"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Chris Morriss
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In message , Jim Lesurf
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Question is: What decent, flexible, high quality adjustment boxes are
there that would let me do what I want? I don't want one of the
multiband 'graphic equalisers' as they may well do more harm than good!
Jim. Have a look at www.minidsp.com
Very nice bits of kit, with useful software 'plug-in' applications.
Erm... I've only had a brief look so may well be lacking the full info.
However it looks like:
A) Runs with a 48k sample rate. Not helpful if some of what I'm doing is
listening to 96k files.
B) Windows and Macs get mentioned a lot, but I don't use either of them. I
use Linux and RISC OS.
C) IIUC You have to use the plugin on a computer whenever you want to
djust
the dsp action. Again not ideal for me when just playing a CD, or even old
tapes.
I'd either want something that is old-fashioned analogue, or a genuine
'stand alone' box with no need for any 'computer' to control or adjust it,
and with an internal sample rate well above 48k so it would be essentially
transparent for 24/96 material. If digitial it would make more sense if it
could lock onto an input stream at any normal rate/depth and process that.
TBH if I had in mind having a computer running all the time then I'd just
use a DSP plugin I'd write myself to process the output before being sent
to my USB DAC of choice. That way I'd also know exactly what the DSP
process was doing, and how, so would know its flaws or limits. And could
do
all the DSP with IEEE double floats if paranoid. 6-]
But a *good* analogue box would be fine.
Slainte,
Jim
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Jim, the Behringer DEQ2496 may do what you need. I use one with my Meridian
'speakers to EQ the last few dBs of error in the frequency response above
200Hz. They have both analogue and digital I/O and decent true-peak (I
think) metering. It also has a measuring microphone input if one wants to do
Real-Time frequency analysis. A great box for around £220.
S.