For TV it's probably a fine starting point in terms of a parametric EQ hardware appliance. If you have a bigger budget you might look at the miniDSP SHD Studio & UMIK-1 combo for around $1,195 USD.
listining. Unfortunatelly minidsp shd is too expensive to me - > more than the speakers itself. minidsp shd is perfect solution, but the price is not acceptable, looking for cheaper alternatives but with no success.
thanks,
That would be both tv/non tv
I've said this elsewhere, but if anyone can make a fully digital hardware appliance with 10 bands of parametric EQ per channel that supports a configuration push over USB from a front-end GUI application in Windows/macOS/Linux, they will make a killing. All people want to do is figure out their room or headphone EQ, push it to a box, and never worry about it again. No software to run, no system-level drivers to hook into your OS, no compatibility issues, nothing to update.
true, at some point there would be such a device... Dont see the reason why it is so hard to implement. If mid price phones can literally do anything...
what is audiable sinad treshold in your opinion? Maybe i spend too much on that stuff and can be happy with with something like DEQ2496 as source and have much better overall effect comparing to 120sinad dac without eq. Optionally dac + Behringer FBQ 6200 HD Ultragraph Pro EQ 31. I dont know really and it becomes frustrating.
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I recommend UMIK-1 USB microphone (about 100USD) with REW free software, cheap and that can measure everything you need, volume control, level meter built into the REW application. DEQ2496 has analogue microphone input and it is possible to switch it to the output, but I don't see reason to work on this way.I was wondering if someone knows if this unit can be used as a mic preamp/phantom power source for loudspeaker measurement? Has anyone tried it? I am currently shopping for loudspeaker measurement gear and this unit comes bundled with the Superlux ECM999 mic and a mic cable on thomanns site with a nice discount:
Behringer DEQ2496 Ultra-Curve Bundle
Bundle offer comprising Behringer DEQ2496 Ultra-Curve Pro Mastering Processor The DEQ2496 is a precise high-resolution 24-Bit/96 kHz EQ/RTA mastering processor and thus the perfect tool for PA and mastering applications. It offers 4 concurrently...
It would be nice if I could just buy this bundle and use it for measurements instead of going for separate mic preamp, mic and cable purchases as I could find some other uses for this unit and it was on my wish list for some time.
so if DEQ 2496 could be used to measure loudspeakers (as a mic preamp) in addition to its main purpose, that would be great. My options are pretty limited - I can pretty much only get what is on thomann's and one other site (the other one doesn't have the DEQ bundle on offer though) because they also stock the other stuff I need..Just checked my own deq2496 and in I/O section one can't select mic input as a source for output.
DEQ2496 is AC3/DTS passthrough.
And how to engage passthrough? I used "bypass" button but it didnt work. Toslink to toslink.
Dig in MUST be switched to dig out/aux out, dither OFF, noise shaper OFF and select S/PDiF.
Tried yesterday, it didnt work. I am not so concerned anymore as i put a toslink splitter before the deq and bypassed deq for the avr.
I am sure it is still being made, just out of stock.
Will wait then, perhaps it has something to do with the generalized supply problems. This is a quite unique device, maybe they didn't expect people from outside pro segment buying it.
