Really silly equalizer question
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Found a new use for one this week. A speaker fader "switch". I'm splitting the Main Out of my main amp to four mono blocks and four speakers. Problem is, the sweet spot requires a little more volume from the rear speakers. Using the amp's balance switch alone only adjusts left and right and I don't want one channel in front of me and one channel in back of me. So from the splitter into left/right In on then EQ the EQ Out to the to rear mono blocks (of which one is left and one is right).
Make sense?
Make sense?
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Kef 104/2 and equalizer issue
menchi,
a bit off topic but i'm so glad i saw this thread because it's related to a question that's been going around in my mind lately. I too own a pair of 104/2 w/Kube and love them. Except for the lower bass response with the Kube (which I prefer) I don't really hear much of a difference otherwise. Anyways... here's my question.... and it is sincere: these "Reference" Kef's are rated plus/minus 2db from 55Hz to 22kHz... Better than most! How can there be a spike to correct with these tight tolerances?
Thanks for any responses.
menchi,
a bit off topic but i'm so glad i saw this thread because it's related to a question that's been going around in my mind lately. I too own a pair of 104/2 w/Kube and love them. Except for the lower bass response with the Kube (which I prefer) I don't really hear much of a difference otherwise. Anyways... here's my question.... and it is sincere: these "Reference" Kef's are rated plus/minus 2db from 55Hz to 22kHz... Better than most! How can there be a spike to correct with these tight tolerances?
Thanks for any responses.
bowtie427ss
Lunatic Member
Room interaction.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
For me, White Instruments, Klark-Teknik, and Pultecs rule. That BSS appears to be a superb and useful instrument.
audiozaz
rtfm!? - tl;dr
dbx 231s, pretty cheap and does the job. If I can, I prefer not to use one, but it has its place, especially with Karlsons in a non-ideal room.
I also have an Audiocontrol Octave 10-band in the living room setup, helps with a boomy and not-configured-with-audio-in-mind room.
az
I also have an Audiocontrol Octave 10-band in the living room setup, helps with a boomy and not-configured-with-audio-in-mind room.
az
You like this more than the CP10? That’s incredible! I really want to fix mine now, not that I didn’t before but now I know I’ll not need another EQ than my own 926I have one for "system vs room" correction. Also its important to realize, while various people think their system sounds "awesome" without EQ, this all well and good, but it changes with the varying volumes you may listen to music...
My system sounds "awesome" without EQ too, but unfortunately our hearing doesnt quite work like that.....
I use mine to fatten the system up when I'm listening to it at low levels...
If I have the system cranked, I often soften it up around our hearings most sensitive frequency.....
No two recordings are the same, and to maintain consistency a small amount of EQ can help this....
Often the sound of a recording may have something which can not really be noticed at lower levels, but when its cranked, sometimes little things can poke through and need adjusting.....
There are so many variables in music that I believe an EQ can be quite useful....
Only to be used sparingly, because shhhh, theres not much left in the world, so if you use too much there will be none left....
I use a BSS FCS 926 Varicurve. Its a stereo 6 band parametric EQ. It actually has analogue filters which are digitally controlled.
It has an RTA, a pink noise generator output (mic level). It also has 50 memory presets
It has a remote control (wired) as well which works through an interface, which uses BSS's own protocol over midi of all things....
The remote can control up to 16 Varicurves at once.
They came out in about 1994 and have recently been discontinued....
I have been using them since then, they are possibly the best sounding EQ I have ever used, and in my job I have been fortunate enough to have used almost everything....
Heres the Varicurve EQ sitting on top of my BSS FDS360 crossover
This is the remote, which sits next to me on the couch in the listening sweet spot....
Other brands I recommend.....
Graphics, are XTA GQ600, Klark Teknik DN3600, DN360, DN27, BSS FCS960.
Parametric I like are , the BSS Varicurve FCS926, Meyer CP10.....
Kevzep is still active here after 14 years. It will be interesting what sort of reply comes back.
I still have an old siver face Realistic EQ in my system. I like the way it looks. The only time I use it is when playing old cassette tapes that need a little something, otherwise it's always bypassed.
I think you are a sound engineerWhenever I listen to music at home I am a member of the band. The instrument I play is the EQ.
tadawson
Well-Known Member
Apparently, he thought that madenit go to eleven . . . .
Doug G.
Lunatic Member
Sounds like he didn't know how they work. He was using the controls as volume controls, not equalizers. I actually knew guys who did that, too, and I would try to explain equalizers to them, to no avail.
Doug
Spinning45s
Active Member
As I understand it, equalizers are designed to compensate for the limitations of speakers and room acoustics.
Now, I have two that were picked up at the thrift store years ago but have never used them. Slightly increasing the bass control on my receiver
and leaving the treble control at neutral works perfectly. So, I would suggest trying the tone controls on the amp/receiver first, then run an
equalizer into your system if that fails.
Now, I have two that were picked up at the thrift store years ago but have never used them. Slightly increasing the bass control on my receiver
and leaving the treble control at neutral works perfectly. So, I would suggest trying the tone controls on the amp/receiver first, then run an
equalizer into your system if that fails.
RVT1K
Super Member
That would be because he did NOT know how to use his equalizer.
M70AB2
Well-Known Member
I would have liked to have known his thinking process about it.
I have not seen anyone else do this before or since.
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RVT1K
Super Member
"If some is good, more is better, and too much is not enough" ??
I suspect far more people out there don't know how to properly use an equalizer than do.
Have you compared this to nicer orban EQs? Nice to know this is better than Meyer CP10I have one for "system vs room" correction. Also its important to realize, while various people think their system sounds "awesome" without EQ, this all well and good, but it changes with the varying volumes you may listen to music...
My system sounds "awesome" without EQ too, but unfortunately our hearing doesnt quite work like that.....
I use mine to fatten the system up when I'm listening to it at low levels...
If I have the system cranked, I often soften it up around our hearings most sensitive frequency.....
No two recordings are the same, and to maintain consistency a small amount of EQ can help this....
Often the sound of a recording may have something which can not really be noticed at lower levels, but when its cranked, sometimes little things can poke through and need adjusting.....
There are so many variables in music that I believe an EQ can be quite useful....
Only to be used sparingly, because shhhh, theres not much left in the world, so if you use too much there will be none left....
I use a BSS FCS 926 Varicurve. Its a stereo 6 band parametric EQ. It actually has analogue filters which are digitally controlled.
It has an RTA, a pink noise generator output (mic level). It also has 50 memory presets
It has a remote control (wired) as well which works through an interface, which uses BSS's own protocol over midi of all things....
The remote can control up to 16 Varicurves at once.
They came out in about 1994 and have recently been discontinued....
I have been using them since then, they are possibly the best sounding EQ I have ever used, and in my job I have been fortunate enough to have used almost everything....
Heres the Varicurve EQ sitting on top of my BSS FDS360 crossover
This is the remote, which sits next to me on the couch in the listening sweet spot....
Other brands I recommend.....
Graphics, are XTA GQ600, Klark Teknik DN3600, DN360, DN27, BSS FCS960.
Parametric I like are , the BSS Varicurve FCS926, Meyer CP10.....