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In Reply to: RE: REW mic posted by JBen on February 13, 2017 at 00:11:45
Good to hear from you.
Well, the guy who made my subs and initially programmed my miniDSP 10x10Hd recommended I get the Dayton UMM-6. Seems to work well (but a lot more money!)! :-))
But rather than using the PC's integrated sound card, I bought a Steinberg UR242.
It is fascinating to tweak the miniDSP PEQ settings ... and then get a graph showing what this change has done to the overall FR.
Andy
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I am also using a UMM-6 from Dayton. I think it cost $50 when I bought it but the price has climbed to $80. I also use a Behringer UCA-222 for the sound card which is now about $30. So the necessary tools are not that expensive. To put it in perspective I have a WallyTractor for my vinyl setup that now costs ~$150 and a HI-FI News test record (now $50) as well as a digital scale (~$10). And then there is the multimeter ($50). They're all tools of the trade for serious "audiophiles".
I married the perfect woman. The downside is everything that goes wrong is my fault.
Hi gang! Neo, that UMM-6 has turned out to be a reliable unit here, and Dayton's factory calibration figures are very good. One of my 2 Behringer mics bought the farm on a carpet drop. Thus, the other Behringer, ordered with the tighter calibration, is only brought out if in doubt about something. Day-to-day, the sturdier Dayton's calibration produces the same curves at up to 12db/octave, and still usefully similar at 24 & 48.
Wow, that Behringer UCA-222 looks like a VERY attractive proposition for $30. I was not aware of it. I've also found that many of the latest built-in sound "cards" in recent motherboards can do a terrific job on most practical measuring tasks.
I just hope that more folks keep getting the message that measuring SPL can be quite rewarding, not really hard and rather cheap, these days.
I actually have the UAC-202 which, I believe is the same as the 222 except for color. Here is a nice review.
I married the perfect woman. The downside is everything that goes wrong is my fault.
The Behringer UCA-202 suffers from bad channel separation in the bass. It can upset measurements. A friend of mine modified an UCA-202 in 2010 for better frequency response (lower output impedance and lower fu), it did not improve the channel separation.
Didn't know that, thanks. Actually when I do measurements I do one channel at a time and then have the REW average the responses. I typically use the DAC (Schiit Modi Uber) rather than the UAC-202, which I bought several years ago when I did not have a DAC. The main purpose of the UAC-202 now is as an ADC when I digitalize vinyl which is not that often.
I married the perfect woman. The downside is everything that goes wrong is my fault.
Those Behringer units have a number of little issues/idiosyncrasies. :)
As an example.....one that might catch you in a testing situation is the multiplexed outputs. The left and right channels have a 25uS timing difference between them.
However, you can work around most issues with these units. The price makes it very attractive.
Dave.
miniDSP UMIK-1 with its built-in soundcard is very convenient. Calibrated too.
Hey Roger, that UMIK-1 is yet another neat mic. I have not tried it myself but a friend swears by it. When his E-mu card died last year, he was left with a Behringer mic and no proper interface. The UMIK came to the rescue by going straight to USB. (He had issues at first until he realized that his old version of REW had been updated to better work with the UMIK.)
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