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In Reply to: A Pair of Inexpensive Components that make an Awesome Difference posted by tantra on April 13, 2007 at 18:30:05:
I totally agree - the DEQ2496 is the greatest bargain in audio, at $300 is practically free in terms of audiophile pricing. I just use mine to flatten the bass response of my system to match my room and what a miraculous change it made - since I found digital EQ I was able to nail down my system very quickly and got off the perennial audio chase (whilst gleefully selling off $8k worth of acoustics treatment and thereby getting my living room back). Now I feel like a music lover in my living room rather than an audio nut in a padded room.One thing worth mentioning is that a lot can be achieved with the DEQ right out of the box - start by simply introducing a downward slope in the bass from 250hz to 20hz - steepness depending on the size (or lack thereof) of your room. That alone is a real eye opener - and that's all I ever needed to do, with only slight adjustment by ear thereafter.
For the first time ever I feel like my room is working WITH my system instead of against it, and I've achieved a synergy I've never known before. Since I moved to a USB based DAC, I now use the digital EQ in the PC based players to the same effect - but it was the DEQ that opened my eyes - what a find!
Even if you're a puritan whose ears are too delicate for such egregious sins, it's still a good tool to analyze the room - then you can bypass it if you feel you must. But put a good DAC on the end of it, and you've got it made.
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Follow Ups
- Totally agree - longtimequadowner 10:48:56 04/14/07 (1)
- That's exactly right! - warnerwh 22:40:45 04/14/07 (0)
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