cliveb Wrote: > Mike, can you elaborate on your experiences with the DEQ2496? I was > interested in this device to try and smooth out some minor bass humps & > dips in my room, but after posting a question in rec.audio.pro (where > many professionals hang out), got the impression that at best it might > improve matters in a single sweet spot while making things worse > elsewhere in the room.
Hmm, I'll have to check out those threads. I've only had the thing for a couple weeks now, and frankly I spend 99% of my listening time in the sweet spot. Moreover, I have a particularly problematic room. That said, I really like the thing so far. (Note that I'm implementing it completely in the digital domain; if you're doing ADC and DAC processing with it, the results may be greater degradation.) With my room, the Auto EQ room correction function really does wonders. Music sounds completely different - much more realistic, and right there in front of you, particularly acoustic music. IMO, the best way to use it is: 1) Run the Auto EQ function on everything above 100hz to start; 2) Then, while playing pink noise, manually adjust everthing below 100hz to get a response as flat as your speakers will allow; 3) If you have a room like mine, that may end up in some fairly aggressive adjustments, e.g. boost/cut differences of up to 15db in neighboring frequencies. This can be problematic, particularly in the bass range, so you may want to soften them up a little to make the differences less dramatic. 4) Finally, adjust to taste (e.g. I like a little more bass, less brightness). That works pretty well for me. But I'll have to check out what's going on in the rest of the room. -- Mike Anderson 'FREE RADICAL RADIO!' (http://nvo.com/cd) Hours of free radical MP3s. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Anderson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1705 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21643 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
