------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33217 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: analog or digital? - analog: Rane AC23B active balanced analog crossover with Alps potentiometer doing volume - digital: Behringer DCX2496 with SB3 doing volume in digital domain ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello, For those of you unfamiliar with the DCX2496, it is the SB3 of the DIY loudspeaker crowd. It has changed the landscape, making crossover prototyping an easy affair, and allowing for any slope desired without worrying about component count, and bypassing with oil/film capacitors for the best sound, etc. Therefore I really, REALLY like the concept of using the Behringer DCX2496 instead of my good old analog Rane AC23B crossover. The big hurdle with the DCX is the 6-channel volume control. Would using the SB3's digital domain volume be too detrimental to signal quality in this situation? My signal chain is currently a bit convoluted, and the DCX could simplify things, as well as possibly improving some aspects due to a superior crossover implementation... So is the digital-domain volume control unequivocally a bad idea, or given the fact that I'll have the gain stages set up so that the SB3 will always be >70, it won't be so critical. Any and all advice is appreciated! My current signal chain is: SB3 --> via optical Behringer DEQ2496 --> via optical Monarchy DIP --> via BNC (coaxial) DIY Paradise Monica 2 NOS DAC --> via RCA Rane AC23B --> via XLR 2 or 3 way to various amps and speakers proposed signal chain: SB3 --> via optical Behringer DEQ2496 --> via AES/EBU Behringer DCX2496 --> via XLR as 2 or 3 way to various amps and speakers info on the DCX2496: http://www.behringer.com/DCX2496/index.cfm?lang=ENG brief summary of features: 24/96 AKM DACs for 6 channels of output (tri-amplification) available crossover slopes are Butterworth, Bessel and Linkwitz-Riley from 6 to 48 dB/octave The delays for all inputs and outputs are adjustable. EQ for all channels, as well as dynamic EQ, and limiters -- taloyd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ taloyd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6558 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33217 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
