In article , Chris Morriss
wrote:
In message , Jim Lesurf
writes

Is there a particular dealer you'd recommend? I may try contacting the
makers anyway for info/advice.


The DEQ2496 does offer a lot for the money and is a well known unit.

I would be wary of the SNR at the outputs though. My hearing is not at
all good any more, but the noise level when using one of these at low
output levels is not really adequate. The solution is to follow the
unit with a multi-channel analogue gain control (rather than using the
internal digital gain control), so that the crossover is working at a
high internal signal level.

I presume the high effective noise level in a normal domestic audio is
because the DEQ2496 seems to be based on 3V / 10V levels? That isn't
necessarily a problem from my POV as the Armstrong 700 preamp I use can be
set to generate 10V output fairly easily. (It was designed in an era when
some of the USA high power amps needed to be given well over 1V to reach
their max output.)

And for digital sources I could feed them in via spdif or AES/EBU.

Also, my guess is that if I decided to use something like this I'd feed its
digital output to a seperate dac which would then give the more usual kind
of analogue output levels.

If using an equaliser I almost certainly wouldn't also use a sub. For me
the choice is an 'either/or'. The sub has the advantage of going to the
heart of dealing with any lack of LF sensitivity without affecting the main
signal path. The equaliser has the advantage of being able to deal with the
sense of 'boosted presence' I get with some recordings.

The alternative I have in mind for the latter is to simply DIY a simple
analogue box of my own. Not exactly rocket science, and no worries about
resampling, added noise, etc. Just mean the usual delays whilst I play
about and wait for the 'round tuits' to arrive. :-)

Something like the Behringer is interesting, though, purely out of
curiosity - and it also has some entertaining features like its displays,
metering, etc, so nice as 'eye candy' as as general exploration kit. I'd
probably end up blanking that all out, though... ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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