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Old August 22nd 14, 10:42 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Eiron[_3_]
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Looking for a 3-band 4th order Linkwitz-Riley crossover.
The Behringer DCX2496 looks perfect.

Anything else available that does something similar?
How about multi-channel soundcards and software?

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Old August 22nd 14, 11:35 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Dave Plowman (News)
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In article ,
Eiron wrote:
Looking for a 3-band 4th order Linkwitz-Riley crossover.
The Behringer DCX2496 looks perfect.


They are very well regarded at the budget end of the market.

Anything else available that does something similar?


I'm at the moment using Phonic i7200 which I got a pair of at a very good
price, since IIRC are no longer made. They work well enough, but are
slightly noisy. And don't allow setting an individual delay to each
driver, which I think would be useful - the DCX2196 does. However, they
were fine for deciding if the route I'm trying was worth proceeding down,
without spending too much.

So I'm intending replacing them with the DCX 2496.

How about multi-channel soundcards and software?


Not so convenient, IMHO.

You might also consider the Behringer DEQ 2496 which is an equaliser. To
drive the crossovers from. It has an auto EQ function which by using an
external half decent mic gives a reasonable starting point. I have one and
it's very good.

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Old August 22nd 14, 12:14 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Bill Taylor[_2_]
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:42:30 +0100, Eiron
wrote:

Looking for a 3-band 4th order Linkwitz-Riley crossover.
The Behringer DCX2496 looks perfect.

Anything else available that does something similar?
How about multi-channel soundcards and software?


MiniDSP?

http://www.minidsp.com/products/mini...2-x-in-8-x-out

It'll do that and a lot more.
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Old August 22nd 14, 01:05 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Dave Plowman (News)
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Bill Taylor wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:42:30 +0100, Eiron
wrote:


Looking for a 3-band 4th order Linkwitz-Riley crossover.
The Behringer DCX2496 looks perfect.

Anything else available that does something similar?
How about multi-channel soundcards and software?


MiniDSP?


http://www.minidsp.com/products/mini...2-x-in-8-x-out


It'll do that and a lot more.


I suppose it depends on if it's purely a development tool. If it's
something you're going to use as the actual crossover for all time, has
lots of disadvantages. And not only the cost. ;-)

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Old August 25th 14, 03:59 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Trevor Wilson
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On 22/08/2014 8:42 PM, Eiron wrote:
Looking for a 3-band 4th order Linkwitz-Riley crossover.
The Behringer DCX2496 looks perfect.

Anything else available that does something similar?
How about multi-channel soundcards and software?


**The DCX2496 gives you a Hell of a bang for your Buck (or Quid). It's
not perfect (a little noisy, unless great care is paid to level
setting), but for all but the most demanding applications, it works
extremely well. I've installed quite a few over the years and they're
excellent to use.

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Old August 25th 14, 09:13 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Jim Lesurf[_2_]
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Default Digital crossovers

In article , Trevor Wilson
wrote:
On 22/08/2014 8:42 PM, Eiron wrote:
Looking for a 3-band 4th order Linkwitz-Riley crossover. The Behringer
DCX2496 looks perfect.

Anything else available that does something similar? How about
multi-channel soundcards and software?


**The DCX2496 gives you a Hell of a bang for your Buck (or Quid). It's
not perfect (a little noisy, unless great care is paid to level
setting), but for all but the most demanding applications, it works
extremely well. I've installed quite a few over the years and they're
excellent to use.


I've not tried the dcx but I must admit that testing the Behringer USB
ADC/DAC I checked a while ago was a baffling experience. In many ways it
worked very nicely. But it had some minor but irritating flaws that made
using it awkward. The most weird being that the input level pots have a
'jump spot'. As you adjust the gain it leaps a few dB at one point. So if
the gain you want is in that region it is almost impossible to set the
gain. This happened on *both* channels of *two* examples. So seems to be
built in. All round, though, it has a decent set of feaures for the price.

Jim

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Old August 25th 14, 09:48 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Dave Plowman (News)
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Default Digital crossovers

In article ,
Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 22/08/2014 8:42 PM, Eiron wrote:
Looking for a 3-band 4th order Linkwitz-Riley crossover.
The Behringer DCX2496 looks perfect.

Anything else available that does something similar?
How about multi-channel soundcards and software?


**The DCX2496 gives you a Hell of a bang for your Buck (or Quid). It's
not perfect (a little noisy, unless great care is paid to level
setting), but for all but the most demanding applications, it works
extremely well. I've installed quite a few over the years and they're
excellent to use.


Interesting. Can you clarify the level setting thing - since being in
front of a speaker it's likely going to have to cope with a variety of
levels compared to say a more usual line level signal processor.

Is it a case of juggling the master level against individual channels?

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