dbx 1231 Graphic EQ Review

[The Guy who cares]

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Ahh yes, OK but they were both Octave band EQ's

Funny thing is both Equalizers back around 1990 were worth around $300. Now the Yamaha sells for over a grand on eBa. That's insane for a 30 year old Equalizer, the Kenwood looked better so I suppose that 30 year old eq is much more.

 

[Rja4000]

I own this one: Klark Teknik DN9344E.
I don't have the control unit, with faders, so I've only used it remote from a PC (through Ethernet).
4 channels digital 31 bands EQ, with several KT graphic EQ emulations (including the DN360) +dynamic EQ.
AES ins and outs (+ analog if you need them)
It goes for around 600€ used.

Only issue, the PC software requires .Net 1.1, so it can't be used on latest Windows version.
So I run it in a VM on my PC.

 

[stoo23]

Nice Klark Teknik make great stuff !!
That unit looks great !!

Won't it talk with later .Net versions ?? Don't Klark offer any updated drivers ??

 

[Ted B]

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Funny thing is both Equalizers back around 1990 were worth around $300. Now the Yamaha sells for over a grand on eBa. That's insane for a 30 year old Equalizer, the Kenwood looked better so I suppose that 30 year old eq is much more.

It does seem insane when the last EQ-630 listed on Reverb sold for $350 and the last several sales on Ebay for units in good working order hovered in the $400-600 range. Then again, unless one is a collector of vintage gear, I see no advantage in spending for a decades old consumer unit limited to 10 bands of adjustment. Additionally, details like what op amps are employed become relevant, as some of those older ICs are undesirable by contemporary standards. As such, old consumer EQs tend to be a minefield of uncertainty and a big contributor to why hardware EQ gets a bad rap.

 

[The Guy who cares]

 

[The Guy who cares]

The Equalizer works just fine. I had no issues with it. Build Quality is excellent and it has a nice weight too boot.

 

[The Guy who cares]

I love this equalizer. I keep it in front of me under the Coffee Table. Most of the time I leave it near flat.... for a avage listing but for Classic Rock I do boost 50hz up a little bit, It's an excellent equalizer. My streaming device is Amazon 4k Cube. I have the Apple cube too but never use it. The Amazon is better in my opinion.

 

[The Guy who cares]

More Sub bass with the Amazon 4K Cube., other than that its the same.

 

[The Guy who cares]

dose the dbx Equalizers give the movie theaters sound without room correction and I'd say "Yes' and even better as room correction makes everything flat and lifeless. Using an Equalizers by ears is the best way in my opinion.

 

[EJ3]

View attachment 382474dose the dbx Equalizers give the movie theaters sound without room correction and I'd say "Yes' and even better as room correction makes everything flat and lifeless. Using an Equalizers by ears is the best way in my opinion.

Flat (& perhaps lifeless) is so that you have a base line starting point that you can work from. Season as appropriate for your taste.

 

[The Guy who cares]

Someone posted that The Sony str-az7000es has hiss. I actually have that Receiver and noticed no hiss, perhaps because I'm only using it as a Preamplifier. As a Preamplifier I'm using the DBX Equalizers and no issues with 3 Rotel RB-1582MKII power amplifiers. So maybe it's something with Sony's internal power amps?