noisy in the chain for what it did.
I'd give it to my nephew for college but I doubt he would even know what it is or how to hook it up.
Definitely NOT audiophile..... but "fun for the kids"
Since i'm an unashamed EQ and dancing light junkie, i jumped in to a Yamaha eq60 coming next week and look forward to swapping out the tried and true Soundcraftsmen for something flashier. Something with a Rumble and Subsonic filter for my harsh wood floor listening room.
Haven't run across an Audiocontrol C-101 yet but surely someday, as we know how this goes.
A Technics 8046 still does yoeman-like duty every day for years without a hitch. It's been plugged in and out of just about everything before it found a home.
Good for it's design and a fast and accurate display but not as clean or as adjustable as the decent and durable, but boring, Soundcraftsmen RP that made the main rack.
It makes a good nightlight in a dark room as a plus.
Fun for or a brief while, was this Sansui RG900 because it had a remote for volume control on old receivers.
It's currently stored away with other gear,
The Mic input and karoake feaure made it ok for partys (pre RockStar), but.. Limited range adjustments and pretty noisy in the chain for what it did.
I'd give it to my nephew for college but I doubt he would even know what it is or how to hook it up.
Definitely NOT audiophile..... but "fun for the kids"
Since i'm an unashamed EQ and dancing light junkie, i jumped in to a Yamaha eq60 coming next week and look forward to swapping out the tried and true Soundcraftsmen for something flashier. Something with a Rumble and Subsonic filter for my harsh wood floor listening room.
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Behringer makes few digital sound processors with equalizer (both graphic and parametric) and spectrum display. Probably this is best and cheapest option for what you want.
Do folks have a favorite Graphic Equalizer with Spectrum Analyzer? I'd like to see them. Post your pictures and thoughts.
I love music visualization
Currently I have:
Pioneer GR-555
Technics SH-8046
Technics SH-GE70
Also any recommendations for another spectrum analyzer with an Amber/Orange display like the GR-555?
Rich
cosmicrich
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Every time I see a GR-777 for sale 1 or more buttons seem to have fallen off. Makes me wonder about the build quality
MaxxVolume
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I still have (and use) a BSR 3000 EQ (still got the original mic for it, too )
I have the same unit I bought new sitting in the closet (with mic). I replaced it with Yamaha 31-band units (stereo and mono for center channel) and the difference in the settings to "flatten" a room between a 10 bands and 31 bands is huge!
Eventually I got a Yamaha RX-Z9 that does this automatically in the digital domain, so the Yamaha 31-band units also sit in the closet.
tmtomh
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I use a Yamaha GE-60 because my father gave it to me when he moved to a 31-band unit (which, ironically, he then ditched and returned to a 10-band). I'm far from an expert on graphic EQ models, but I've tried a few other inexpensive ones and I've always returned to the GE-60 for one very simple reason: It's really excellent on the noise front, notably quieter than the others, in fact basically silent. To me that's the #1 criterion that leaves all other considerations in the dust: an EQ unit has to be quiet. If (with all the sliders set to flat/zero) it adds any noticeable amount of noise to the chain, then IMHO it's not worth it.
Not only I kept my original one from 1979, I bought 2 more used but in good shape. I also have a C22 and a C50A combo (Really a C101 in 2 separate units, C22 is the equalizer, the C50A is the RTA pink noise generator)
432HzBob
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That's why I went with it too.
Blue LCD panel, Rumble filter, Adjustable Subharmonic Filter, 2 tape monitors (I frequently record out to computer) and a 110db S/N ratio sealed it for me.
I don;t get very wild with my sliders and just add or subtract a DB or 2 somewhere in the spectrum.
But recently since breaking in a new 8MZ stylus on a Grado blue cartridge run to some Infinity RS-6's all I can say is cajones la chinga man!! Hardly any need to mess with anything on the EQ anymore it sounds wonderful pretty much flat.
TTomanto123
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I 2nd the recommendation for the BSR4000XR. Have had mine for for 6-7 years. Pretty transparent, great display.
I have a Yamaha RX-Z9 and there is no model number on the mic. Just YAMAHA and their symbol below it.
darksolstice
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pic from the net but here is mine
